Backpack Adventure: Animal Who's Who

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Across
  1. 3. My wings look like hands with stretched skin between extra-long fingers.
  2. 7. I lay beautiful turquoise eggs—and sometimes raise three broods in one season.
  3. 10. My soft feathers help me fly in total silence so I can sneak up on dinner.
  4. 12. You’ll only see females of my kind collecting nectar—we make honey for winter.
  5. 14. Most snakes lay eggs—but I give birth to live babies.
  6. 16. I’m clever, masked, and always hungry—for frogs, fruit, or even garbage.
  7. 17. I can fly forward, backward, and sideways like a tiny helicopter.
  8. 18. I taste with my feet! When I land, I can tell if something is sweet.
  9. 19. I love to play, whether belly-sliding across snow or flipping underwater.
  10. 23. My giant nest, called an aerie, is so big you could lie down in it.
  11. 27. I’m a type of amphibian with bumpy, dry skin and a stubby body. My eggs come in long chains.
  12. 29. I wear a feathered mohawk that shows how I’m feeling—up when I’m upset, down when I’m chill.
Down
  1. 1. I hibernate all winter in my cozy underground burrow. Some folks call me a woodchuck.
  2. 2. I never stop eating—not even the egg I hatched from—before I become something new.
  3. 4. I spin strong silk webs to catch my dinner—then I might eat the web too!
  4. 5. When danger strikes, I flash the white underside of my tail like a warning flag.
  5. 6. When I’m scared, I lift my tail and spray a super stinky mist up to twelve feet.
  6. 8. My antlers can stretch over five feet wide. Some call them paddles.
  7. 9. My throat pouch puffs up like a balloon when I call—it helps me get really loud.
  8. 11. I live in a busy colony where everyone has a job—from finding food to laying eggs.
  9. 12. I can see underwater with my special eyelids and hold my breath for 15 minutes.
  10. 13. My front teeth never stop growing—I have to gnaw constantly.
  11. 15. You can hear my howl from ten miles away. It’s how I talk with my pack.
  12. 20. I’m fluffy like a deer, and just like them, my parents are bucks and does. But I’m called a kit!
  13. 21. My fur might be black, cinnamon, or even white, and I’m a great climber and swimmer.
  14. 22. I’m long and wiggly and can sneak into tiny spaces to catch mice.
  15. 24. I hibernate in big groups, sometimes thousands, under logs and leaves.
  16. 25. I can hear a mouse digging under snow—my ears are that sharp.
  17. 26. Most female songbirds don’t sing—but I do!
  18. 28. My bright red skin tells predators to stay away—I taste terrible!