presto chango beasts

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Across
  1. 4. this beast can't change according to Jeremiah
  2. 5. the name given to the third stage of metamorphosis prior to adult stage
  3. 7. after possessing multiple humans the spirit in the film "fallen" moves to a smaller mammal
  4. 8. subterranean juvenile cicada
  5. 9. victim of a radioactive arachnoid
  6. 14. the younger form is scorned for being a pest, the adult presents beauty
  7. 17. this rattlesnake blends itself into the sandy desert floor to wait for its prey
  8. 19. his pretender song creates the illusion of many different birds
  9. 20. this region hosts a fox and a hare, both don white for winter
  10. 21. they ditch gills and a tail for legs and lungs
  11. 22. from a planktonic swimmer to walking along the bottom
  12. 24. plays dead when caught by a predator
  13. 25. changes sleeping patterns seasonally
  14. 27. grouse that wears a snow suit in the Canadian winter and forest brown in summer
  15. 28. a Kennedy that changes colors
  16. 29. celtic folklore of seals that shed their skin to become humans on land
Down
  1. 1. changes its spoken word to reflect any language it hears frequently
  2. 2. changes color to blend in with rocks sand or coral
  3. 3. Zeus tricked his wife into transforming into this insect so he could swallow her to settle his insecurities
  4. 6. this swimmer gets over inflated when threatened
  5. 7. my ability to colour key to my surroundings helps me ambush my prey
  6. 10. a bird representing a new beginning
  7. 11. this octopus changes shape and color to look like a toxic sea snake
  8. 12. the only members of the animal kingdom that will change the colour of their fur
  9. 13. considered as far back as Roman times to be an impossible variation, equivalent to a flying pignut actually naturally occurring
  10. 15. the phase of metamorphosis represented by a silk worm
  11. 16. changes its skin from smooth to spikey to hide from prey
  12. 18. morphs from Canidae family to Canid/Primate hybrid
  13. 23. this primates juvenile is bright orange, the adult is black
  14. 26. from larvae you cannot see to a stellar presentation on the sea bead