Spineless Creatures Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. The leaf sheep look like a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ but also Shaun the Sheep!
  2. 5. Just as koalas are not bears, horseshoe crabs are not _ _ _ _ _.
  3. 7. Horseshow crabs have _ _ _ _ _ _ legs and nine eyes!
  4. 8. About 97 per cent of animals are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
  5. 10. The horseshoe crab’s _ _ _ _ looks like it can sting. But, it’s harmless.
  6. 13. Bees that look like flying mice! That’s the moscardón _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
  7. 14. An invertebrate doesn’t have vertebrae that form a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
  8. 17. The Patagonia mountains stretch across Argentina and _ _ _ _ _.
  9. 18. Imported bees brought parasites that _ _ _ _ _ _ moscardón bumblebees.
  10. 19. Our What’s Up story features the top _ _ _ _ _ Invertebrates of the Year.
Down
  1. 1. Scientists use horseshoe crabs’ _ _ _ _ _ for testing vaccines.
  2. 2. The Guardian runs the “Invertebrate of the Year” _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
  3. 4. The 2026 “Invertebrate of the Year” is the leaf _ _ _ _ _.
  4. 6. Horseshoe crabs must have _ _ _ _ _ beaches to breed and lay eggs.
  5. 9. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are insect experts.
  6. 11. The horseshoe crab’s blood is not red. It is _ _ _ _!
  7. 12. The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is neither a jelly nor a fish.
  8. 13. Horseshoe crabs may have been around even _ _ _ _ _ _ dinosaurs.
  9. 15. Leaf sheep take, store, and use chloroplasts from _ _ _ _ _.
  10. 16. A sea _ _ _ _, the leaf sheep is as tiny as a grain of rice.