The Environment

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Across
  1. 2. A long-haired, short-legged oxlike mammal that was probably domesticated in Tibet
  2. 6. Bear species, endemic to China who eat a lot of bamboo and practice Kung Fu.
  3. 8. Lives year round in the artic waters around Greenland, Russia and Canada
  4. 11. Large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.
  5. 12. Paedomorphic salamander related to Tiger Salamander
  6. 15. They breed in large colonies on coastal cliffs or offshore islands, nesting in crevices among rocks or in burrows in the soil.
  7. 17. Predatory arachnids who have a sting in their tail
  8. 18. Fastest land mammal
  9. 20. Timon, in the Lion King is one of these.
  10. 21. Famed scavengers and often dine on the leftovers of other African predators.
  11. 23. I'm not sure if they are white with black stripes or black with white stripes
  12. 26. A constrictors, who kills their prey by wrapping around it and suffocating it.
  13. 27. Bengal, siberian or sumatran - what type was Shere Khan?
  14. 28. One of the world's oldest was killed in Kenya a fortnight ago - as per the BBC
  15. 30. Melman is one of these in Madagascar
  16. 31. The offspring of a male donkey and female horse
Down
  1. 1. Social birds that live in colonies and predominantly stand on one leg
  2. 3. An even-toed mammal bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back.
  3. 4. Large marsupial, carries their young in a special pouch
  4. 5. Largest living primates who are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling
  5. 7. Voted the World's Ugliest animal in 2013 this marine creature lives between 2000 and 4000 feet beneath sea level
  6. 9. An animal whose speech has been questioned for years. Also an American News station.
  7. 10. Man's best friend
  8. 13. A large, semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa whose name comes from the Greek for “river horse”
  9. 14. A hypercarnivorous species of bear living largely within the Arctic Circle.
  10. 16. Likes to chase mice, especially if feline hungry
  11. 19. Has a trunk, which they love to pack before going to the circus
  12. 22. Alcedo atthis, this typically blue and yellow bird is royalty alongside someone who hunts sealife
  13. 24. Flying mammal
  14. 25. A slender antelope with long legs and neck. Also the name given to someone who plays rugby for South Africa.
  15. 29. A group of aquatic flightless birds who live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere