African Animals

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Across
  1. 4. a large African animal with a very long neck and long legs.
  2. 6. a reptile with a long body and no legs.
  3. 7. an animal with a covering of long, sharp quills (= stiff hairs like needles) on its back.
  4. 9. a mammal like a deer with horns and long, thin legs that allow it to run very fast.
  5. 10. a large bird with pink feathers, long, thin legs, a long neck, and a beak that curves down.
  6. 14. a very large animal with short legs and thick, dark grey skin that lives near water in Africa.
  7. 15. a very large bird from Africa that cannot fly.
  8. 16. a wild animal that looks like a dog, hunts in groups, and makes a sound similar to a human laugh.
  9. 18. a large wild cat that has yellow fur with black spots on it.
  10. 19. a small animal from Madagascar, similar to a monkey with thick fur and a long tail, that lives in trees and is active at night.
  11. 20. a wild animal like a dog that lives in Africa and southern Asia and eats animals that have died or been killed by others.
Down
  1. 1. a large wild animal of the cat family with yellowish-brown fur.
  2. 2. a very large, thick-skinned animal from Africa or Asia that has one or two horns on its nose.
  3. 3. an African wild animal that looks like a horse, with black or brown and white lines on its body.
  4. 5. a very large grey mammal that has long nose.
  5. 8. a large reptile with a hard skin that lives in and near rivers and lakes in hot, wet parts of the world. It is like an alligator, but it usually has a longer and narrower nose.
  6. 11. a wild animal of the cat family, with yellowish-brown fur and black spots, that can run faster than any other animal.
  7. 12. a large ape (= animal like a monkey) that comes from western and central Africa.
  8. 13. an animal with a thick, hard shell that it can move its head and legs into for protection. It eats plants, moves very slowly, and sleeps during the winter.
  9. 17. a type of large monkey with a long, pointed face like a dog and large teeth.