Animals

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Across
  1. 4. a lizard known for its ability to change colour.
  2. 7. a sea creature that has soft body and can sting you.
  3. 10. a large Australian animal which moves by jumping on its back legs.
  4. 12. a collective name for several genera for mid-sized birds generally placed in the order Galliformes.
  5. 14. a rare water bird with long legs, long, slender, curved bill and orange-red feathers.
  6. 15. an animal that looks like a dog and makes a similar sound to human laugh
  7. 18. Large, flightless bird, related to ostriches.
  8. 20. an insect often with colourful wings.
  9. 22. an Amazonian primate with peculiar features; bright red, bald face, a short tail and ruddy fur.
  10. 24. an African ground squirrel.
  11. 26. a small, brightly coloured amphibian that spends part of its time on land and the rest in the water.
Down
  1. 1. lean, long legged mammal. The males have antlers.
  2. 2. arachnids, have eight legs like their cousins - spiders, mites and ticks.
  3. 3. complex, highly intelligent mammal who is caring, playful, devoted to family.
  4. 5. a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Asia, Africa and Australia.
  5. 6. a mammal known for its black and white striped skin.
  6. 8. a large, stocky, shaggy-haired wild ox, Bos grunniers, of the Tibetan highlands, having long, curved horns.
  7. 9. flying beetle that glows in the dark.
  8. 11. the tallest living animal.
  9. 13. an animal that lives in the sea and has a shell-like covering on its body, two large claws and eight legs.
  10. 16. an insect that looks like a termite, usually red or black.
  11. 17. a small animal that looks like a mouse but has very small ears and a short tail.
  12. 19. the largest of all the deer species.
  13. 21. a reptile that has a shell covering its body.
  14. 23. a mollusc with a large head and eight attached arms.
  15. 25. a small animal that has dark-coloured fur with white stripes on its face and on its long tail.