Complete Clue List
Across
1. Large cartilagineous fish with a curiously shaped head (two words 10,5)
8. Crocodiles, lizards, iguanas and geckos could be described as this
10. The young of squirrels are sometimes known as ______
11. The European equivalent of the moose
12. This animal competes with lions for food - and often has a good laugh about it!
13. Large African monkeys which lack prehensile tails. One species is known as Hamadryas
14. The pygmy chimpanzee, Pan paniscus
16. Is this animal proud to live in a family group?
17. Popular Australian tree-dwelling marsupial
19. Fossil resins that may contain ancient insects and arthropods
21. A young frog is known as a ___pole
22. Falco subbuteo
23. Because of poaching and habitat loss, tigers are becoming ______ all the time
24. Species which live here tend to have white fur or feathers to provide camouflage
26. The barn owl's scientific name is Tyto ____
29. What 17 across lives in (two words 10,5)
Down
1. The creature from which tortoishell boxes and decorations were made (two words 9,6)
2. Cichlid fish look after their young in an odd way and may be described as ______
3. Purple ____ is one of the largest British butterflies
4. This nocturnal British mammal has a greater and a lesser variety (two words 9,3)
5. Did Cleopatra have a pet one of these?
6. Mythical bird associated with the kingfisher
7. The red and the grey are two of these marsupial types found in Australia (two words 8,7)
9. Abbreviation for a thoroughbred horse
14. What a mountain sheep might say
15. Small South American wild cat, also known as the painted leopard
18. Indian subcontinental crocodilian species
20. The name of this African mongoose means lake cat in Afrikaans
25. The margay is a small species of wild ____
27. Abbreviation for Liverpool University, where you can study marine biology
28. Black Swan abbreviation