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Across 3. A group of this bird is known as a pandemonium 4. The is able to shoot blood from its own eyes, a rather bizarre and disgusting act is a defensive mechanism to confuse predators 6. has jet black skin that absorbs heat to keep warm, while the white fur helps provides camouflage in the snowy and icy environment they live. 7. these are animals without a backbone or bony skeleton 8. born grey with a diet of brine shrimp and blue green algae containing a natural pink dye called canthaxanthin that makes their feathers pink 9. These Alaska amphibians freeze almost completely at the start of winter, with two-thirds of their body water turning into ice; their heart stops beating, and their blood flow stops. However, once winter starts to thaw so do they and they hop back to life 11. this creature causes more deaths than any other- causes diseases, such as Malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever 13. the only known birds that can also fly backwards 15. The male animal goes through pregnancy and gives birth to babies. 16. can sleep up to 22 hours a day needing to digestest the toxins and fibers found in eucalyptus leaves 17. are cold-blooded vertebrates. (have backbones.) They have dry skin covered with scales or bony plates and usually lay soft-shelled eggs. 18. this bird's legs are powerful enough to kill a lion

Down 1. was domesticated 9,500 years ago in Ancient Egypt 2. this flightless male stands at attention, for about 65 days, keeping an egg warm through icy temperatures, cruel winds, and blinding storms 3. able to roll up into an armour-plated ball, so lions can’t eat them. 4. the loudest land animal that can be heard up to 3 miles away 5. has long tentacles and can be over 3m in length with a toxin, delivered via stinging cells in their tentacles 10. has horns made of ‘keratin’, the same type of protein that makes up hair and fingernails 12. this bird's beak beak has serrated edges to help them handle food, chew fruits, eggs, and anything else they want to eat. 14. The fastest land animal on the planet