Animals

Across

1. Fat part of milk
6. Mammal with the shortest gestation period
8. Nocturnal bird of prey
10. Home cooling unit (abbr.)
12. For an African 37-Down, it is one of four per in front but only one of three per in back
13. What a baby might get if you don't keep them dry
15. Animal bred for food and its wool
18. Desert stinger that glows in the dark if you have a black light
20. Should you feed the bears?
21. It typically contains 300 words
22. Green light means
24. The Emperor species of this animal can be 3 feet tall; it still cannot fly
25. This animal kills about 70 people per year in Tanzania
26. 52 cards
28. Back side
30. Not hers
33. Animal that can weigh up to 130 tons
35. Word describing the adult male of 27-Down, 31-Down, 33-Across, or 37- Down
36. Copperhead, sidewinder or rattler
38. 2nd most populous U.S. city
39. There are 8 of them on 18-Down
41. Marsh predator
45. Animal described as a "noble steed" by the princess in a 2001 movie
47. 24th letter of the alphabet
48. Writing utensil
49. Wood eater that can build mounts up to 20 feet high
50. Part of a tree
52. "Get my ____?" (know what I mean?)
54. Big cat that may be black or "pink"
55. Animal that can go from 0-60 miles- per-hour in 3 seconds
57. Animal that might go through 30,000 teeth in a lifetime
58. Very swift antelope of Africa
59. Animal that may live over 100 years
Down

2. Opposite of a hen
3. A female 15-Across
4. ____ Gore, 2004 presidential candidate
5. Stinging insect
6. Animal that "laughs"
7. 2, 4, 6, 8, etc.
9. Big-eyed amphibian that likes to hop
11. Animal with 20,000 hairs per square centimeter
14. "____ you a man or a mouse?"
16. Large Alaskan predator
17. A Siberian one may grow to 800 pounds
18. Silk-producing arachnid
19. Candy ____
22. The largest primate
23. A number that when multiplied by itself equals itself
25. A young 15-Across
27. Animal raised for meat, milk and baseball gloves
29. Not outside
30. Reaction to a joke

 31. Favorite food of 16-Down
32. Where you might find a 48-Down, a 51-Down, a 2-Down, etc.
34. Only state in the US where you'd likely see a mongoose
37. Animal with a 22-month gestation period
40. There are 8 of them on 18-Down
42. In a little while
43. Mammal with a 20-inch long tongue
44. Bird that weighs from 200 to 300 pounds
46. Before automotives, this animal would typically be hitched to a plow
50. Squeezing snake
51. Centaurs are part this animal
52. Animal that also means "Look out!"
53. Animal whose milk is used to make feta cheese
54. Intelligent animal that has been taught to play video games with its snout
56. Insect known as a superorganism because its whole colony works as a team
by Jim Geary
Feb 9, 2007