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OctoPuzzle
Expanding knowledge of the marine environment
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Across
5. Stocky inquisitive greenish blue fish
6. A shy fish with no stomach or teeth, clings to seaweed with its tail
7. Whale with the longest gestation period
8. NZ sea urchin
11. Spiny wanderer of the ocean floor
13. Waste discharged into the environment.
15. Season
18. Pelagic organisms that float through the water column
20. Noxious asian seaweed
22. Aotearoa's mythical guardian of the sea
23. Slender silvery fish with a nasty set of teeth
24. A long slender fish, slippery to touch
Down
1. Source of pollution in urban run-off
2. NZ freshwater crayfish
3. A marine mammal
4. Covers 75% of the earths surface
5. Largest known animal
9. The rise and fall of the ocean
10. Shell coveted by artists
11. A naturally occurring group of plants and animals that live within a certain environment
12. Term used for species or ecosystem that is threatened with or on the verge of extinction.
14. Seabird that flys underwater
16. Water moving continuously in a certain direction
17. Lower mid fin on a shark
19. Extremely fast fish
21. Shark like fish with a sharp spine on its back
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