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WILDLIFE
PUZZLES
LOOPY LIBRARY
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE
This turtle is found mainly around rivers and lakes in the
southeastern United States.
It has powerful jaws with ridges
on its carapace (shell) which
are similar to an alligator.
It will eat almost anything it
can catch including fish and
other turtles.
About 66cm (26ins) in shell
length it can live to be 50 to
100 years old.
WHAT DOES A TURTLE
DO ON ITS BIRTHDAY?
IT SHELLEBRATES!
1) What do you call a
baby turtle?
A) A TOT
B) A HATCHLING
C) A TORTLE
2) What do you call a
group of turtles?
A) A BATCH
B) A BALE
C) A BOX
HOW MANY OF
THE WORD TURTLE
CAN YOU FIND IN
THIS GRID?
THE WORDS
CAN BE DOWN ,
ACROSS OR
DIAGONAL!
TURTLE BOX
T U R T L E T R T
U T Y L Q P U Y U
L R U E T L R O R
T D L R C Y T T T
L U E U T N L U L
R O R L W L E R E
U T U T R T E T F
T L R E L Q R L E
U R L T U E U E T
WORDGAMES
REFERENCE
BATTY RIDDLE
Each of the four lines of this verse is a
clue to a 4-letter word. Can you find
the four words?
1) Add a W to a TON,
a lot of people live there. _ _ _ _
2) When an S has some TEA,
they might sit down on a chair. _ _ _ _
3) Put a Y beside a TIN,
then it becomes quite small. _ _ _ _
4) But an E beside a HUG,
then it becomes very tall. _ _ _ _
TWEETING
TURTLE
Only four of these eight names are real types of turtle.
Which four are false?
LEATHERBACK
TURTLE
PIG NOSED
TURTLE
REAL OR LOOPY
COW HEAD
TURTLE
HOWLING
TURTLE
CHESS BOARD
TURTLE
SPOTTED
TURTLE
BOX
TURTLE
FAIRY TALES
ART
MY FIRST IS IN PEAR, BUT NOT IN PEA.
MY SECOND IS IN OCEAN, BUT NOT IN SEA.
MY THIRD IS IN PUP, BUT NOT IN PET.
MY FOURTH IS IN TENNIS, BUT NOT IN SET.
MY LAST IS IN DO AND ALSO IN DARE.
MY WHOLE COULD NEVER BE CALLED A SQUARE.
Can you
spot the
eight
differences
between
these two
paintings?
I ASKED YOU TO PAINT
ME TWO FROGS
CROAKING! NOT TWO
FROGS JOKING!
WHY DID THE
FROG SAY
MEOW?
IT WAS LEARNING
A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE!
WHY DID THE
FROG SAY
WOOF?
IT WAS LEARNING
A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE!
OOPS!
TWO FROGS JOKING
TWO FROGS JOKING
What do you call
a boomerang that
won't come back?
A stick.
What kind of
photos does a
turtle take?
Shellfies.
What did the llama
say when he got
kicked out of the
zoo?
“Alpaca my bags!”
WHAT DID THE FINGER
SAY TO THE THUMB?
What do
turtles use to
communicate?
A shellphone!
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Answers: Q&A 1) B 2) B. Turtle Box = 6. Batty Riddle 1) TOWN 2) SEAT 3) TINY 4) HUGE. Real or Loopy TWEETING, COW HEAD, CHESS BOARD, HOWLING. Riddle - ROUND. Spot the Difference 1) SPEECH BUBBLE
2) LILLY PAD AT BACK 3) LEFT FROG’S EYES 4) LEFT FROG SPOT ON BODY 5) RIGHT FROG’S ARM 6) LEFT FROG’S TOE 7) RIGHT FROG’S PART OF LEG MISSING 8) BIG LILLY PAD PATTERN MISSING.
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