Go Wild with This African Animals Crossword Adventure!

How to Play This Online Word Puzzle?

• 1Click on a picture, and enter the letters of the matching word! If you fill in the word correctly, it will be validated automatically!
• 2Click on the "Check grid" button to see if you made mistakes and to mark incorrect letters in red.
  
• 3Use the Tabulator key on your keyboard to move to the next word in the crossword puzzle grid.
  
• 4Use the arrow keys on your keyboard, to move to the next or previous cell.
  
• 5Use the Delete or Backspace keys on your keyboard to clear a filled cell in the grid.
  
• 6To accomplish your mission and reach the final victory, find all the words in this online crossword game! Good luck!

A Continent Full of Wildlife

Africa is home to an extraordinary variety of wildlife, but its animals do not all share one enormous habitat. The continent includes tropical forests, grasslands, wetlands, mountains, deserts and many environments in between. Each provides different combinations of water, food, shelter and climate, creating suitable conditions for very different species.

The familiar image of African wildlife gathered across an open savanna represents only part of this diversity. Some species depend on rivers or lakes, others thrive in dense vegetation, and still others are adapted to much drier landscapes. Looking beyond the traditional safari scene gives a much richer picture of wildlife across the continent.

Different Ways to Survive

African animals display remarkable differences in body size, movement, diet and behavior. Powerful legs can help an animal run across open ground, while other body shapes are better suited to moving through water, climbing or pushing through vegetation. Teeth, jaws, horns and other physical features may be connected with feeding, defense or competition.

Behavior can be just as important as anatomy. Some animals live in social groups, while others spend much more time alone. Activity patterns may also change according to temperature, available food and the presence of predators. There is no single strategy for surviving in the wild: each species represents a different response to the challenges of its environment.

Wildlife Across Africa

Many well-known African animals have become symbols of the continent through documentaries, books and wildlife photography. Learning their English names can therefore connect language practice with geography and an interest in the natural world. The illustrations in this crossword provide recognizable clues without requiring players to work from a written vocabulary list.

For another journey through wildlife and geography, our North American Wildlife Word Puzzle explores animals associated with a very different part of the world.

Eleven Wild Clues to Discover

This crossword brings together eleven animals associated with Africa. Some names are likely to be familiar immediately, while longer or less frequently written words can make spelling a more substantial part of the puzzle. The crossing answers provide extra help as the grid gradually fills.

The result combines animal recognition, English vocabulary and a little geography in one colorful activity. Young wildlife enthusiasts can study each creature, search their memory for the right word and work their way through all eleven clues.