Here are the answers to the Quiz. Thank you for your entries.
40th ANNIVERSARY QUIZ – all these animals can be found in the Zoo.
1. TIGER Big teeth, big feet and earns its stripes when hunting. (5)
2. POTOROO Has a pocket but very close the ground. (7)
3. MACAW Bright red or blue and gold, but gets in a flap. (5)
4. COCKROACH The hoover of the jungle but not nice in the shower. (9)
5. ELEPHANT Packs a trunk and will be over the weight limit. (8)
6. PYGMY GOAT Pocket-sized milk supplier. (5, 4)
7. LORIKEET Eddie Stobart’s parrot! (8)
8. CAIMAN Toothy grin on a scale of one or two. (6)
9. SEALION Sleek, shiny beach babes. (7)
10. LEMUR Julien is King. (5)
11. RATTLESNAKE Don’t let the baby play with his tail! (11)
12. AFRICAN LAND SNAIL You don’t want this on the allotment. (7, 4, 5)
13. AFRICAN LION King of his continent. (7, 4)
14. KANGAROO Red or grey – take your pick, Joey. (8)
15. IBERIAN WOLF “What big teeth you have,” said Red Riding Hood. (7,4)
16. PELICAN Pay the big bill with lots of fish. (7)
17. GIRAFFE Who needs ladders? (7)
18. TORTOISE Giant or small, slowly does it. (8)
19. WALLABY Bouncy, bouncy, little man. (7)
20. BACTRIAN CAMEL One hump or two? (8, 5)
21. AARDVARK Digs faster six men with spades! (8)
22. OTTER Riverbank fish eater here and abroad. (5)
23. BOA CONSTRICTOR A long hug squeezes the life out of me. (3, 11)
24. PEACOCK Eye, eye, it’s a tall tail, boys! (7)
25. RED PANDA I’m a fox on fire! Actually, I might be a weasel. (3, 5)
26. TAPIR Almost a mixed-up, sea-bound criminal. (5)
27. ORANG UTAN It’s auburn. Believe me, I’m your cousin. (5, 4)
28. FLAMINGO Not quite a Spanish dance. (8)
29. DONKEY Jack and Jenny play in the barn. (6)
30. REINDEER They have built-in hangers for Santa’s coat. (8)
31. GORILLA Up high or down below, a close relative. (7)
32. EMU I’ll take the road – flying’s not for me. (3)
33. TARANTULA You either love ‘em or hate ‘em – or are scared stiff! (9)
34. STICK INSECT Is it a twig? No, it’s a … (5, 6)
35. MONKEY There are loads of these, animal and human, in our zoo. (6)
36. MINIATURE SHEEP Teeny, weeny woolly jumpers. (9, 5)
37. PENGUIN Smart suited waddler. (7)
38. ZEBRA Love my stripey pyjamas! (5)
39. WATER DRAGON Beware of St George in a submarine. (5, 6)
40. BARN OWL Ghostly resident of farm buildings. (4, 3)