Letter
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Clue
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Answer
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A
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This animal is best known for its symbiotic relationship with clown fish.
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Anemone
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B
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A shell-less yellow land mollusk named after a fruit.
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Banana Slug
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C
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A creature with dozens of legs and poisonous pinchers.
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Centipede
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D
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A deep-sea cephalopod named after an elephant.
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Dumbo Octopus
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E
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A tiny, slimy, snake-like creature that lives in the dirt.
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Earthworm
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F
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This crustacean is well-known for its asymmetrically-sized appendages.
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Fiddler Crab
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G
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A massive deep-sea cephalopod.
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Giant Squid
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H
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A crustacean known for using discarded shells of other animals.
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Hermit Crab
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I
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A stinging sea creature that does not die of old age, but rather repeats its life cycle over and over again until it's killed.
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Immortal Jellyfish
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J
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A soft-bodied sea creature that can sting you even after it's dead.
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Jellyfish
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K
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This small marine crustacean is the main prey of baleen whales.
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Krill
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L
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A large, strong crustacean that swims backwards with its tail.
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Lobster
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M
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A cephalopod that copies other animals as a defense mechanism.
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Mimic Octopus
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N
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A cephalopod with a shell.
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Nautilus
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O
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Pearls are harvested from this animal.
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Oyster
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P
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This tiny crustacean can make a sound louder than a blue whale with the snap of its claw.
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Pistol Shrimp
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Q
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The official state shellfish of Rhode Island. I'm not even joking.
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Quahog
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R
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A land crustacean that curls up into a ball as a defence mechanism.
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Rollie Pollie
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S
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This animal will not only regrow its arm if it loses it, but that arm might even grow a new body.
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Starfish
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T
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This microscopic animal can survive in virtually any environment, even the vacuum of space.
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Tardigrade
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U
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A living ball of spikes.
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Urchin
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V
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This deep-sea cephalopod shoots bioluminescent mucus rather than ink.
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Vampire Squid
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W
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A land-dwelling mollusk from around the Mediterranean. It is NOT black and can be found around homes. (This one's really hard to think of a clue for, I'm doing my best!)
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White Garden Snail
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X
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This land-dwelling species of shelled, slow-moving land mollusk whose name means "very dry" and "hardened tree sap". (It was hard to find an invertebrate whose name starts with 'x', ok?)
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Xeric Ambersnail
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Y
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A deep-sea crustacean which harvests bacteria from thermal vents.
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Yeti Crab
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Z
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A species of marine gastropod whose name means "west wind" in Greek.
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Zephyra Nudibranch
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