| 100% | SQUID | 5 | Undersea creature that squirts ink when threatened |
| 55% | SQUID | 5 | Creature that squirts ink |
| 53% | OCTOPUS | 7 | Eight-limbed ocean creature that releases a cloud of ink to confuse predators when threatened |
| 47% | ARMADILLO | 9 | Creature that rolls into a ball when threatened |
| 47% | OCTOPUS | 7 | Creature that might squirt ink and use tools |
| 42% | SEA | 3 | ___ Cucumber, marine creature that expels its internal organs as a defensive mechanism when threatened |
| 36% | BLOWFISH | 8 | Sea creature that inflates when attacked |
| 35% | OCTOPI | 6 | Sea creatures that may employ camouflage when hunting |
| 33% | PUFFER | 6 | Fish that blows up when threatened |
| 31% | SQUID | 5 | Ink-squirting creature |
| 29% | SNAKE | 5 | Creature that grows longer in a classic video game (also in this puzzle, when it "eats" a black square) |
| 28% | CRAB | 4 | Creature that sidles |
| 27% | IRONICFISTS | 11 | Nervous condition that causes one's hands to clench when trying not to appear threatening? |
| 27% | FROG | 4 | Creature that goes "ribbit" |
| 27% | BAT | 3 | Creature that uses echolocation |
| 27% | FROG | 4 | Creature that goes "ribbit!" |
| 27% | SLUG | 4 | Creature that trails slime |
| 27% | ASPS | 4 | Creatures that produce neurotoxins |
| 27% | INFLATE | 7 | Pufferfish __ into balloons when threatened |
| 27% | TADPOLE | 7 | Creature that loses its tail |
| 27% | SPIDER | 6 | Creature that scared Miss Muffet |
| 27% | APHID | 5 | Creature that reproduces by parthenogenesis |
| 27% | HERMITCRAB | 10 | Creature that adopts a seashell |
| 27% | MOTH | 4 | Creature that loves the spotlight? |
| 27% | HARE | 4 | Creature that resembles a rabbit |
| 27% | EWE | 3 | Creature that sounds like you? |
| 27% | SEAANEMONE | 10 | Creature that may shelter clownfish |
| 26% | NAUTILUS | 8 | Creature that moves by jet propulsion |
| 26% | NENE | 4 | Creature that can walk on lava |
| 26% | SNAIL | 5 | Creature that leaves a slimy trail |