Who's Who In the Zoo
by Sam Chen
Lucky's the beast called the
kudu,
Which has very little
tudu
But sleep, eat and drink,
And that's why, I think,
It has much less stress
than yudu.
If you've never been to
a zoo,
You may doubt what I say
here is true:
In season of rut
The inmates are not
Concerned by a voyeur
or two.
Queer is the beast called
the aardvark
(Whose burrow is truly
quite dark).
It has the distinction
Of cheating extinction
By being the first in
the Ark.
The camel, with two humps
or one,
Is built to withstand
sand and sun.
I don't know about you,
But, re humps, I like
two.
To fall off is really
no fun.
A fortunate fish is the
cod,
Who owes it mostly to
God
And a little good luck
That it isn't stuck
All its life with a name
like the scrod.
A strange-sounding name
has the gnu,
Which has rather little
to do
Except give us fits,
For were all names like
its,
Just look how we'd have
to spell gSue.
The zoo keeper makes a
lotta fuss
Over the zoo's hippopotamus.
For if it gets sick
Its hide is so thick
The phlebotomist is bound
ta cuss.
A hunter a lioness spied,
And decided to go for
a ride.
The lion awoke
And ate the poor bloke,
Thinking he'd injured
his pride.
A tamer of lions, from
Maine,
From opening their mouths
couldn't refrain.
One day he got bold
And now, I am told,
He's as headless as Ichabod
Crane.
Odd-looking beasts are
the manatee,
Who're not afflicted with
vanitee.
They don't care how they
look
When their picture is
took
(Which for ladies amounts
to insanitee).
A curious beast is the
rhino,
Whose horn is prized by
the Sino.
I asked one, with a smirk,
"Does this stuff really
work?"
He limply replied, "Oh
my, no."
An overweight vulture named
Marion
When others had eaten,
would tarry on.
She was slow to embark,
Which caused the remark:
"Your excess baggage must
be carrion."
The wart hog is terribly
warty.
It has a million and forty.
You would think it might
seem
A dermatologist's dream
To catch one while out
on a sortie.
It may be that there is
no man
Who's seen the abominable
snowman
(Who's known also as
yeti);
Yet I think if we met,
he
Might run as fast as he
could go, man.
Many females wear a B-bra;
Others are proud of their
C-bra.
But were there a prize
For purely grade size,
It'd have to go to the
Zebra.