AVRIL FISH

A new species of fish was discovered in the tropical waters of Pantespania and the discovery reported today in the scientific journal "Acta Fishiologica". The fish has been provisionally named "Poissonis avrilis" and is a bright yellow colour which phosphoresces in the dark depths of the sea, or in the dead of night. The first photos are quite astonishing!

This post is part of the Saturday Critters meme.

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HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY!

An April Fool in France is known as "Poisson d' Avril", which literally means an April Fish!

THE VULTURE

The Vulture

The vulture soars and surveys all,
The largest beast, as well as small;
The vulture looks for dead, red meat
For him live game is not a treat.

To scavenge and to pick a carcass clean
For vultures is a joy too keen;
They eat the dead and neaten up
Reuse, recycle, and so they sup.

We humans could perhaps a lesson learn
From vultures whom we hate and spurn:
Waste not, clean up, leftovers use
Environment, home, do not abuse.

We live on a small planet frail,
With scant resources that will fail;
Value each precious thing the earth
Us gives: Waste leads to woe and dearth.

The vulture soars and surveys all,
The largest beast, as well as small;
Creation’s marvels he esteems
And happy are his sleep and dreams.

This post is part of the ABC Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Outdoor Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme.

THE UAKARI

The Uákari

Uákari, my pet, my pup
You really need to act,
With such delightful makeup
Success is yours, in fact.

You’ll dance and prance
You’ll ape, pose, mimic,
On merit only you’ll advance
No need have you of gimmick.

Uákari, my doll, my dear,
Go on the stage, and play!
No qualm, no doubt, no fear
You’ll wow them all on Broadway.

You’ll be a star, you’ll be a hit
And Oscars you’ll attract;
All will applaud, and will admit:
“That monkey sure can act!”

This post is part of the ABC Wednesday meme,

and also part of the Outdoor Wednesday meme,

and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme.

GOPHER AND GNAT

The Gopher and Gnat

The gopher is a humble beast
The gnat a proper nuisance;
And when the wind is hot and East,
(As is its proper usance),
The gnat will swarm and bite and fuss
While gopher suffers – like us…

Poor gopher grey, so meek and sweet,
You really should go elsewhere!
The gnat’s for you no match to meet
In field, in nest – well, really nowhere!
The gnat will ghost and sting and cuss
While gopher suffers – like us…

O gopher dear, I feel your pain
The gnat is such a nudnik!
I think that both of us would gain
If all gnats were in a sputnik.
Yet gnats will multiply and mass and buss
While gophers suffer – like us…

This post is part of the Outdoor Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.

BROWN BEAR IN BERN

The Brown Bear of Bern

There was a brown bear in Bern
Who suffered a queasy old turn;
He reeled and he railed,
He whimpered, he wailed:
All cured by a glass of sauterne.

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A brown bear of Bern named Verne
For beer and sausage did yearn;
But money was scarce,
And fate was adverse,
He busked, in order his feed to earn.

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The good old brown bear of Bern
Was never upset, nor was stern;
He laughed and he sang,
No sturm and no drang,
And never, oh never taciturn!

This post is part of the Travel Tuesday meme,

and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.