This file is about zoos and wild animals, including Buffalo, Camels, Coyotes, Deer, and Antelopes, Elephants, Foxes, Giraffes, Gnus, Hippos, Kangaroos, Llamas, Monkey, Ape and Gorilla, Moose, Rhinoceros, Wolves, Zebras, Zoos, and Big Cats.
Also see Miscellaneous Animals,Reptiles and Amphibians, Water Animals, and Bears and Teddy Bears.
Page Toppers
- All Creatures Great and Small
- And God Created....
- Funky Fur
- Going Wild
- I'm Wild About....
- It's a Jungle Out There
- Kids at Play (baby animals)
- Let's Not Forget (elephant)
- My Fur-vorite Animal is....
- Out of Africa
- Paws Here
- Safari Hunt
- Suburban Safari
- Talk to the Animals
- Walk With the Animals
- Wild!
- Wild and Crazy
- Wild Child
- Wild One
- Wild Thing
Quotes
- In nature the 'law of self-preservation' operates to ensure the welfare of an entire species more than the advantage of any individual member of it.
- Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals, love them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more. (Edwin Way Teale)
- Wolves are very resourceful. All they need to survive is for people not to shoot them. (Bob Ferris)
Songs about the Jungle
- Air-Conditioned Jungle - Duke Ellington (1945)
- Call of the Jungle - Preston Epps (1960)
- Concrete Jungle - Bob Marley (2006)
- It's a Jungle Out There - Mastedon (1989)
- Jungle Fever - Stevie Wonder (1991)
- Jungle Jalopy - Arthur Lyman (1959)
- Jungle to the Zoo, The - Joe Poovey (1990)
- Stranded in the Jungle - The Re-Bops (1993)
- Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses (2004)
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Where the Buffalo Roam
Quotes
- The buffalo isn't as dangerous as everyone makes him out to be. Statistics prove that in the United States more Americans are killed in automobile accidents than are killed by buffalo. (Art Buchwald)
- Historically the buffalo had more influence on man than all other Plains animals combined. It was life, food, raiment, and shelter to the Indians. The buffalo and the Plains Indians lived together, and together passed away. The year 1876 marks practically the end of both . . . (Walter Prescott Webb)
Songs about Buffalo
- Baby Buffalo - James Taylor (2002)
- Buffalo - Anagram (2005)
- Buffalo Along the Cimarron - Jim Stricklan (2006)
- Buffalo Calf - Robert Jackson (2000)
- Buffalo Herd - Wendy Gelsanliter (2007)
- Buffalo Hunter - Zahara Jazz (2008)
- Buffalo in Yellowstone - By the End of Tonight (2007)
- Buffalo Left Yesterday, The - Norman and Nancy Blake (2007)
- Buffalo Nickel - Rusty Draper (1968)
- Buffalo Stampede - Cowboy Troy (2007)
- Calling the Buffalo - Paul Winter Consort (2007)
- Dance of the White Buffalo - Medwyn Goodall (2001)
- Great White Buffalo - Grandmothers of Re-Invention (2000)
- Now That the Buffalo's Gone - Buffy Sainte-Marie (1964)
- White Buffalo - John Barry (2004)
- You Can't Roller-skate in a Buffalo Herd - Roger Miller (1966)
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Quotes
- A camel is a horse designed by a committee.
- A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane. (Jacqueline Kennedy)
- It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason. (Kurdish Proverb)
- Life is like a camel--you can make it do anything except back up. (Marcelene Cox)
The Camel
(Ogden Nash)
The camel has a single hump;
The dromedary, two;
Or else the other way around.
I'm never sure. Are you?
Songs about Camels
- 100 Camels - David Leask (2003)
- Alice the Camel - Larry N. Swenson (2003)
- Camel, The - David Polansky (1998)
- Camel Caravan - Carol Boyd Leon (2004)
- Camel Ride - Jose James (2001)
- Camel Rock - Chuck Pyle (1995)
- Camel Walk - Tom Clark (2007)
- Humphrey the Camel - Misty Morgan (1970)
- Riding on a Camel - Geof Johnson (2001)
- Sally the Camel - Twin Sisters (2008)
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Quotes
- I would say that if I was a coyote, I would rather not be in a pen. I would rather be running free. (Pam Rogers)
- It's extremely difficult to lower the coyote numbers. They are an extremely adaptive animal, and extremely effective. (Steven Dobey)
- In most cases, people are totally oblivious to it. There will be coyotes hiding in bushes or in the parks or something and people will be walking by with their dog and they'll have no idea there's a coyote there. (Stan Gehrt)
- Often, the first time city people hear a coyote howl they find it frightening. I went to sleep many nights as a child listening to coyotes howling and yipping so to me the sound is a lullaby. (Denny Davis)
- Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me--I am happy. (Hamlin Garland)
Songs about Coyotes
- Coyote - Joni Mitchell (1976)
- Coyote and the Cowboy, The - Ian Tyson (1987)
- Coyote Blues - Johnnie Lee Wills (1950)
- Coyote Choir - Great Plains (1996)
- Coyote Song - Gene Wooten (1994)
- Coyote Waltz - Richard Dobson (2003)
- Coyotes - Don Edwards (2006)
- Horses, Cattle and Coyotes - Sons of the San Joaquin (1999)
- Little Coyote Waltz - Butch Hancock (1978)
- Old Coyote Town - Don Williams (1989)
- One Little Coyote - Riders in the Sky (1991)
- When the Coyote Comes Near - Sons of the San Joaquin (1999)
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Quotes
- I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her. (Ellen DeGeneres)
- When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass and so, we are all connected in the great circle of life. (from The Lion King)
- A wounded deer leaps the highest. (Emily Dickinson)
chorus of Home on the Range
Home, home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play;
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
My Heart's in the Highlands
(Robert Burns)
My heart's in the Highlands,
my heart is not here,
My heart's in the Highlands
a chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild deer,
and following the roe;
My heart's in the Highlands,
wherever I go.
Songs about Antelopes
- Antelope and Deer - Laura Simms (1998)
- Antelope Dance - Liz Buchanan (2001)
- Antelope Trail - Bobby Morano (2007)
- Little Antelope, The - Warren Angell (2006)
- Run Like an Antelope - Phish (1998)
Songs about Deer
- Antelope and Deer - Laura Simms (1998)
- Black-Tail Deer - Planet Forest Champions (2008)
- Deer - Ron Warren (2005)
- Deer at the Brook - Barbara Hills (2008)
- Deer Creek - Peter Feldmann (2005)
- Deer Crossing - Elk City (2008)
- Deer Hunter - Alert the Sky (2007)
- Deer Hunter's Wife - Justin Wilson (2008)
- Deer Hunting Time - Harold Layman (2006)
- Deer in a Riverside Meadow - Valerie Blessley (2004)
- Deer in the Headlights - Chris Mason (2007)
- Deer in the Meadow - Wynn Erickson (2008)
- Deer in the Wood - Annie Lalley (1996)
- Deer Path - Oregon (1974)
- Deer Tracks - Kerry Kean (2005)
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Nancy Allen (2005)
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Page Toppers
- An Elephant Never Forgets
- Humongous! (elephant stickers or photos)
- I Work for Peanuts (elephant stickers or photos)
- A Trunk full of _____! (love, smiles, etc.)
Quotes
- I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent. (Dr. Seuss from Horton Hears a Who)
- Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant, the only harmless great thing. (John Donne)
The Elephant Poem
(by Wayne Hepburn, placed in the Public Domain 11 Sep 1997)
Elephants are lovely guys,
They're good and true and tell no lies.
They don't take more than they can eat,
And always watch where they put their feet.
They don't play with electric wires;
I never have heard of them starting fires.
They live healthily, they don't smoke
An Elephant is a kindly bloke.
Elephants take care of their young,
And rarely speak with angry tongue.
When in school, they do not cheat,
They walk in lines which are quite neat.
They don't beat up on smaller folks,
Don't care if they're the butt of jokes.
They don't fret what to wear today,
Look simply splendid all in gray.
Super strong yet very nice,
They're really not afraid of mice.
I've tried and tried but I just can't
Find anything better than the Elephant.
Eletelephony
(E. Richards)
Once there was an elephant
Who tried to use the telephunt--
No! No! I mean an elephone
Who tried to use the telephone -
(Dear me! I am not certain quite
That even now I've got it right.)
However it was, he got his trunk
Entangled in the telephunk;
The more he tried to get it free,
The louder buzzed the telephee.
(I fear I'd better drop this song
Of elephop and telephong!)
Holding Hands
(Leonore M. Link)
Elephants walking
along the trails
Are holding hands
by holding tails,
Trunks and tails
are handy things
When elephants walk
in circus rings.
Songs about Elephants
- Effervescing Elephant - Syd Barrett (1970)
- Elephant, The - Flanders and Swann (1964)
- Elephant Tango - Cyril Stapleton Orchestra (1955)
- Elephant's Tango - Danish State Radio Orchestra (2006)
- Exercising Elephant - Jill and Michael Gallina (1994)
- Here Come the Elephants - Johnny Bond (1970)
- Nellie the Elephant - Toy Dolls (1984)
- Pink Elephant - Shanie Evans (2007)
- Pink Elephants - Ray Campi (2007)
- Wine, Women and Pink Elephants - Jimmie Dolan (1951)
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Quotes
- A fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
- A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial. (Thomas Fuller)
- Old foxes want no tutors. (Thomas Fuller)
- Suburban foxes are not simply tame towards men. They are also damn supercilious. One pads amongst the azaleas in our garden at night, staring through the lounge windows to watch the News at Ten. (Richard Gordon)
- We're always on the side of the animal that's being chased. We always seem to be on the side of the rabbit or the fox and not on the side of the hounds. (Norman Jewison)
- You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox. (Tim Vine)
Songs about Foxes
- Chasin' the Fox - Curly Fox (1963)
- Crazy Like a Fox - Keith Moon (1975)
- Fat Fox, The - Liu Chunyan (2002)
- Flamenco Fox - Jill and Michael Gallina (1994)
- Follow the Fox - Oscar Brand (1995)
- Fox, The - Peter, Paul and Mary (1993)
- Fox Chase, The - Lightnin' Hopkins (1962)
- Fox on the Run - Sweet (1976)
- Foxy - The Mar-Keys (1961)
- Jimi the Fox - Barry Goldberg (1969)
- Looking for a Fox - Clarence Carter (1967)
- Night in the Life of a Swamp Fox - Tony Joe White (1971)
- Stone Fox - James Brown and the Famous Flame (1967)
- Stone Fox Chase - Area Code 615 (1970)
- Swamp Fox - Dick Jones (2006)
- Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase - Norman and Nancy Blake (1986)
- Twentieth Century Fox - The Doors (1967)
- White Fox - Robert Ward (1993)
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- A-long Came a Giraffe
- Reach for the stars! (giraffe photo or sticker)
- Tall Tails (giraffe photo or sticker)
- Tall Tales (giraffe photo or sticker)
Mister Giraffe
(Geoffrey Lapage)
O Mister Giraffe, you make me laugh,
You seem to be made all wrong;
Your head is so high up there in the sky
And your neck is so very long
That your dinner and tea, it seems to me,
Have such a long way to go,
And I'm wondering how they manage to know
The way to your tummy below.
The Giraffe's Song
With a neck so long,
To hear his song,
You'll have to stay,
Around all day.
He begins his tune,
Just before noon.
And it comes out right,
About midnight!
Songs about Giraffes
- Antonio's Giraffe - The Mackrosoft (2006)
- Did You See the Giraffe? - Scott Hooper (2007)
- Giraffe - David Polansky (1998)
- Golfing Giraffe, The - Jill and Michael Gallina (1994)
- Joshua Giraffe - Raffi (1980)
- You're a Giraffe - Phonograph (2007)
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Remember . . . no gnus is good news.
The Gnu
(Hilaire Belloc)
G stands for Gnu, whose weapon of defense
Are long, sharp, curling horns, and common sense.
To these he adds a name so short and strong,
That even hardy Boers pronounce it wrong.
How often on a bright autumnal day
The pious people of Pretoria say,
'Come, let us hunt the______' Then no more is heard
but sounds of strong men struggling with a word;
Meanwhile the distant Gnu with grateful eyes
Observes his opportunity and flies.
Songs about Gnus
- Brand Gnu - Mathpanda (2008)
- Gnu - Loren Stillman (2005)
- Gnu Song, The - Flanders and Swann (1960)
- Gnu Too - David Hannah (2008)
- My Gnu Idea - Peter Knight Quartet (2005)
- New Gnu News - Katherine Dines (1996)
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- Humongous! (hippo stickers or photos)
- Look ma! No cavities (open-mouth hippo sticker)
- Splish Splash I was taking a bath (hippo and water splash stickers)
Hippopotamus
(Patrick Barrington)
I had a hippopotamus: I kept him in a shed
And fed him upon vitamins and vegetable bread...
He frolicked with the Rector in a dozen friendly tussles,
Who could not but remark upon his hippopotamuscles.
The Hippo
The hippo should watch her weight.
It's not healthy to be fat.
But who would ever have the nerve
To tell a hippo that?
Songs about Hippopotamuses
- Flight of the Cosmic Hippo - Bela Flek (1991)
- Hey Daddy, There's a Hippo in the Tub - Anne Murray (1979)
- Hip Hop Hippo - The Wilderbeats (2006)
- Hippo Encore - Flanders and Swann (1964)
- Hippo Hurray - Linda Arnold (1989)
- Hippo on My Head - Uncle Eye (1999)
- H-I-P-P-O-P-O-T-A-M-U-S - Jimmy Osmond (1975)
- Hippopotamus, The - Flanders and Swann (1960)
- Hippopotamus Rock - Rosenshontz (2004)
- Hula Dancing Hippo - Jill and Michael Gallina (1994)
- I Am a Hippopotamus - David Polansky (1998)
- I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - Patsy Biscoe (2007)
- If You Love a Hippopotamus - Connie Kaldor (1982)
- I'm Herman the Hippo - Possumtrot Players (1994)
- Look at the Hippo - The Great Glass Elevator (2004)
- My Baby Hippo - Tom Knight and Elizabeth Mcmohan (1995)
- Otto the Hippo - Fred Penner (1992)
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A Kangaroo
(Julie Holder)
A kangaroo
One afternoon
Jumped so high
It jumped over the moon!
It jumped so far
It jumped so high
It bumped its head
Upon the sky.
Down it fell
Spinning round
And bumped its bottom
On the ground.
Songs about Kangaroos
- Boxing Kangaroo - Slim Dusty (1985)
- Kangaroo - David Polansky (1998)
- Kangaroo Hop - Peter Combe (2006)
- Kicking Kangaroo - Jill and Michael Gallina (1994)
- Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris (1963)
- Toodle-oo Kangaroo - The Virtues (1956)
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The Lama
(Ogden Nash)
The one-l lama,
He's a priest.
The two-l llama,
He's a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn't any
Three-l lllama.
Songs about Llamas
- Baby Llama Lullaby - Diane White-Crane (2000)
- I'd Rather Be a Llama - Diane White-Crane (2000)
- Last of the Red Hot Llamas - Baja Marimba Band (1966)
- Llamas Dressed in 'Jamas - Diane White-Crane (2000)
- Llama Rhymes With Mama - Chandler Travis Band (2002)
- Oh, You Gotta Love a Llama - Diane White-Crane (2000)
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Page Toppers
(Use with photos of monkeys, monkey stickers or kids playing.)
- Don't Monkey Around!
- Getting in the Swing of Things
- Hangin' Around
- In the Swing of Things
- Just Hangin' Out
- Just Monkey'n Around
- Monkey Business
- Monkey See, Monkey Do
- Monkeying Around
- More Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys!
- More Fun Than a Tree-Full of Monkeys!
- No More Monkeying Around
- Our little monkey
- A Real Swinger
- Swing My Way
- You Can Fly, You Can Fly!
Quotes
- Monkeys...very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings. (Kenneth Grahame)
- The quizzical expression of the monkey at the zoo comes from his wondering whether he is his brother's keeper, or his keeper's brother. (Evan Esar)
- There are one hundred and ninety-three living species of monkeys and apes. One hundred and ninety-two of them are covered with hair. The exception is a naked ape self-named Homo Sapien. (Desmond Morris from The Naked Ape)
Five Little Monkeys
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off and bumped his little head.
Mama called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"
Four little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off and bumped her little head.
Papa called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"
Three little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off and bumped his little head.
Mama called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"
Two little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off and bumped her little head.
Papa called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"
One little monkey jumping on the bed,
He fell off and bumped his little head.
Mama called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
"Put those monkeys straight to bed!"
Songs about Apes
- Ape Call - Nervous Norvus (1956)
- Ape in Cage With Wire Cutters - Why (2003)
- Apes Like Us - Gordon Mcghie (2002)
- Harry the Hairy Ape - Ray Stevens (1963)
Songs about Gorillas
- Gorilla - James Taylor (1975)
- Gorilla Driving a Pick-Up Truck - Kool Keith (2007)
- Gorilla Escapes Zoo - Cafeteria Dance Fever (2008)
- Gorilla Rock - Batmobile (1987)
- Gorilla Walk - Michael Mish (2004)
- King Kong - The Jimmy Castor Bunch (1975)
Songs about Monkeys
- All Monkeys Ain't in the Zoo - Tommy Collins (1956)
- Brass Monkey - Beastie Boys (1986)
- Mickey's Monkey - The Miracles (1963)
- Monkey - George Michael (1988)
- Monkey and the Engineer, The - Jesse Fuller (1981)
- Monkey Business - Eddie Hill (1959)
- Monkey on a String - Ethel Smith (1951)
- Monkey See, Monkey Do - The Five Dutones (1964)
- Monkey Time, The - Major Lance (1963)
- Monkey's Uncle - Ray Sharpe (1959)
- One Monkey Don't Stop No Show - David Wilkins (1975)
- Proudest Monkey - The Dave Matthews Band (1995)
- Too Much Monkey Business - Freddy Weller (1973)
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Mooses Come Walking
(Arlo Guthrie)
Mooses come walking over the hill
Mooses come walking, they rarely stand still.
When mooses come walking they go where they will
When mooses come walking over the hill.
Mooses look into your window at night
They look to the left and they look to the right.
The mooses are smiling, they think it's a zoo
And that's why the mooses like looking at you.
So, if you see mooses while lying in bed
It's best to just stay there pretending you're dead.
The mooses will leave and you'll get the thrill
Of seeing the mooses go over the hill.
Songs about Moose
- Bull Moose - Jackie Dallas (1965)
- If I Were a Moose - Fred Small (1987)
- Moose on the Loose - Ringenberg and Snider (2006)
- Moose Song, The - Wild Mountain Tyme (1998)
- Moose Trot - Harlow Wilcox and the Oakies (1969)
- Mooses Come Walking - Judy Collins (2003)
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Rhinoceros
A rhinoceros, rhinoceros.
Sometimes he makes a dreadful fuss.
He has a big horn on his nose.
He snorts and rumbles as he goes.
He's very long and very wide.
He has a very wrinkled hide.
He has big hoofs on his four feet.
We feed him grass and hay to eat.
A rhinoceros, a rhinoceros
Is surely not a pet for us.
The Rhinoceros
(Hilaire Belloc)
Rhinoceros, your hide looks all undone,
You do not take my fancy in the least;
You have a horn where other brutes have none;
Rhinoceros, you are an ugly beast.
Songs about Rhinoceroses
- Lone Rhinoceros - Adrian Belew (1982)
- My Rhinoceros - Ed Lipton (2007)
- Rhinoceros - Smashing Pumpkins (1991)
- Rhinoceros, The - Flanders and Swann (1964)
- Rhinoceros Tap Dance - Not From There (2000)
- That Ridiculous Rhinoceros - Albrecht and Beck (2006)
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Quotes
- For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack. (Rudyard Kipling)
- The gaze of the wolf reaches into our soul. (Barry Lopez)
- How lonely is the night without the howl of a wolf.
- The wolf is neither man's competitor nor his enemy. He is a fellow creature with whom the earth must be shared. (L. David Mech)
- Wolves are not our brothers; they are not our subordinates, either. They are another nation, caught up just like us in the complex web of time and life. (Henry Beston)
- Wolves may feature in our myths, our history, and our dreams, but they have their own future, their own loves, their own dreams to fulfill. (Anthony Miles)
- We listened for a voice crying in the wilderness. And we heard the jubilation of wolves! (Durwood L. Allen)
Songs about Wolves
- Call Me the Wolf - Lazar Wolf (2007)
- Cry Wolf - Victoria Shaw (1994)
- Dire Wolf - The Grateful Dead (1981)
- Grey Wolf Hunts Again, The - Craig Chaquico (1994)
- Hey There, Big Bad Wolf - The Sam the Sham Revue (1966)
- Howlin' Wolf - Muddy Waters (1969)
- Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran (1982)
- I'm a Lone Wolf - Leon Payne (1950)
- Lone Wolf - Jerry Jeff Walker (1978)
- Lonely Wolf - Ray Harris (1995)
- Lonesome Roving Wolves - David Bromberg (2007)
- Peter and the Wolf - Charles Randolph Grean Sounde (1966)
- Red Ridin' Hood and the Wolf - Bunker Hill (1962)
- Shepherd and the Wolf, The - Liu Chunyan (2002)
- Weird Wolf - The Ghouls (1964)
- Wild Wolves - Rusty Richards (2007)
- Will the Wolf Survive - Waylon Jennings (1986)
- Wolf and its Shadow, The - Liu Chunyan (2002)
- Wolf is at Your Door, The - Howlin' Wolf (1952)
- Wolf That Lives in Lindsey, The - Joni Mitchell (1979)
- Wolves - Stephanie Davis (1996)
- Wolves, The - The Steeltown Two (1959)
- Wolves and Lambs - Jorma Kaukonen (1979)
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The Zebra
Thank goodness for the zebra!
He's a special animal, you see;
For without the striped zebra,
What word would start with Z?
Songs about Zebras
- Horse With Stripes, A - Bobby Susser (1997)
- Mr. Zebra - Tori Amos (1996)
- What if a Zebra Had Spots? - Barry Polisar (1993)
- Zebra - David Polansky (1998)
- Zebra Crossing - Polaris (1996)
- Zebra Stripes - Nixon Nation (2007)
- Zebras Crossing the Street - Scooter (1996)
- Zelda the Zebra - Magical David (2008)
- Zig-Zagging Zebra - Jill and Michael Gallina (1994)
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Page Toppers
- Animal House
- A Day Among the Animals
- A Day at the Zoo
- Do the Zoo
- Don't Feed the Animals
- Everybody's Zooing It!
- Fun at the Zoo
- It's a Zoo Around Here
- Look Who's at the Zoo
- No Lion - the Zoo was Grrreat!
- Our Private Zoo
- Please Do Feed the Animals
- Please Don't Feed the Animals
- This Place is a Zoo
- Trip to the Zoo
- Two at the Zoo
- Urban Safari
- Watch Out Zoo, Here We Come
- We Belong in the Zoo
- We Did the Wild Thing
- Welcome to the Zoo
- A Wild and Crazy Place
- What a Zoo!
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Wonderful Zoo
- Zany Zoo
- Zoo Day Fun
- Zoo Fun
- Zoo Hullabaloo
- Zoo Time
- Zoo-pendous
- A Zoo-per Day
- A Zoo-per Time
- Zoo-bilee
- Zoo-perstars
- Zoorassic Park
- Zoo-rific
- A Zoo-tiful Day
Also use these with animal stickers on non-zoo pages.
i.e. A Day at the Zoo for kids being rowdy.
Quotes
- I love acting, but it's much more fun taking the kids to the zoo. (Nicole Kidman)
- The man who has to muck out the monkeys cage is rarely if ever consulted when the architects roll up in their limousines to sketch out the new monkey-house. (David Taylor)
- Zoo animals are ambassadors for their cousins in the wild. (Jack Hanna)
- The zoo is a place for animals to study the behavior of humans.
- Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all. (Michael J. Fox)
Zoo Fun
(© Beverly Qualheim, used with permission)
As we go walking through the Zoo
This is what we'll see,
Elephants and hippos,
And monkeys in a tree.
Tigers roaring loudly,
Giraffes who stand so high,
Dolphins swimming freely,
And parrots in the sky.
So let's all go walking,
Having fun the whole day through,
As we go on our field trip,
To the friendly city zoo.
The Zoo
At the zoo we saw a bear
He had long, dark fuzzy hair
We saw a lion in a cage.
He was in an awful rage.
We saw the big, long-necked giraffe,
And the silly monkeys made us laugh
But my favorite animal at the zoo
Is the elephant--how about you?
Songs about the Zoo
- All Monkeys Ain't in the Zoo - Tommy Collins (1956)
- Animals at the Zoo - Bobby Susser (1997)
- At the Zoo - Simon and Garfunkel (1968)
- Gorilla Escapes Zoo - Cafeteria Dance Fever (2008)
- Jungle to the Zoo, The - Joe Poovey (1990)
- Trip to the Zoo - Bobby Susser (1997)
- Zoo, The - Mickey Lee Lane (1965)
- Zoo is Fun, The - Jennielea (2006)
- Zoo Train - Rachel Coleman (2008)
Songs about Menageries
- Animal Menagerie - Bonnie Erich (2009)
- Glass Menagerie - Pieces of East (2004)
- Menagerie - Pam Herstein (2005)
- Menagerie Dreams - Thomas Chapin Trio (1996)
- Menagerie of Broken Glass - Apache Tear (2008)
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This section includes Cheetahs, Jaguars (aka cougars, pumas and mountain lions), Leopards, Lions, Panthers, and Tigers.
Page Toppers
- Funky Fur
- My Fur-vorite Animal is...
- Out of Africa
- Paws Here
- Safari Hunt
- Suburban Safari
Songs about Bobcats
- Barry the Bobcat - Bill Aubrecht (2002)
- Bobcat Bite - Dave McIntyre (2006)
- Bobcat in the Brambles - Petteway and White (2005)
- Bobcat Tracks - Old Crow Medicine Show (2006)
- Bobcat Walk, The - Jeff Kagan (2008)
- March of the Bobcats - Smacka's Band (2006)
Songs about Wildcats
- Wild as a Wildcat - Charlie Walker (1965)
- Wild Cat - Ub40 (2003)
- Wild Cat Blues - John Crocker (1999)
- Wild Cats - Tyrant (1998)
- Wildcat Tamer - Mac Curtis (1975)
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Quotes
- A cheetah among cats is like a rocket among jets.
- The cheetah cubs are outrageously cute, a real treat to watch. And their physiology, a real sleek build. (Peper Long)
Songs about Cheetahs
- Cheetah - Kenny Burrell (2008)
- Cheetah Chase - Daniel Pemberton (2006)
- Cheetah on the Run - Natasha James (2009)
- Run Cheetah Run - Fred Stickley (2000)
- See the Cheetah - The Nelson Riddle Orchestra (1967)
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The Jaguar
(Ted Hughes)
The apes yawn and adore their fleas in the sun.
The parrots shriek as if they were on fire, or strut
Like cheap tarts to attract the stroller with the nut.
Fatigued with indolence, the tiger and lion
Lie still in the sun. The boa-constrictor's coil
Is a fossil. Cage after cage seems empty, or
Stinks of sleepers from the breathing straw.
It might be painted on a nursery wall.
But who runs like the rest past these arrives
At a cage where the crowd stands, stares mesmerized,
As a child at a dream, at a jaguar hurrying enraged
through prison darkness after the drills of his eyes
On a short fierce fuse. Not in boredom--
The eye satisfied to be blind in fire,
By the bang of blood in the brain deaf the ear--
He spins from the bars, but there's no cage to him
More than to the visionary his cell:
His stride is wilderness of freedom:
The world rolls under the long thrust of his heel.
Over the cage floor the horizons come.
Songs about Jaguars
- Black Jaguar - Martin Cilia (2007)
- Jaguar - Mavis Staples (1989)
- Jaguar Shadows - David Crews (2008)
- Jaguar Speaks, The - Thunder Beat (2004)
- Jaguar Unseen - Roy Montgomery (1996)
- Jittery Jaguar, The - The Gallinas (1994)
- Path of the Jaguar - David Arkenstone (2007)
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A leopard is a form of dotted lion.
Leopard
(Carolyn Wells)
If, strolling forth, a beast you view
Whose hide with spots is peppered,
As soon as it has leapt on you
You'll know it is a leopard.
Songs about Leopards
- Five Leaping Leopards - Max Justus (2008)
- Leopard, The - Roswell Rudd (2005)
- Leopard Can't Charge its Spots - Peter Weaterall (2001)
- Leopard Spots - Susan and the Surftones (2003)
- Leopard Tracks - Kyler (2006)
- Leopard's Tale - Tom Bergeron and Whirled Jazz (1997)
- Snow Leopard - Clay Farmer (2007)
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Page Toppers
- Dandy'lions'
- Just 'Lion" Around
- Just 'Lion' Around the House
- Lions, and Tigers and Bears, Oh My
- The Mane Attraction (lion)
- No Lion - the Zoo was Grrreat!
- Out of Africa
- Paws Here
- Roaring for His Rights
- Roarin' Good Times
Quotes about Lions
- A brave man is scared of a lion three times: first when he sees the tracks; second when he hears the first roar; and third when they are face to face. (Somali Proverb)
- As long as you stay in a group, the lion will stay hungry. (Nigerian Proverb)
- A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together. (Chuck Jones)
- The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort. (Chanakya)
Lion
Lion paced the jungle floor.
And then let out a mighty roar.
"My stomach's empty. What can I do?
I know what--I'll nibble on you!"
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
In the jungle
The mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight.
The Lion
(Mary Howitt)
When lion sends his roaring forth,
Silence falls upon the earth;
For the creatures, great and small,
Know his terror-breathing call;
And, as if by death pursued,
Leave him to a solitude.
Songs about Lions
- Gold Lion - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2006)
- Gonna Come in Like a Lion - Bob Moore Orchestra (1970)
- Life With the Lions - Billy Bragg (1988)
- Lion in the Winter - Linda Ronstadt and Hoyt Axton (1975)
- Lion in Winter - Sandy Nelson (1969)
- Lion Sleeps Tonight, The - Robert John (1972)
- Lion Tamer, The - Bill McKinley (1992)
- Lion Tamers- Mike Longo (1997)
- Lioness - Venetian Snares (2002)
- Wondering Where the Lions Are - Bruce Cockburn (1979)
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Panthers are also known as cougars, pumas and mountain lions.
Quotes about Panthers
- Americans should be outraged at how many western states are treating America's lion, ... South Dakota's actions are yet another egregious example of the blatant lack of regard for the survival of not only the mountain lion but also the landscapes we know and love. (Lynn Sadler)
- The recommendation when seeing a mountain lion is always to not interact with it and report it to authorities. (Ron Schauer)
- You will never know if you are quick, until you poke a mountain lion with a stick. (Steve Smith)
The Panther
(Ogden Nash)
The panther is like a leopard,
Except it hasn't been peppered.
Should you behold a panther crouch,
Prepare to say Ouch.
Better yet, if called by a panther,
Don't anther.
Songs about Panthers
- Black Panther - Mason Jennings (1999)
- March of the Panther - Mongo Santamaria (1970)
- Panther, The - Jessica Lurie (2005)
- Panther Eyes - Jamie King Colton (2004)
- Panther Howl - Haunted George (2006)
- Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini (1964)
- Puzzled Panther - The Big Heat (2008)
- When Panthers Roamed in Arkansas - K. Campbell (2004)
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Page Toppers
- Funky Fur
- Lions, and Tigers and Bears, Oh My
- Out of Africa
- Paws Here
- Tiger Cubs on the Prowl
- Tiger Cubs Roar
- You're Grrrrrrreat! (tiger sticker)
Quotes about Tigers
- Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as a sheep. (Madonna)
- Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings. (Indian Proverb)
- God made the cat so that man might have the pleasure of caressing the tiger.
- The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenseless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenseless against ourselves.
- If you are losing a tug of war with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to your arm. You can always buy a new rope. (Max Gunther)
- Normal young tigers do not eat people. If eaten by a tiger you may rest assured that he was abnormal. (Will Cuppy)
- When you starve with a tiger, the tiger starves last.
The Tiger
(Cynthia Walters)
Orange and black,
Great big cat.
Four big paws.
Long sharp claws.
Through the jungle running,
Do you see her coming?
What a sight!
Will she bite?
Songs about Tigers
- Eye of the Tiger - Survivor (1982)
- I've Got a Tiger By the Tail - Buck Owens (1965)
- Little Tiger - Dickie Goodman (1961)
- Never Tease Tigers - Bent Fabric (1966)
- Paper Tiger - Sue Thompson (1965)
- Ride the Tiger - Jefferson Starship (1974)
- Sleepy Tigers - Her Space Holiday (2008)
- Taming the Tiger - Joni Mitchell (1998)
- Tiger - Fabian (1959)
- Tiger in a Teacup Town - Sara Hickman (1994)
- Tiger in My Tank, A - Jim Nesbitt (1965)
- Tiger in the Closet - Hoyt Axton (1964)
- Tiger Walk - Robben Ford (1997)
- Toy Tiger, The - Victor Young (1955)
- Wild as a Tiger - The Isley Brothers (1965)
Some of the animal song titles came from Eric's Song Lists.
Some graphics on this site are from Public Domain Clip Art, Free Clip Art Library and Free Clipart Now.
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