Category Archives: Animals

Duck out of Water [Epigram]

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Photograph taken in the Halasuru neighborhood of Bangalore of ducks in water.
The "duck out of water"
   might just take to flight.

Nature DGAF [Haiku]

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Photograph of bitterweed around a grave in a cemetery in Baku, Azerbaijan.
wildflowers grow
 around an unattended grave;
  pooped on by birds.

Toad’s Time [Senryū]

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Photograph of a Fire-Bellied Toad taken near Gyeongju, South Korea.
toad looks primed to leap;
 i watch... and watch..., but no.
  glancing back; it's gone.

Fawn [Haiku]

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fawn rests
 beneath the big leaves
  of new saplings

Iguana Limerick

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Photograph of an Iguana on the rocks overlooking Tulum Beach.
In Tulum, a lazy old Iguana
 was asked to leave but said, "I don't wanna!"
   They threated and chided -
   reasoned and derided -
 'til it left, bribed with good marijuana.

Animal Taxi Limerick

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Photograph of an elephant on a truck taken in Sri Lanka at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.
There once was an animal tow truck
   that would taxi your horse or your duck.
 Size wasn't deemed relevant
 'til up showed an elephant,
    and the overladen truck got stuck.

Safari Guide Limerick

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Photograph of a female lion taken in Chobe National Park in Botswana.
There was a cocky safari guide
  who - of lions - was often quite snide.
    He frequently stated
    they were overrated,
  but his view was different from inside.

DAILY PHOTO: Angry Adolescent Tusker

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Photograph of an aggressive adolescent elephant in Botswana's Chobe National Park.
Photograph of a posturing young tusker near the Chobe River's edge in Botswana.

DAILY PHOTO: Helsinki from the Ferry

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Photograph of the Helsinki waterfront taken from the ferry to Suomenlinna with seagulls in tow.

Grazing Deer [Senryū]

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grazing deer
 pays hikers no heed:
  too noisy for threat.