Sep 5, '23, MAMMALIAN WILDLIFE (pack #2)

 

    This post is a continuing collection of poems about 'MAMMALIAN WILDLIFE', as previously displayed on this blog on September 5, 2022 (pack #1).

previous poetic posts (Note that captions are available for poems displayed on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" in slide format since January, 2024).

(pack #1): angwantibos, bats, beaver, buffalo, California sea lions. 

CURRENT CONTENTS (pack #2):
Coyotes

Cretan goats (kri-kri)

Gnus

Gorillas

Hippopotami

Hoary marmots

(for continuation, see the link below)

Authors' Note: Two major species of gnu (genus Connochaetes) are found in Africa — the black wildebeest (C. gnou) and the blue wildebeest (C. taurinus). The blue species is somewhat larger, and their horns are of different configuration; other differences are minor. The two species overlap in their range, but there is no other recorded instance of animosity or prejudice deriving from these differentiating traits.

Authors' Note:  The above is iambic verse, unlike most of what we post here, which is anapestic (limerick-based); therefore this brief doggerel scans like this: 

'MOST of US to QUELL the FUSSes'

PreSUME we're HIPpoPOTaMUSes'.

Authors' Note: Living in the US Pacific Northwest, generally in sites 2500m (8,000 feet) or more above sea-level, and at lower elevations as well in British Columbia and Alaska, North America's largest ground squirrel (a relative of the prairie dog and woodchuck) lives an apparently idyllic life. An herbivore, it emerges to survey the mountain views while dining on vegetation, and spends its morning sun-bathing on the rocks. It avoids the inhospitable part of the year by hibernating in communal well-hidden burrows for seven months. The downside is provided by several predators, most notably golden eagles; unfortunately, its characteristic high-pitched alarm call (underlying nicknames like "whistle-pig") does not give complete protection when these dangers are present.

Whistler, BC, is a destination whose name is linked to this local mammalian resident. You can check out an illustrated verse about this town by clicking HERE (link available at the end of November 2023). 

Requests from many armchair naturalists, and career zoologic scientists have come to fruition; there is now a followup post continuing this theme that you can easily access by clicking HERE! 

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