Thought you are good at tongue twisters?
Take any six words from down and repeat 10 times
Pronounciation should be correct!
Camelus dromedarius
Loxodonta
Diomedeidae
Alpaca Vicugna pacos
Elephas maximus
Chiroptera
Boiga irregularis
Capra aegagrus hircus
Ursidae
Helarctos malayanus
cervicapra
Rattus rattus
Bubalus bubalis
These are scientific names of common animals.
There are scientific names for plants, insects, flowers, fruits, vegetables...
List is endless
My full sympathies to all children who have to memorize them!
Cornucopia
Capra aegagrus hircus
Cornu ever flows
But The Horn Of Plenty
Is soon to run empty
While the Nanny has cut
Off
her horn to nourish
us Kids un-
sated we
tear our
Mother
limb limb
from
17.10.24
Composed for Kim Rodrigues'
"Cornucopia"
I once read a myth about
a giant goat that ate the moon,
I don’t expect that this possibility
will happen any time too soon.
The technology necessary to get a goat
launched into outer space,
Has never been a priority
among the Capra aegagrus hircian race.
It seems that their scientists have had
lots of better things to do,
Like determining the best things for goats
to stand around and chew.
And once the tasting of everything
on Earth has finally taken a toll,
I’m sure that they will turn their sights
towards setting a lunar goal.
But they’re not the only ones on the farm
thinking about making a lunar trip,
They’re in for some competition so
they’d better start cracking the whip.
Because the barnyard mice have been
earning advanced engineering degrees,
And they are fully convinced that
the moon is made of cheese.
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