These are all poems about animals that were based on real news stories and headlines.
NPR – January 8, 2018
The legal saga of the monkey selfie continues: On Wednesday, a federal judge said the macaque who famously snapped a picture of himself cannot be declared the owner of the image’s copyright.
Such refreshingly silly monkey biz.
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The Wall Street Journal – March 30, 2017
Those colossal chronographs and daunting dive watches are starting to look tired. The next tick trend: Compact faces that are less in-your-face.
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Reuters Oddly Enough – January 18, 2017
The artist behind the exhibition entitled “Strong and soft touches” is a 423-kilogram (930 pound) brown bear named Juuso who uses his body, especially his paws, as brushes.
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OZY NEWSJanuary [], 2017
This stings. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has declared that the once-abundant rusty patched bumblebee, one of the most common American bee species, is officially endangered. In recent years, pollinator populations have taken a nosedive because of habitat loss and pesticides.
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Reuters Oddly Enough News – November 15, 2016
A new species of frog, whose groin flashes orange to scare away predators has been discovered in Australia.
[Box]A froggy and novel mode of defense:
“Don’t mess with me. See, I’m IMMENSE.[/box]
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