Animal Haikus

My final entry for today: a small collection of haikus to cover off some previously unmentioned endangered species. If you have enjoyed any of these silly poems, please do me a huge favour by checking out my latest competition entry: Dinner, 4AM. Thank you.

Morrison Bumble Bee:
“Bumblebees can vibrate their bodies to shake pollen loose from flowers, a process called ‘buzz pollination’ that is crucial for crops.”

A world without ees
Would e a terri le place
you etter elieve

Angel Sharks:
“The angel shark normally poses little danger to humans, though if provoked, it is quite to bite. Since the mid-20th century, intense commercial fishing across the angel shark’s range has decimated its population via bycatch.”

They’re fishing for crooks
And taking bites out of crime:
Charlie’s Angel Sharks.

Dragon Snail:
“Dragon snails are actually found deep under the ocean, particularly a small number of hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean.”

Such a stirring tale;
the battle that birthed England:
St George and the snail.

Bizarre-nosed Chameleon:
“Although the true extent of the bizarre-nosed chameleon’s range is not known, it is estimated to be less than 100 square kilometres.”

Yeah I’m self conscious
It’s pretty hard not to be
with a name like that.

Mountain Pygmy Shrew:
“The Mountain Pygmy Shrew was long presumed extinct until 1966, when one was spotted at a ski resort in Victoria, Australia.”

King of the mountain
using two coffee stirrers
to shred gnarly pow.

Black-crested gibbon:
"The smallest of the ape species, gibbons swing from branch to branch at incredible speeds - reaching as fast as 55 kiometres (34 miles) per hour.”

Black-crested gibbon:
Fastest of the tree-dwellers
(except - y’know - birds).