My Poem And Other Animals

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Originally published and deleted: 2023

Revised and republished: 18th April 2025

Image of a Pleasing Fungus Beetle courtesy of iNaturalist.org

All the following exist.

goblin sharks and pangolins sea pigs, star-nosed moles mata matas, sugar gliders shoats and water voles. aye-ayes, dik-diks, wobbegongs chicken turtles, loons shoebills, snipes and yeti crabs and cozumel raccoons. pink fairy armadillos bilbys, 52-hertz whales the red-lipped batfish, panda ants and emperor helmet snails. the pleasing fungus beetle, thrips hellbenders, great potoos lilac breasted rollers, bongos glass frogs, kinkajous. the rare long-wattled umbrellabird chubs and munchkin cats satanic leaf-tailed geckos, shads gars, nits and fancy rats. irrawaddy dolphins, fossas, dugongs, gangly lancers rosy maple moths, dementor wasps and spanish dancers. jesus lizards, pistol shrimps the portuguese man o’ war and the highly polymorphic transparent (long) siphonophore.

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Gary Radice

Date: 4/21/2025 12:48:00 AM

I originally wrote and published this poem here in 2023 and included the Venezuelan Poodle Moth in the list. I then read on the net that in some quarters the moth's existence is being treated as an internet hoax. I’m not sure if it is a hoax but because there was some lingering doubt I pulled the poem and have only recently decided to revise and republish it - minus the said moth. If anyone out there can prove to me it does exist then I’ll very happily reintroduce it into the poem. Cheers - Gary

Tom Woody

Date: 4/18/2025 5:07:00 AM

How you made these rhyme is anyone's guess but I'm sure it took some time. Yes, there are some amazing creatures on earth, courtesy of a wise and imaginative Creator

Tom Woody
Date: 4/18/2025 5:34:00 AM

Yes I saw them. Awesome

Gary Radice
Date: 4/18/2025 5:18:00 AM

Indeed there are. Thanks Tom. It’s possible that I’ve slightly amended the poem since you last commented having discovered that a 150 foot jellyfish called the siphonophore exists and I’ve now included TC’s suggestion of the Jesus Lizard. Read you soon. Cheers - Gary

Tom Cunningham

Date: 4/18/2025 3:39:00 AM

Quite a list Gary, I never heard of any of them. Another for you, Jesus lizards, they're so quick and with their feet can run across water. Hope you have a happy Easter weekend, wish it would warm up a bit though. Tom

Gary Radice
Date: 4/18/2025 4:11:00 AM

Thanks Tom. If I ever get to writing a few more lines then Jesus Lizards will be included. Cold here in Merseyside too unfortunately. Happy Easter to you and yours. EDIT: Jesus Lizard now added. :) Cheers - Gary