ALPHABET ANIMAL ZOO

A

Antelope antics

astound all admirers.

Avid acrobats.

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Awkward albatross

anxiously anticipates

ant armies approach.

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Audacious aardvark,

advantageous anteater,

ancient African.

B

Brazen buffalos

boisterously beat bongos

beneath badlands brim.

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Babbling baboons binge

bananas, bulbous breadfruit.

Bumblebees buzzing.

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Brontosaurus brags

being biggest brother, brays

between bellowing.

C

Chipmunks chattering,

Chickadees chirping, chit chat,

Curious cats creep.

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Cautious centipede

carefully climbs clematis,

circumventing crows.

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Cunning cougar crept

carefully concealed, captured

careless coyote.

D

Dancing dolphins dive,

dangerous devilfish dare,

drowsy dogfish drift.

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Dragonflies daydream,

Dachshunds digging divots drool.

Droopy daffodils.

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Deer does discover

delicious dandelions

drinking damp dewdrops.

E

Elegant egrets

earnestly exploring earth,

eat eels easily.

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Elephants emote

eager enthusiasm

Entice everyone.

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Eagles expertly

examining eaglet’s eggs,

eat extra earthworms.

F

Flashy flamingoes

flaming, flamboyant feathers

forever festive.

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Flitting fireflies

flicker for fun, frolicking,

fly fluorescently.

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Flying fish forage

freely finding floating food,

flicking fuchsia fins.

G

Giant gorillas

gorging guava, gather grapes

grunting, grovel grubs.

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Gregarious gnus

gratefully grazing grasslands,

greet graceful gazelles.

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Groping giraffe gives

glaring gawkers goofy grin,

gobbling green grapefruits.

H

Hungry hyenas

hidden, howling, hunting hot

healthy hummingbirds.

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Happy hippos have

hilarious, humungous,

hulking heavy hips.

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Heavenly heron

heralds high, holding halo

hastening homeward.

I

Indigo ibis

inspects infestation in

Indonesian isle.

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Iguana ignites

insight into itchy ick

investigation.

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Ibex intuit

interesting inklings in

iconography.

J

Jaguars jauntily

joining jovial jugglers,

jolly jokers, joke.

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Jacana’s jumping

joyfully, jousting jargon

justifies jesting.

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Jabbering jackals

jinxing jabberwockie, just

juveniles joshing.

K

Kangaroo kisses

kindle kind kiwi kismet,

kingdoms key keepers.

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Kiwi kaboodles

kinky kairomones karma,

kaleidoscopic.

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Koalas kudos

kicking karate, kung-fu

know kava keenly.

L

Llamas lazily

loving licking lollipops,

liking licorice.

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Lions lolling lay

languishingly living life

lunging lustfully.

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Leaping lizards lore

lofty legends lengthening

long-legged loners.

M

Manatees mating

mooing melodiously,

make mellow music.

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Magnificent moose

munching moss makes muddy mess

masking muskiness.

N

Narwhals, naturally

narcissistic, not naughty,

navigate nearby.

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Neon newts never

negotiate noteworthy

new, natural news.

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Nuthatch natives nod

noisy, no-nonsense nestlings

nicest nest nearby.

O

Observant orcas

opulent originals

oceans’ odyssey.

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Outrageous ostrich

offered oniony omelettes

often overeats.

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Olympian owls

officiate, oversee

odd ornithopters.

P

Pheasants playfully

presenting plumage proudly

pursuing partners.

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Purple plovers pick

periwinkles, persimmons,

prettily prancing.

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Powerful pumas

persnickety, pawing plants

pooh-pooh petunias.

Q

Quails quizzically quip

questioning quirky quaint quacks

quintessentially.

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Querulous Queen-bees

questing quinine quaff quickly,

quicksand quagmire quakes.

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Quality quahogs

quantify quantum questions

quickly, quietly.

R

Running rabbits reach

resolutions regarding

renewable roots.

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Rambunctious raccoons

regard rubbish radically

Revamp recycling.

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Resourceful rhinos

ruminate, resolving runes

rare revelations.

S

Salamanders slink

silently, stalking small shrimp,

supreme smorgasbord.

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Skunks stinking strongly,

socializing secretly,

selectively smell.

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Swallows soaring, swoop

seeking secluded safety.

Soft, sweet sassafras.

T

Tarantulas tease,

terrifying tardigrades,

tiny ticks tickle.

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Tadpoles twiddling

towards the tepid tidewater

transforming to toads.

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Turkey trotting through

tangled trees, thrashing through the

thorniest thicket.

U

Urchins undersea

urge uglyfish, undulate,

until umami.

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Undergrowth unites

Uakari, Uguisu,

unguents uplifting.

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Uno umbrellabird

underappreciated,

ungainly, unknown.

V

Voracious vultures

vile ventures, vomiting voles

vex vehemently.

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Vibrant vixens vie,

view virile valiant visions,

ventilate vainly.

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Vile, vicious vipers

valued venom vested, vote,

victoriously.

W

Woodchuck wonderlands,

wildwoods waiting, while winds waft

withering weeds woe.

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Wild wolverines will

wrangle woolly wombats while

winning warbler wings.

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Wiley woodpecker

who waits watching, while whistling,

wild willows wave.

X

Xaminations

Xcellent Xpectations

Xtrapolating.

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Xtreme Xamples

Xcelling Xellently,

Xceptionally.

Y

Yawning yellow yak

yearling, youngster yakking yaks

yakity-yak-yak.

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Yodeling yeti

yells yahoo, yahoo, yahoo

yet yearning young yew.

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Youthful yellowtail

yet yin-yang yakatori,

yummy, yum yum yum!

Z

Zany zebras zig-

zag zestfully, zephyrs zip,

zero-gravity.

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Zealous zebrafish,

zooming zany zenith zone,

zoologists zinc.

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Zambian zonkeys,

zorilla zinging zendo,

zookeepers zen zone.

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ZA ZIP