Flamingos survive in the caustic space of the volcanic lake./ Flamingos' beaks skim tiny algae from the water's surface./ They watch out for predators like jackals or eagles, to make / Their mud-cone nest for holding the egg with their grace./ Flamingos have a behavior because they dance in the light/ Bowing, bending their necks, signaling with their wing, / Running back and forth and then suddenly taking flight / To wheel around the lake, seemingly searching for something./ Recalling the ancient Phoenix myth, that immortal bird / Who was consumed by flames, then rose from the ashes./ With such a poor sense of taste and smell as I never heard / With long neck and legs, faint pink feathers and yellow eyes. / Pinkish-white with red wings and two black flight feathers/ Founded throughout Africa, as well as Iran, India and Spain/ Risking from predation by marabou storks and Egyptian vultures, / Lions, leopards, cheetahs and jackals, risking again and again./ Swimming and flying, living in mangrove swamp or lagoon/ Feeding with diatoms, seeds, crustaceans and algae/ Recognizing their chicks by vocalizations under the moon/ Caribbean with crimson or vermilion, Chilean with pink so pale./ Greater flamingos, scarlet pink colored overall, all days / Extremely gregarious and living always in huge colonies. / Known as social birds for their community displays / Including 'head-flagging', 'marching' and 'wing salutes'./ The Hamadryas baboon being the largest type of monkey/ Originate from Saudi Arabia and Yemen, he is a fine mild/ Preferring rocky desert, it seems born to be chunky / Being a very intelligent primate endangered in the wild./ With a fluffy coat, his females have a brown haired whilst / And he is their male, silvery on his back and shoulders / With face and buttocks brightly colored and hairless / Eating plants, meat, grass, insects, mammals and lizards/ Dominating up to ten females at a time, grooming and playing. / Forming clans, clans forming bands, bands forming troops./ Flocking to the lake in hopes to grab a meal, and staying / In summer seasons, flocking together, to see flamingos groups. / Searching an individual, eventually standing out of the crowd / Or living on the edge of flock, a colorful individualistic/ An outsider living by its own standards, maybe very proud/ Ignoring the hungry baboon, who's skill is no more artistic./ Nature being so unbelievably close to the moralistic world / In which we humans dwell, with a lot of similarities/ Being an individual socially and sometimes becoming hurled / Or being in a crowd and socially stronger in front of enemies./ The rest comes down to character, and as I said before / A weaker character will certainly cease easily and soon/ Will be like the flamingo on the edge, who is more / Likely to break for being ‘eaten’ by the Baboon./ |
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Feb 26, 2011
Crazy baboon eats flamingos (Fable)
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