1. I have wings so I can fly,
on a partner-hunt through the sky.
I have no mouth, but that ain't dumb,
no time to lose, I have to become a mum.
Who
am I?
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2. A creature I am with a wonderful skill,
While moving fast I keep perfectly still.
singing with closed lips is a kick,
But that I can ylf, is my greatest trick.
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3. We are vagrants always down and out,
Shot from a weapon we are very loud.
My sort have no "mussy gills",
Salt to us is like a knife that kills.
Who am I?
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4. Repeatedly the appearance in my marine
life,
changes from wife to man, from man to wife,
The stor(e)y goes that I am a stimulant,
For a buff who acts like a relaxant.
Who am I?
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5. I have three mouths, these are no cheats,
With a hundred eager teeth in each.
Although I have no medical degrees,
It was believed I could cure disease.
Who am I?
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6. I have tusks that keep on going,
That is, they really don't stop growing.
Lewis Carroll wrote a poem on me,
I am a thick Cossack who lives at sea.
Who am I?
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7. I like to fish and wade in lakes,
The food I find, a lovely color makes.
Without the right food I'll turn grey,
But my black tipped beak will stay that way.
Who am I?
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8. Fo(u)r years I travel the world around,
during that trip no land is found.
I sleep in flight, 20 second naps,
My name also means... handicaps
Who am I?
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9. Relative I come from the biggest egg,
No parents there, for food to beg.
A fruit exist that shares my name,
That I'm endangered, is a crying shame.
Who am I?
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10. My horns are made from Keratin,
In which also human hair find its origin.
With me no creature wants to clash,
But I am happiest when I am in a crash.
Who am I?
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11. They say I am the noisiest arthropod,
When I'm aroused I like to play the drums a lot.
You see me around after 13 or 17 years,
From the day the wingless nymphs appears.
Who am I?
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12. Falling 7 foot down is the first thing I do,
I am equipped with valves and horns too.
I stay standing up when I take some shuteye
It's saver that way, can you imagine why?
Who am I?
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13. With my forelimbs a bit in the air,
I seem to be captured in a prayer.
I am a cousin from the common roach,
Flies should be careful when they approach.
Who am I?
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14. I do not sit in a pear tree,
The one that does is family of me.
I am rather small for just one roast,
And almost deaf as a post.
Who am I?
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15. I starred in movies that are for
fun,
They cast me for my rapid run.
Texas coyotes see me as a meal,
But catching me is a severe ordeal.
Who am I?
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16. For my eggs I am hunted down,
Hard to get in every town.
Hounded in the Caspian sea,
Where long ago I roamed free.
Who am I?
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17. Another animal shares my name,
We're not related just the same.
I can tell I'm not one of the Italian cars,
And cannot find me among the stars.
Who am I?
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18. All day in trees I'll hang around,
You won't see me often on the ground.
eating leaves and fruit is my only chore,
And I am no Consales that's for sure.
Who am I?
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19. A bird I am with a dashing flight
catches prey but not by night.
In the Scottish skies I am like a whizz,
In my pursuit I rarely miss.
Who am I?
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20.
I am no Jamaican prickly pear,
On land you'll find me nowhere.
I'm a big swimmer with a lot of verve,
Mostly caught so man can preserve.
Who am I?
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21.
Even if you shout loud into my shell,
I will not hear a word you tell,
Cryptic, my name only need a "B"
I am found on markets, and in the C.
Who am I?
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22.
In the milkweed garden I am King,
I do have beauty, but not a sting.
My trademark is seen on my back,
My main colours are orange and black.
Who am I?
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23.
Some call me the tiger of the night,
Even give porcupines and skunks a fright.
I might as well tell, I am "a firm ovenbird".
In an unmixed state, of me you have heard.
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24.
After I had a meal, at evening or dawn,
I've been seen to gape and yawn.
This behaviour is not an evolutionary flaw,
It is needed to re-interlock my jaw.
Who am I?
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