
Resources
Resource 1: Creature caricatures
Aardvarks: always at the front of every queue!
Beavers: hard-working, eager
Cats: cool, sly, charming and clever
Dogs: loyal, heroic
Elephants: mice-fearing but have excellent memories
Foxes: wily, cruel, cunning or intelligent fox
Goats: eating everything
Horses: the noble, brave, faithful, strong, fast horse
Iguanas: laid back and chilled
Jackals: opportunistic
Koalas: cute, cuddly
Lemmings: stupid, mindless
Mice: quiet
Narwhals: looks like a cross between a whale and a unicorn
Opossums: hangs by its tail
Pandas: big, cuddly, lazy
Queen Bees: always busy, bossy tendencies
Rabbits: cute little bunny
Sheep: gullible, easily lead
Tigers: vicious
Urchins: often mistaken for a plant!
Vulture: preys on the vulnerable without mercy
Weasels: sneaky and thieving
X-ray fish: transparent
Yellowhammer's tune: "A little bit of bread and no cheese"
Zebras: aggressive
Resource 2: Song lyrics
1.Butterflies and ladybirds
Verse 1
Kaleidoscope of butterflies
Flap their wings, take to the skies
Perching on a buddleia with wings that gently beat
(gently beat, gently beat)
The loveliness of ladybirds
Gets eyed-up by some hungry birds
Flies away not wanting to be eaten but to eat
Verse 2
Then from their hive some busy bees
Swarm toward the blossom trees
Searching for some nectar that will make their honey sweet
(honey sweet, honey sweet)
Whilst underground a clew of worms
Keeps wriggling through twists and turns
Hides away from danger and avoids the children's feet
Verse 3
As daylight fades to pale grey
Night replaces sunny day
Clouds of bats come swooping from their roost up in the eaves
(in the eaves, in the eaves)
An urban fox comes skulking in
And rifles through a rubbish bin
Startled by a sudden noise he turns and quickly leaves
2. Gorillas and monkeys
Refrain
Gorillas forming bands
See monkeys holding hands
Trooping through the jungle in the rain (Oh yeah!)
Swinging through the trees
Just doing as we please
Waiting for the sun to shine again
Verse 1
Lumbering around in search of food
Swinging around by our tails so we don't have to go near the ground
Then we have a snooze at noon
All of this chittering, chattering, nittering, nattering making a sound that's so LOUD!
Every night we build a brand new nest
Finding bananas and tropical fruit all so juicy and round
Sleep beneath the silv'ry moon
Nat'rally naughty we love to play tricks on each other for fun and just monkey around!
Verse 2
Silver patch of hair shows who's the boss
Taking good care of each other and seeing to all of our needs
Gentle hands but mighty chest
Grooming and preening and plenty of cleaning until we are gleaming and free of all fleas!
I don't want to fight to stay on top
Soothed by the touch of a sister or brother we think you'll agree
Never put me to the test.
Being a monkey's a wonderful, marvellous, glorious riot - it's good to be me!
3. Rattlesnake rumba
Verse 1
I sound like a maraca when I rattle my tail,
I rattle my tail, I rattle my tail.
I sound like a maraca when I rattle my tail,
So come join me in a rumba!
Verse 2 Counter melody
I hiss when I am threatened and I rattle my tail, I just love to rattle my tail
I rattle my tail, I rattle my tail. To rattle and shake my rattle!
I hiss when I am threatened and I rattle my tail, And I just love to rattle my tail,
So come join me in a rumba! To rattle and shake my rattle!
Verse 3
I'll only try to bite you if you step on my tail, I'll bite you, don't step on my tail
You step on my tail, you step on my tail. Don't step on my tail, I'll bite you!
I'll only try to bite you if you step on my tail, I'll bite you, don't step on my tail
So come join me, drink some rum! Don't step on my tail, I'll bite.
Cha cha cha! Cha cha cha!
4. Crocs basking
Verse 1
Crocs basking without blinking
Snap jaws shut without thinking
Devouring any creature that comes near
Crocs basking without blinking
Snap jaws shut without thinking
Devouring any creature that comes near
I'll just open wide
Open wide
Open wide for you (You are my tea!)
Crocs basking without blinking
Snap jaws shut without thinking
Devouring any creature that comes near
Verse 2
Crocs floating without sinking
Snap jaws shut without winking
Devouring any creature that comes near
Crocs floating without sinking
Snap jaws shut without winking
Devouring any creature that comes near
I'll just open wide
Open wide
Open wide for you (You are my tea!)
Crocs floating without sinking
Snap jaws shut without winking
Devouring any creature that comes near
5. Flambo of flamingos
Shallows creep, wallow deep (repeat as required)
Verse 1
A flamboyance of flamingos stands watching as some hippos
Crash mud-wards and towards the shallows creep...
A flamboyance of flamingos stands watching as some hippos
Crash mud-wards and begin to wallow deep. (Deep)
Verse 2
An extravagance of feathers, they often dance together
While lazy hippos gradually converge...
An extravagance of feathers, they often dance together
While lazy hippos bathe and then submerge. (Merge)
Verse 3
An abundance of flamingos stand feeding, legs akimbo
Avoiding grumpy hippos in the sun...
An abundance of flamingos stand feeding, legs akimbo
As hippos have a mud bath just for fun! (Fun)
Shallows creep, wallow deep (repeat and fade)
6. Giraffes and lions
Verse 1
Giraffes form a tower
They have height but lack the power
To resist the pride of lions as they hunt
Giraffes form a tower
They have height but lack the power
To resist the pride of lions as they ROAR!
Refrain
'Dusk till dawn,
You can hear them yawn
Sleep all day
Then as evening falls they wake up! (repeat)
Lions gather round
You can hear the sound
Of their mighty ROAR!
Verse 2
Giraffes chew and munch on
Leaves and branches for their lunch
But must avoid the pride of lions as they sleep
Giraffes chew and munch on
Leaves and branches for their lunch
But must avoid the pride of lions as they snore
Refrain
Verse 3
Giraffes roam around
Taking care to make no sound
That would disturb the pride of lions as they rest
Giraffes roam around
Taking care to make no sound
That would disturb the pride of lions as they doze
Refrain
Giraffes form a tower
They have height but lack the power
To resist the pride of lions as they roar.
ROAR!
7. Iguanas in a mess
Verse 1
I'm a lizard and I'm lounging in the forest canopy
I like basking, so I'm asking: can't you see? Why I
Don't go near the ground where there's danger to be found?
I'm a lizard and I'm lounging in a tree
Refrain
Don't mess with a mess of chilled iguanas
Strong jaws, sharp teeth, tail like a whip
Don't mess with a mess of chilled iguanas
Strong jaws, sharp teeth, tail like a whip
Don't mess! Don't mess!
Verse 2
I love living in the tropics 'cause my blood runs cool
I'm laid back, but I ain't nobody's fool
Eyes as sharp as tacks, I'm safe from all attacks
I love living in the tropics 'cause I'm cool
7. Iguanas in a mess - with added stresses
Verse 1
I'm a LIZ-ard and I'm LOUNG-ing in the // for-est CA-no-py
I like BASK-ing, so I'm ASK-ing: can't you SEE? Why I
DON'T go near the GROUND where there's DAN-ger to be FOUND?
I'm a lizard and I'm lounging in a tree
Refrain
Don't MESS with a MESS of CHILLED ig-UA-nas
STRONG jaws, SHARP teeth, TAIL like a WHIP
Don't MESS with a MESS of CHILLED ig-AU-nas
Strong jaws, sharp teeth, tail like a whip
Don't MESS! Don't MESS!
Verse 2
I love LIV-ing in the TRO-pics 'cause my // blood runs COOL
I'm LAID BACK, but I AIN'T no-BO-dy's FOOL
EYES as sharp as TACKS, I'm SAFE from all at-TACKS
I love LIV-ing in the TRO-pics 'cause I'm // COOL
8. Hummingbirds and parrots
Hummingbirds that shimmer and shimmer
Daylight growing dimmer and dimmer
Hummingbirds that shimmer and shimmer
Daylight growing dimmer and dimmer
Pandemonium/Pandemonium/Pandemonium
Pandemonium/Pandemonium
Pandemonium of parrots taking flight!
Hummingbirds that shimmer and shimmer
Daylight growing dimmer and dimmer
Pandemoniummmmm