A tortoise takes so long to get from A across to B

I watch him and I wonder why he tries...

And what about a coral polyp living in the sea?

Hes not a pretty reef until he dies.

A springbok jumps to get away from predators out there,

He leaps into the air - a graceful dance;

But these days all the lions live in zoos without a care,

perhaps he jumps to get away from ants?

A blue whale is the largest thing the earth has ever seen,

Yet only eats the smallest, namely: krill;

If we could live inside him - what a lovely submarine,

And not a single fuel tank there to fill!

The panda bear's endangered now, it's really rather sad,

you'll find them now in cages at the zoo;

Another modern casualty, and everyone feels bad

(Well, everyone that is, except bamboo!)

I hope they all are still here when a thousand years have passed,

they really were here first, when time began;

but if we don't start learning some important lessons fast

the next thing that will be extinct is MAN.

More of my Environment Poems HERE