Vertebrates
Original lyrics penned 1993, © 2004 by Jim Nelson
Tune: "Do, Re, Mi "
Doe, a dear, a female deer
A mammal giving young live birth
Ray, a carti-la-gin-ous
fish related to the shark
Me, a growing human being
Fur, it grows on most mammals
So, what if my pet's a snake
I seem to like rep-tie-aye-aye-uls
Frogs, they are amphibians
which grow through metamorphosis
Birds, my favorite avians
lay eggs in different kinds of nests
Platypus, a montreme
a mammal really laying eggs
Knee, the system skeletal
Which brings us TO back-boe-owe-owe-owns
An-imals that have backbones
Are those we call the vertebrates
All with endoskeletons
And reproducing with their mates
Some are ectother-er-mic
There body heat comes from outside
Fish, amphibians, and snakes
Are "cold-blooded" inside-i-i-ide
Birds and all the ma-am-mals
Gen-erate their body heat
That's why there's fur or feathers
From their noses to their feet
This is endothermia
It takes a lot of energy
It comes from eating lots of food
That's why I'm so hungreeeeeeeee!!!