Pangolin Day!

[hwango]

Yes, once again it's that special day of the year when we celebrate the noble pangolin. I wanted to write another Pangolin Carol, but just wasn't in the right frame of mind tonight. Maybe later.

Comments

[qedrakmar.livejournal.com]

Are you going to wear your articulated armored jacket today?

Go Pangolins!

[(Anonymous)]

Pangolin Day sounds awesome. Have you checked out the new http://savepangolins.org site? If you write a carol, be sure to send it to our site so the whole world can celebrate pangs!

[gunthersdncemix.livejournal.com]

Whee! Happy Pangolin Day to you too. We can combine it w/ St. Patty's day to make Pang O'lin day! Yes, I'm tired!

Can you repost the lyrics from last year?

[hwango.livejournal.com]

Indeed - and my prosthetic armored tail as well.

Re: Go Pangolins!

[hwango.livejournal.com]

Message sent with previous years' songs. = )

[hwango.livejournal.com]

To the tune of "Jingle Bells"

--

Hear now as I call,
of a critter that's a sight,
by day an armored ball,
hunting ants by night!

They've got pointy scales,
and claws that are a fright,
Come join me and we'll sing some tales
of Pangolins tonight!

Pan-go-lins, Pan-go-lins,
Pangolins today!
O how great it is to sing
of the Pholidata way!
--

To the tune of "Angels We Have Heard On High"

--
See these creatures sheathed in scales,
Resting on the Asian ground
Safely curled up in their tails,
Armored forms wrapped up so round

O, Pangolins! Manis Gigantea

By night forage for a while,
Digging with their mighty claws
Sticky tongue so extensile,
bring ants to their toothless maws

O, Pangolins! Manis Gigantea
--

To the tune of "Away in a Manger"

--
Far off in East Asia, these creatures do roam,
Some living up in trees, most calling ground home.
Their scales offer shelter from beasts that would eat,
These wonderful mammals that find ants a treat.

By day they lay sleeping, in tightly curled balls,
Their scales keeping them safe, like fortified walls.
At night they seek ant hills, or large termite mound,
Their sticky tongues catching bugs found underground.