in the shallow pond they tread.

When a tadpole touches its bill,

he snaps it shut and gets his fill.

Listed endangered in eighty-four,

without our protection they'll be no more.

There are seventeen species of storks worldwide,

but it's mainly in the United States where they glide.

This stork will travel 15 miles,

just to get food for it's hungry child.

Eggs they hatch in about thirty-two days,

in about sixty-three more these hatchlings fly away.

The wood storks are the masters of the air,

and it's easy to spot them with their heads so bare.

Let's try not to get the wetlands perturbed,

to do this correctly please don't disturb.

You should be nice to storks and gators,

but endangered or not, lets keep all animals for later.

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