#2-Lemurs
All About Lemurs
I tried to do a report for science on lemurs, but I had already done one on primates…and since lemurs are primates, my teacher said I’d have to choose something else. This was bad because I had already read a book and seen a TV nature show about lemurs, so I had all this information jumping around in my head. Then we started doing poetry in language arts, and when we were give an assignment to write haiku poems, I knew exactly what to do.
Here’s my haiku about lemurs.
In Madagascar,
isolated by the sea,
lemurs thrived, then man.
From what I have read, before humans came to Madagascar, there were lemurs as large as gorillas. Now those big guys are extinct.
Madagascar is the big red island
Most haiku poems have something to do with nature. They are composed of three unrhymed lines with 5-7-5 syllables. You could write a haiku about lemurs (or Madagascar—which most kids think is a just movie title, but it’s actually an island off the coast of Africa). Or you could write about nature…or anything else creative.
I would like to read it.
The Sparrow
The graceful bird flies
like scattered flowers in spring
weaving through the breeze
That is a really excellent haiku!
I think lemurs are just monkeys with a triangleish face. They are cute I love animals. Sorry if I sounded kind of like a smart (as in rude) kid when I said that.
Um hey cheesie i would think lemurs are careful creatures i live in australlia and i have a pet lemur could you give me some helpful tips
I think you’re kidding me about Australia. And I am not an expert about lemurs.
I love lemurs! Now I really want to read your book!!!! I am really HOOKED!!!
Last time I went to the zoo I wanted to watch lemurs, but they were all sleeping. I guess because they are night-time creatures. Mr. Amato, my science teacher, told me some zoos use special lighting to fool the nocturnal (night-time) creatures into thinking daytime is really night. Then you can see them in action. Cool, huh?
I like Lemurs they are cute. I barely even know what Lemurs are.
Goon Goon
is a baboon
very mean to Cheesie
Calling Goon a baboon is very mean to baboons! HA!