Reindeers
are the main deers
Santa uses to deliver games, dolls, and toy trucks,
which just goes to show: the best presents take bucks.

Smilodon,
though now long-gone,
can still beguile
with its Cheshire smile.

Diplodocus
would swear and cuss
if you called him a Tyrannosaurus;
otherwise, he tends to bore us.

Edmund Clerihew Bentley
went into that good night gently,
making far less fuss than one might
about the fading light.

A killer whale or orca
won't use a knife and fork; a
toothsome bite does just fine.
Watch out for him, if you are a ship of the line.

An orca or killer whale
on his prey will rarely bail.
And you don't have to be a seal
to become his next meal.

The pony Pegasus
Winged swiftly to free a miss;
Just a sugar cube he got for this—
‘Twas Perseus who got the kiss.

Bull-man, the minotaur,
Says Helenic labyrinth lore,
Had horns protruding from his skull—
But science says that’s Grecian bull.

When I told my camel
she’s a mammal,
she laughed so hard, she fell and hurt her rump.
It took weeks for the bruises to heal. But now, at last, she’s over that hump.

Camels
are mammals
whose humps evolved in Arctic parts
where polar bears used them for pulling carts.

If there's an alligator
in the elevator,
I think I could make a fair case
for taking the staircase.

I have an anaconda
which is fonda
my swimming pool. You may think her cute as an otter,
but stay out of the water!