Wordless Wednesday: Talk to the Animals

Wreathed Hornbill

If we could talk to the animals, just imagine it

Chatting to a chimp in chimpanzee

Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting to a cheetah

What a neat achievement that would be.

Emerald Tree Boa

If we could talk to the animals, learn their languages

Maybe take an animal degree.

We'd study elephant and eagle, buffalo and beagle,

Alligator, guinea pig and flea

River Otter

We would converse in polar bear and python,

And we could curse in fluent kangaroo.

If people asked us, can you speak in rhinoceros,

We'd say, "Of courserous, can't you?"

Low-land Mountain Gorillas

If we could talk to the animals, learn their languages

Think of all the things we could discuss

If we could walk with the animals, talk with the animals,

Grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals,

And they could squeak and squawk and speak and talk to us.

Kori Bustard

Lyrics and music by Leslie Bricusse

as sung by Rex Harrison in the movie Doctor Dolittle
(Photos taken at Atlanta Zoo)