The second of a pair of songs that I made especially for Stegosaurus Week! "The Stegosaur Song" to the tune of "The Mexican Hat Dance." Below is the link to the song:
[Chorus:]
Oh, the plates and the spikes like the head of a trike with them you definitely don't want to mess
The stegosaurs lived in the Jurassicbut some lived to the dawn of the Cretaceous
One of a pair of songs that I made especially for Stegosaurus Week! "Bone Wars, Marsh and Cope" to the tune of "Two Black Cadillacs" by Carrie Underwood. Below is the link to the song:
Here are the lyrics to the song:
Full Lyrics:
1800s, Morrison, a big find was made
"If Cope got a bone, Marsh lost," Dr. Bakker say
They devoted their life,
To get the most bones, each other they'd fight
Two rivals fighting over fossils in the dirt and grime
[Chorus:]
And the teacher, Lakes, he was a good man
And Marsh and Cope, they used to be friends
But then the two of them wanted the other to die
Bye, Bye bye, Bye
1,500 species they wrote down
Dug them all out of rock and from the deep ground
They both refused to work together on the same side
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye
Bone Wars, Marsh and Cope
Eleven years ago researchers found some more fossil bone
123 years they'd been buried there for oh so long Matthew Mossbrucker, from the Morrison Natural History Museum
The site had been reburied, waiting for the right time, right time
[Chorus:]
Even now some of the fossils in rocks and time are still encased
Mystries and new species found in the Quarry
Learning new secrets from the grave
[Chorus:]
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The most recent song: presenting "My Hearing's Alright," to the tune of "Feelin' Alright" by Joe Cocker. Pretty sure that this is the only song ever to work the primitive bat Onychonycteris in! Below is the link
to the song:
Here are the lyrics to the song:
Seems I've got to have the best hearing
Cuz under a few feet of snow I hear lemmings
My hearing's just as good as a dolphin
Random clicks and whistles or so it seems
To them its sounds as loud as a scream
But they're using echolocation to help them see
My hearing's alright, (uh oh)
My hearing's quite good myself (uh oh) (x2)
There's no use in, tryin' to go and hide
Above your heads I'm way up high
Using echolocation while I'm above to help myself while flyin'
Suddenly under an attack, bugs just don't know why
Eating mosquitoes and their allies
Other bats drink blood I can't deny
My hearing's alright, (uh oh)
My hearing's quite good myself (uh oh) (x2)
52.5 million years from today
A bat named Onychonycteris lived, that's hard to say
Researchers say that this bat could fly but not echolocate
So these bats probably flew during the day
'Til something came along to take their place
The birds had come at last: to the night they chased
My hearing's alright, (uh oh)
My hearing's quite good myself (uh oh) (x2)
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So song number ten, "Cowbird," goes to the tune of "I Know, You Know," the theme song from the very popular television "Psych." It also probably requires a little explanation: the cowbird is a type of bird which lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, when the parents aren't paying attention. The surrogate mother then has to raise her own children, as well as the other birds. However, the cowbird doesn't let the other baby birds survive for long, and will push the eggs, as well as the other chicks, out of the nest. So now that you have a little background, now you can enjoy "Cowbird!" Below is the link
to the song:
Here are the lyrics to the song:
In between the pines there's a lot of obscurity
I'm not inclined to resign to maternity
If it's too tight, then it's so long
I'll push out all your eggs so that they fall to the lawn
Oprah Winfrey I would appall
I know, you know that this just couldn't be true
I know, you know that I'm much bigger than you
Embrace the deception, my appetite with no end
Might send my surrogate mother go flying around the bend
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Song number nine in our "Animal Parodies" playlist! Here, I present "Wolf, Jackal, Fox, and the Dingo," to the tune of "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" by Wham! Below is the link to the song:
Hesperocyon at the start
Looked like a little fox, quite hard to tell apart
While other lineages begin to wane
The Canidae's numbers just continue to gain
Good hearing and smell, too,
And a strong bite
That's not to mention their great sense of sight
Big old brain up in their head
Some go solo but others live in packs instead
Wolf, jackal, fox, and the dingo
The true foxes don't include the culpeo
Wolf, jackal, fox, and the dingo
On the coast and on the mountains high
Wolf, jackal, fox, and the dingo
Some move in packs while others like it solo
Wolf, jackal, fox, and the dingo
Gray, black, red, golden, and white
You put the gray wolf out of the way
Still got foxes and coyotes in the USA
Down the land bridge they all came South America would never be the same
They've got the bush dog and the dhole
And Darwin's fox, who's black as charcoal
Then the maned wolf, who despite
It's name eats a lot of fruits and veggies during the night
Wolf, jackal, fox, and the dingo
The true foxes don't include the culpeo
Wolf, jackal, fox, and the dingo
On the coast and on the mountains high
Wolf, jackal, fox, and the dingo
Some move in packs while others like it solo
Wolf, jackal, fox, and the dingo
Gray, black, red, golden, and white
Yeah, yeah, yeah, doggy
Canidae x2
Close in wild dog, prey's in sight
We're eating impala for sure tonight
More pack members means more mouths to be fed
But the benefits of teamwork, not enough can be said
Wolf, jackal, fox, and the dingo
The true foxes don't include the culpeo
Wolf, jackal, fox, and the dingo
On the coast and on the mountains high
Wolf, jackal, fox, and the dingo
Some move in packs while others like it solo
Wolf, jackal, fox, and the dingo
Gray, black, red, golden, and white
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What comes after seven? Well, if you subscribe to a linear view of time, then generally eight! So here is my eighth song! And let me tell you, she is an absolute DOOZY! Say hello to "Hey There Mass Extinction," to the tune of "Hey There Delilah" by Plain White T's! Below is the link to the song:
Here are the lyrics to the song:
Hey there mass extinction, what's it like to have no pity
I'm a thousand miles away
But still the light it is so pretty, yes it's true
But it'll boil the flesh off me and you, I swear its true
Hey there mass extinction don't you worry about the distance
The sonic boom will be here shortly, burst your eardrums, you can't listen
Close your eyes
If you open them again, they'll probably fry
You'll surely die
Hey there mass extinction
I know times are getting hard
The sun is covered by a lot of dust
And seems so very far
Away, not good
I can't survive on simply wood
But no one could
Hey there mass extinction
I think hunger's here to stay
Death is coming soon for me and you
It'll take our breath away
And down we'll fall Mosasaurs, pterosaurs, dinosaurs, all
We just can't stall
A thousand miles seems pretty far
But the entire planet it will mar
Earthquakes will cause the entire Earth to sway
Evolution this event will suppress
And yet something must survive because
We know
That you are hearing my angel's voice today
Mass extinction I can promise you
The outlook now is bleak its true
The world will never ever be the same
And you're to blame
Hey there mass extinction
You've destroyed my family tree
Temporarily weakened the genetic pool
And now the dinos are history, sad but true
You know its all because of you Mammalian radiation will ensue
Hey mass extinction here's to you
This one's for you
Number shichi (in Japanese) song in our song list thingy! This one is "Raccoon Dance," to the tune of "Moondance" by Van Morrison! Below is the link to the song:
Here are the lyrics to the song:
Well, it's a marvelous night for raccoon dance
With a little black mask on their eyes
A fantabulous night to take a chance
And then carry it off with my prize
The owls above are all calling
As they have since so long ago
Across the road I go crawling
There's a good dumpster here I know
But even though I look quite cute, and a lot like a little kid's plush
If you try and hug me your face I will bite and crush
Chorus:
Every single night the raccoon dance helps keep the streets bereft of
All of the trash you filthy humans leave behind we dispose of
Well, my very image seems to cause some fright
'Till over the horizon the sun has come
Although my bark is worse than my bite
But you still don't mess with me just for fun
But on the raccoon you best not be hating
Because I eat everything from plants to bone
I'm an omnivore just like a bear, dear
And I'm found in the north temperate zone
And every time you touch me, you must tremble inside
And I know how much you want to run but still you can't hide
Chorus
Repeat 1st Verse
Chorus
One more raccoon dance with you in the moonlight
On a magic night
La, la, la, la in the moonlight
On a magic night
Can't I just have one more dance with you my love
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The sixth song in our song series is entitled "Drop It Like It's Hot (A Song About Spiky Animals)," to the tune of the song "Drop It Like It's Hot" by Snoop Dogg! Below is the link to the song:
Here are the lyrics to the song:
Spikkkkky
Spikkkkky
[Chorus]
When you pick up an echidna
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
When the hedgehog tries to get at ya
Park it like it's hot
Park it like it's hot
Park it like it's hot
Pufferfish won't give you latitude
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
When it comes to these guys it don't have to do with brawn
They got spikes all on their body and they got it going on
Uh! All these nice dudes, have a common theme
If they are pursued, probably make you scream
The little hedgehog, spied by a little stoat
But attacking this little mammal I simply can't promote
The echidna, though it still lays eggs
Is still a mammal, don't be misled
Although it seems like, a reptile instead
Milk is still how it's babies get fed
Put one on your seat, I know that's gonna bring the heat
Feel like steel stabbed into you like Chinchilla with deceit
But don't try to pick it up with your fingers, they will split
Probably hurts a bit
Do your best to contain the pain and don't throw a fit
You should think about it, take a second
Matter fact, you should take four, see
And maybe you should turn around and go now, flee
[Chorus]
When you pick up an echidna
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
When the hedgehog tries to get at ya
Park it like it's hot
Park it like it's hot
Park it like it's hot
Pufferfish won't give you latitude
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
When it comes to these guys it don't have to do with brawn
They got spikes all on their body and they got it going on
It's not a scratch like you get from a cat
It's like being bit by a vampire bat
When you're out on the beach and out goes the tide
Keep an eye out for the sea urchin, because if the two of you collide
Ain't no other way to say the way I feel, dismay
I got poked so very much that you probably thought today
That I'm a pincushion, I think we can agree
That with my luck next thing I grab will be a killer bee
I can't take it, just break it, and when I make it
To a safe place I will probably be invaded
I have to find a place where no poky things reside
Cause the way I'm going I'll be lucky to get out of this alive
Take me back in time it'll be just a little
I'm tired of always being the monkey in the middle
But no matter where I go, I'm followed by the spiny animizzles Aetosaurs have found me and I break like peanut brittle
[Chorus]
When you pick up an echidna
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
When the hedgehog tries to get at ya
Park it like it's hot
Park it like it's hot
Park it like it's hot
Pufferfish won't give you latitude
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
When it comes to these guys it don't have to do with brawn
They got spikes all on their body and they got it going on
The thorny devil, really goes to show
That wherever you walk, you better watch your toes
The little guy's tough, one not to cross
Big thorny devil, yeah he's so sharp
On the TV screen and in the magazines
You see a creature which looks like something from a crazy dream
You got a time machine so you wanna pop back?
To the Burgess Shale, let's go check out that
Wacky critter that looks like a worm that moves
With a bunch of little legs, and will likely confuse
Anyone who takes a look at this dude
No matter what you think it don't look easy to chew
This little guy looks through and through
Like the last thing you want to find inside of your stew
Now before we leave make sure it's not inside your shoe
Or in your other clothes, you don't want to suppose!
[Chorus]
When you pick up an echidna
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
When the hedgehog tries to get at ya
Park it like it's hot
Park it like it's hot
Park it like it's hot
Pufferfish won't give you latitude
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
When it comes to these guys it don't have to do with brawn
They got spikes all on their body and they got it going on
Spikkkkkkkkkky
Spikkkkkkkkkky
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Numero cinco (he said in flawless Spanish) of our song parody series! "I Can't Decide (Whether I Should Swim or Fly)" to the tune of "I Can't Decide (Whether You Should Live or Die)" by Scissor Sisters! This song is all about penguins!
Here are the lyrics to the song:
It's not easy having yourself a good time
Greasing up those penguin feathers
Waddling around, as clumsy as ever
Molt and feed my young at the same time
My feathers are fluffy and look like cotton
I smell like something dead and rotten
But I'm a penguin tonight
I live in sea and not the sky
I'm just a loner baby
But your dance led me astray
I can't decide
Whether I should swim or fly
Cause swimmings got its perks
But then with flight I just drop by
OK, goodbye
Blue sky, I will abide
Where its cold and hard and petrified
Jump on in, through the water we'll glide
At low or high tide
It's not a cinch getting other penguin to like you
Steal their rocks you make them bitter
Even though they're dull and not shiny like glitter
Doing all your moves at the right cue
Mating dance until I'm crippled
Scarf ten sardines, they're raw not pickled
I've got to flipper it to you
You've played by all the same rules
But now you stole my mate from me
Although I scream like a banshee
[CHORUS]
Oh I could throw you in a lake
But you can swim for goodness sake
I won't deny it's not too hard to egg me on
Oh I could try and make you dive
But in the water you still thrive
Which makes me see that maybe
That's why
I stay alive, underwater I can fly
Because flight has its perks
But underwater by and by
I will defy
Other birds who like to stay bone dried
The cold is where I will abide
The world has yet another side
It really must be tried
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Here we have the fourth song in the series, "Island Hop," to the tune of the very popular "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore. Below is a link to the parody:
Here are the lyrics to the song:
Hey, Macklemore! Can we go island hopping?
In-su-lar-ized...[x7]
Island, bio, geogra, phy... [x9]
[Hook:] Australia and Tobag-
-o, Cross them both off my docket
Take a look at some of these animals close-up
Kakapo, Penguins and the Possum
[Verse 1:]
Nah, walk up to the map like, "What up with all these chunks of rock
Out in the deep blue sea, barely staying on top."
Ice in Antarctica, it's so dang frosty
That penguins like, "It's cold enough here to completely freeze a donkey."
Floatin' in, water's deep, I can see a dorsal fin,
Dressed for adventure, 'cept for one fact, I'm completely clean
Hoppin' off, walkin' round, I can really barely see
Probably should remember, there are some big animals here that need to eat-
(Hissssss)
But shoot, it's a Komodo Dragon! (Dang it)
Runnin' round, leap and bound, my death I hope to circumvent
Don't want to be a has been, someone needs to find my next of kin
But now I got a game plan
Run up to that tree and climb and
Wait up there 'til someone comes along and helps me down, really, it's a cinch
Next I'm off to Baffin Isle., turn the clock back awhile,
No for real - ask your grandpa - once the great auk here was found? (That's right) Polar bears, arctic terns, and some things with flippers
And even more fossils if you just get diggin'
To avoid getting bored, let's head to the opposite seaboard
To the Channel Islands, much of which are rarely explored
Hello, say hello, to the Island Tree mallow,
The Channel Island fox and the introduced Catalina Island buffalo
Unfortunately, its now extinct, but at one point, there arose,
A 6-foot tall mammoth that would barely reach up to your nose
[Hook]
Australia and Tobag-
-o, Cross them both off my docket
Take a look at some of these animals close-up
Kakapo, Penguins and the Possum
[Hook]
Australia and Tobag-
-o, Cross them both off my docket
Take a look at some of these animals close-up
Kakapo, Penguins and the Possum
[Verse 2:]
What you know about island dwarfism?
What you know about the Cozumel Island fox, then?
I'm digging, I'm digging, I just can't find that page
An adult Cozumel's as big as a red one's pup
Thank your granddad for helping to slow the extinction and to-avert
'Cause right now we might still have the living thing
I'm in New Zealand, you can find me in (Wellington)
I'm not, I'm not sick of searchin' in that region (Wellington)
For the kea, the kiwi, the korora, the weka,
There ain't no native mammals in New Zealand, cept for bats, and of course whales and dolphins
Other marine ones like the seals and the sea lions
I hit the button and then through time we go flyin'
They be like, "Here we are at Hațeg - yo, let's check out the sites."
I'm like, "Whoa - that's Balaur and Hatzegopteryx."
Despite the transition, it's time to finish our mission Magyarosaurus and Struthiosaurus - neither of which
Are very tall at all, they have both been shrimped
I call that island dwarfism at its most intenseness
That's not all that's here, though Telmatosaurus, Bradycneme, and of course the Rhabdodon, or Rhabdodon't
But separating us from the mainland, no continental slope
In the future this place, separated from Romania it won't
Man it surely won't
(Hațeg...island dwarf...yeah!)
[Hook]
Australia and Tobag-
-o, Cross them both off my docket
Take a look at some of these animals close-up
Kakapo, Penguins and the Possum
[Bridge: x2]
Take the mainland and an island and juxtapose
It's quite incredible
They're surrounded by a moat
Which helps animals change their genetic code
[Hook]
Australia and Tobag-
-o, Cross them both off my docket
Take a look at some of these animals close-up
Kakapo, Penguins and the Possum
Is that your grandma's Balearic Islands cave goat?
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Number three! Here we have another good one, entitled "Bongo," and sung to the tune of Gloria Estefan's "Conga!"
Here are the lyrics to the song:
Come on everybody lets learn about the bongo
With bright orange fur its really gonzo
It's tongue can move a lot and is really longo
To learn about the bongo just relax and take a seat
Come on everybody lets learn about the bongo
With bright orange fur its really gonzo
It's tongue can move a lot and is really longo
To learn about the bongo just relax and take a seat
Like the giraffe and the okapi
All have two hooves on their feet
All three have a prehensile tongue
Which is really pretty neat
Unlike the giraffe, the bongo lives
The jungle and not in the heat
To learn more a-bout the Bongo
Just relax and take a seat
Come on everybody lets learn about the bongo
With bright orange fur its really gonzo
It's tongue can move a lot and is really longo
To learn about the bongo just relax and take a seat
More mountain bongos live in zoos than
Live in the wild and far away
Estimates from 2007
Say 75 to 140
Better get ourselves together
And hold on to what we've got
If we don't help then decrease in the
Population will never stop
Come on everybody lets learn about the bongo
With bright orange fur its really gonzo
It's tongue can move a lot and is really longo
To learn about the bongo just relax and take a seat
Come on everybody lets learn about the bongo
With bright orange fur its really gonzo
It's tongue can move a lot and is really longo
To learn about the bongo just relax and take a seat
Come on everybody lets learn about the bongo
With bright orange fur its really gonzo
It's tongue can move a lot and is really longo
To learn about the bongo just relax and take a seat
Come on everybody lets learn about the bongo
Photo Credit: zooborns.typepad.com
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Here we have the second song I made and, in my opinion, quite possibly the best, ESPECIALLY the singing! Below is a link to the parody:
Make sure to check out the music video, here!
Here are the lyrics to the song:
Sittin' here avoiding predation
Don't want to end up somebody's meal
Fortunately I've got built in protection
I'm a tank and that is for real
Gotta have some dermal armor this evening
Protect myself in case of a fight
Gotta have some dermal armor this evening
Gotta have protection
Just in case I get in a fight
Dermal armor
I want some dermal
Dermal armor
Ankylosaurs make their foes blood curdle
My skin has turned as hard as my bone Armadillos, pangolins and the turtle
The shell is just my mobile home
Gotta have some dermal armor this evening
Protect myself in case of a fight
Gotta have some dermal armor this evening
Gotta have protection
Just in case I get in a fight
Dermal armor
Dermal
Dermal armor
Derm, derm, derm, Dermal
Arm, arm, arm
Derm, derm, derm, dermal
Arm, arm, arm
Bony scales, plates, or other structures
Collectively called osteoderms
It's almost impossible to make these rupture
Bludgeon them and they will stand firm
Yeah, yeah
Impossible to make these rupture
Bludgeon them and they will stand firm
Yeah, yeah
Impossible to make these rupture
Bludgeon them and they will stand firm
Yeah yeah
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So recently, I have started parodying various songs, and turning them into educational animal songs for people to....well, enjoy! The first on I did was "I've Evolved That Way," to the tune of the popular boy-band song "I Want It That Way." Below is a link to the parody:
Here are the lyrics to the song:
A trait you acquire
A trait you desire
Alive you'll stay
I've evolved that way
But we are two worlds apart
See the change, you start
One mistake
And I've evolved that way.
Tell me why
I have wings instead of hands
Tell me why
I blend into the desert sand
A mistake
In the copying of DNA
I've evolved that way
A long rewire
And I acquire
A beneficial adaptation
I've evolved that way
Tell me why
I have wings instead of hands
Tell me why
I blend into the desert sand
A mistake
In the copying of DNA
I've evolved that way
Now I can see we're evolving apart
Isolation is the key, yeah
Distance plus time means
A separate race
Where only one used to be
A trait you acquire
A trait you desire
Adapt
Adapt, adapt, adapt
Copying DNA
I have wings instead of hands
I blend into the desert sand
A mistake in the copying of DNA
I've evolved that way
Tell me why
I have wings instead of hands
Tell me why
I blend into the desert sand
A mistake
In the copying of DNA
I've evolved that way
Tell me why
I have wings instead of hands
Tell me why
I blend into the desert sand
A mistake
In the copying of DNA
I've evolved that way
'Cause I've evolved that way
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