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Kookaburra

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Although the Kookaburra is not an endangered species, many other animals and birds are! So why not learn more about Endangered Specieslink to a non-NIEHS site -- and remember,
"Endangered means there is still time!"
Written By: Marion Sinclair
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Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra!
Gay your life must be

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gum drops he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
Leave some there for me!

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Counting all the monkeys he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
That's not a monkey that's me

Kookaburra sits on a rusty nail
Gets a boo-boo in his tail
Cry, Kookaburra! Cry, kookaburra!
Oh how life can be!		A Kookaburra Bird
[Hint: Stop the music before visiting the sound link below].
A Kookaburra is an Australian bird that sounds like this.
The "gum drops" that the kookaburra eats in the song are beads
of sap that form on the gum tree (also called a Eucalyptus tree).

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