United States 1428: Alligator (issued 6-12-1971) |
Australia 713: Zebra Finch (issued 9-17-1979) |
A-Z Animals Zoo 3 Alligator "see you later" teenage slang when parting, Beaver busy building dams shows you're industrious, Cheetah fastest creature on land at 80 miles per hour, Donkey Sancho's companion Dapple in Don Quixote, Emu oil moisturizes your skin healing aches & pain, Flamingo plastic ones popular on American lawns, Grasshopper jumps 20 body length without using its wings, "Hippopotamus Polka" popular music and dance in 1850, Ibis bravery during hurricanes as last ones to leave, Jackal mentioned in the Bible 14 times as "wild dog", King Cobra kissed by priestess snake charmer, Llama Inca deity dressed as multicolored llama, Moose Seal of Michigan shows an elk and a moose, Newt eye used by witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth, Opossum nocturnal animal plays dead when threatened, Peacock courting with colorful eyespots in its feathers, Quokka "world's happiest animal" with beaming smile, Rhinoceros Dürer did famous woodcut not seeing one, Turkey traditionally eaten at Thanksgiving holiday, Upland Sandpiper starred in film with Elizabeth Taylor, Vervet Monkey kept as pets in Egypt 1st century AD, Walrus Beatles song inspired by Lewis Caroll's poem, Xantus Becard bird's call is a mournful seeeuuuwww, Yellowfin Tuna large ones caught weighed 400 pounds, Zebra Finch loud boisterous singers beep, oi!, a-ha!. Peter Y. Chou Mountain View, 10-7-2021 |