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What Do Animals Need?

from Penguin Parade by Banana Slug String Band

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Animals live in tropical lands,
And giant old growth redwood stands,
Desert dunes, a lake or a bog.
Hey! An animal can live in a rotting old log.
They live everywhere – this whole world round,
In the air, land or water and underground.
Food, water, shelter, that’s where it’s at.
An animal’s home is called its habitat.

CHORUS:
What do animals need? – a wild home
What do animals need? – Room to roam
What do animals need? – Clean water and air
What do animals need? – Love and care

The blue whale in the ocean, the tortoise in the sand
The tigers in the jungle hope that we will understand.
If we take away their homes, what will animals do?
Where will they go? They can’t live with you!
Alligators and snakes would be sleeping in your bed,
Monkeys jumping off the tables, flying bats above your head.

For a cheetah there would be no place to run.
What misery for a grizzly, it wouldn’t be much fun.
Imagine in your kitchen, a herd of wildebeest,
Raiding your fridge on a midnight feast.
It just wouldn’t work, that’s plain to see.
These animals need to be wild and free.

CHORUS

Now animals need the earth to survive.
A habitat, a home that keeps them alive.
And people, we have the same needs too.
Together we share this little space
Let’s keep this world a beautiful place.
All animals need the earth to survive.
Protect habitats, keep them alive.

We can keep it that way – the forest green
We can keep it that way – the rivers clean
We can keep it that way – let’s plant the seed
We can keep it that way – for what we need.

What do animals need? A healthy home
What do animals need? Room to roam
What do animals need? Clean water and air
What do animals need? Love and care.

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from Penguin Parade, released January 1, 1995

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