Animal Facts
by S.Robert Sacco


Monday is favored for self-destruction
Men and women wake up and realize
the answer is at the end of a rope or a gun.

The world is a hard place, for others too.
If a snake is born with two heads they fight
each other for food. Often one will die.

The St. Bernard is the preferred
dog in Korea because it yields a
better-tasting and more economical
source of meat than other breeds.

Cats don’t have it a whole lot better.
All male calicos have an additional
X chromosome, which makes them sterile.

Elephants are the only mammals who
can't jump even if they want to
but humans are the only mammals
who wait all weekend to jump
from a high window or bridge.






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