Eggshell Animals
Purple-coloured jellybeans
with tiny arms and legs
will prod and poke a hole in
their marble-sized white egg.
Once hatched, they’ll grow-up hairy
and have a leathery beak.
So are they some new kind of bird
whose wings became antique?
No, no. It’s not a birdy thing.
Then could it be lizard?
No. Fur won’t grow on reptiles …
unless tricked by a wizard!
At first they’re bald as pumpkins
and lap their mother’s milk.
But four months-old, a platypus
has fur like soft thick silk.
Celia Berrell
inspired by:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5Y2h5zjpWU
- Submitted in response to Poetry Prompt #9
Australian Children’s Poetry 
Great poem! Kept me guessing and awesome science facts slipped in.
Oh Celia, your poem is brilliant, but combined wiht the video, what riches! To encourage scientific thinking and wonder by poetry, just as they used to in Darwin’s grandfather’s time – or Shelley’s ‘The Cloud’ for instance! Wonderful! Congratulations! I do hope you are working on a series to be collected by someone and put together with the relevant videos! Virginia