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I can but (e for i)

consider

it

Kitti's hog-nosed bat (aka bumblebee bat) would

eschew

lychees because they eat insects.

I take it if I do you won't stay for any (-b)

encores

What may be worse is if someone (k for b)

belches

after my joke.
Or maybe that'd make it funnier.

nevermore?

From the largest bird to the smallest mammal... Here's an interesting animal, the Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus). It is the smallest known extant mammal by mass, weighing only about 1.8 g (0.063 oz) on average. (The bumblebee bat is regarded as the smallest mammal by skull size and body length.) T...

When I give speeches my (p for k)

cheeks

look like peaches

You can have my share of (+h)

peaches.

I never developed a taste for them. It's my dad's favorite icecream flavor. Maybe because I've grown up on only store bought fruits.

The largest bird skull yet found belongs to Kelenken guillermoi. It's 71 cm long, 46 cm for the beak. They think it stood 3 m tall. These terror birds were so nimble, quick (48 km/hr ...not as fast as a cheetah) and such competitive hunters that mammalian predators opted for forested habitats to avo...

I have this thing about terror birds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorusrhacidae . And just read this evening about Brazilian farmers often using their closest living relatives, the red-legged seriema, as guard animals against livestock predators and burglars. So I introduce to you Cariama cristata...

would those be cakes made from (+e)

ackees?

do people (j for c)

screak

when serving time doing jankers?

Or around here we can watch the (+k)

honkers

as they migrate south.

Patik is also a traditional handmade sock. A tradition since the 7th century B.C. in Anatolia, Turkey. Long valued as essential and practical home apparel for all seasons, they are also a mark of Turkish hospitality. Wearing exterior footwear indoors is frowned upon so hosts pride themselves on keep...

Rhino horns remind me of (+t)

thorns.

It would not be nice either to have senior (+h)

rhinos

in irons in prison. It doesn't look like they get/give prion disease.

An adventure I don't want, a red tattoo...

Red

tattoo pigment is the most likely to cause negative reactions in the body including allergic reactions and itchy skin.

How about a thread on dyeing

people.

[Not dying people.]

Including (e for p)

prisons?

sunflower seeds make a purple dye. Coffee as a dye seems popular. I wonder if

espresso

can be used.