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The lazy Cuckoo bird does no work and only sings all day, but when a fire threatens the birds' supply of seeds in the forest, the Cuckoo is the first to step up and save the day.

Coyote wishes he could soar like eagles, fly like crows, glide like hawks, but he is just plain old Coyote who must follow his nose.

Palaki, an emperor penguin, keeps a blog as he takes a long swim north to see the world, and when he attempts to swim home to Antarctica, he has to have help from the vets at Wellington Zoo in New Zealand.