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Coffee Break: Zoo animals

by Anna Reed

May 31, 2016

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What songs do you want to hear for today's Coffee Break?
Richard Ashurst, Flickr [CC BY 2.0]

Zoo animals have been in the news and on our minds this morning after a sad event happened at the Cincinnati Zoo this weekend.

Zookeepers shot and killed a gorilla after a toddler slipped into his enclosure. The 17-year-old silverback Harambe was shot after the boy went under a rail, through wires and over a moat wall to get into the enclosure.

For today's Coffee Break, what songs or bands do you want to hear that reference non-domestic animals?

And thanks to Kyle for the idea!

Songs played


Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel
Baby Elephant Walk - Henry Mancini
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey - The Beatles
Kangaroo - Big Star
Gold Lion - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
I've Got A Tiger By The Tail - Buck Owens
Fox On The Run - Sweet
Folded Hands - Zoo Animal

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