JT Miller
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JT Miller
@millerstem.bsky.social
Lower School Science Teacher
St. Albans School, Washington DC
Haikus by my students about Tuxedo Style combatants:

Tasmanian Devil

Vocalized with growls
Jaws that crush animal’s bones
Lives in scrub forest

Delacour's Langur

Everyone loves you,
Stay with your group, don’t be last
Beat them all, langur

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March 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Haikus by my students about Tuxedo Style combatants:

Ribbon Seal

Ribbon seal is cool
Ribbon seal is sensitive
Lives In cold arctic

Southern Tamandua

Long nose and decurved,
In tropical rainforest,
Walk on outside feet

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March 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Haikus by my students about Tuxedo Style combatants:

Mountain Zebra

They live in mountains
They eat grass, leaves, stems, and seeds
They have pointed hooves

White-faced capuchin

Has prehensile tail
Reach full adult size at age eight
Small burrow dweller

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March 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Haikus by my students about Tuxedo Style combatants:

Malayan Tapir

Large, stocky bodies,
Plucks leaves and puts into mouth,
Only in asia

Southern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat

Long Claws For Climbing
In Tropical Rainforests
Feeding On Barkwood

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March 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Haikus by my students about Tuxedo Style combatants:

Cape Buffalo

Head with curvy horns
They are always chewing grass
On the savanna

Moonrat

Black spots near the eyes
There’s white hair and black elsewhere
Likes moist areas

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March 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Haikus by my students about Tuxedo Style combatants:

Wild Yak

Active during day
Wild herds run away from threat
High red blood cell count

Zorilla

Glossy, coarse and black
The striped, African, polecat
It acts like a skunk

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March 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Haikus by my students about Tuxedo Style combatants:

Narwhal

Horn of the ocean,
Graceful swimmer through the deep,
Silent in the waves.

Eastern Spotted Skunk

Eats mice, eggs, honey
Skunk exemplifies smelly
Stinkiness on show

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March 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Haikus by my students about Tuxedo Style combatants:

Polar Bear

Snowy bear. Real white
Polar bear in a snowstorm.
Lives in snow and ice

Eurasian Water Shrew

Silent hunter bolts
Poisoned fangs in water’s glow
Hunger shapes its path

Artwork by
@brushesandbiomes.bsky.social
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March 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Haikus by my students about Same & Different combatants:

Gelada

Highlands' call echoes,
Red chest gleams beneath the sun,
Gelada gazes.

Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Eastern Kangaroo,
Punch Punch Punch like Mike Tyson,
Hop like Lebron James.

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March 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Haikus by my students about Same & Different combatants:

Aardvark

The Aardvark's long nose
digs up termites all day long
Solitary pig

Bandicoot

Bandicoot, alone
Except when breeding, in dark,
near water, eats all

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March 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Haikus by my students about Same & Different combatants:

Greater Glider

I soar with much grace
On ground I fall on my face
Looking out for owls

Paradise Flying Snake

Has venom, will kill
Name is misnomer, can’t fly
They glide ten meters

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@brushesandbiomes.bsky.social
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March 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Haikus by my students about Same & Different combatants:

Coati

Awake during day
Defending with claws and teeth
Sleeps up in the trees

Fig-Eating Bat

Midnight wings take flight,
Sipping on sweet moonlit figs,
Whispers in the dark.

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March 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Haikus by my students about Same & Different combatants:

Paca

Tiny travelers,
Furry coat in the shadows
Night’s furry mascot

Greater Mouse Deer

Small deer runs so fast,
through the trees and leaves so green,
hiding out of sight.

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March 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Haikus by my students about Same & Different combatants:

Sun Bear

Oh peaceful Sun Bear
How you are so delicate
And great at climbing

Hedgehog

Is found in Southern
Africa, hedgehog diet
small insects and worms

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March 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Haikus by my students about Same & Different combatants:

Thorold's Deer

Massive, vigilant
herd animals, fast, agile hooves
herbivore, climber

Olympic Marmot

Buckwheat for dinner
Rubbing against my coarse fur
In Olympic Park

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March 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Haikus by my students about Roots and Relicts combatants:

Samiaa Ringed Seal

These seals are pisces,
They eat small fish like ruff and perch,
In the cold they live.

Olm

Olm’s in Croatia
Ventral Side is Translucent
Has Slender Body

Artwork by @brushesandbiomes.bsky.social #2025MMM
March 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Haikus by my students about Roots and Relicts combatants:

Asian Forest Tortoise

Fruit and seed-eater
Wallowing in South Asia
Full of unique traits

Platypus

Duck-billed platypus
Live in the wetter regions
Strange looking creature

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March 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Haikus by my students about Roots and Relicts combatants:

Starry Sturgeon

Big fish swims so bright,
like the stars in dark, deep sea,
shiny, fast, and free.

Tuatara

They eat small critters
They live up to one hundred
This creature is rare

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March 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Haikus by my students about Roots and Relicts combatants:

Coelacanth

Coelacanth, blue scales
Cave in day, hunt deep at night
Comoros islands

Mudskipper

Eyes on top of head
They live in burrows in mud
Fiddler crabs diet

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March 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Haikus by my students about Roots and Relicts combatants:

Frilled Shark

Ancient depths they glide,
Frills wave in the shadowed dark,
Silent, unseen tides.

Fern

Nice and green so tall
Wet woodlands they live and eat
Light is their delight

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March 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Haikus by my students about Roots and Relicts combatants:

Ginkgo
One hundred feet tall
Ginkgo the living fossil
Yellow in autumn

Mycorrhizal Fungus
They live in the soil
Are pear-shaped or spherical
Help plant nutrients

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March 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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March 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Haikus written by my students about The Only Ones combatants:

Spotted-necked Otter

Spotted necked otter
It will win the entire thing
It’s the best mammal

Tayra

Medium weasel
Bushy tail, long neck, and claws
In Argentina

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@brushesandbiomes.bsky.social #2025MMM
March 13, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Haikus written by my students about The Only Ones combatants:

Marsh Mongoose

Low growling Mongoose
Who has great powerful teeth
That can crush hard foods

Quokka

Sunny smile so bright,
Quokka grins with endless light,
Joyus in each hop

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March 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Haikus written by my students about The Only Ones combatants:

Indri

Small treetop jumper
Found in north Madagascar
Vegetarian

Hispid hare

I live botherless
Bark. And if I feel like it
I will steal your crops

Artwork by
@brushesandbiomes.bsky.social #2025MMM
March 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM