From: Roger Robison [robison@texas.net]

Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 10:31 PM

To: alex@stinky.com

Subject: Parasites, pathogens, and poisons



Hello!



I teach high school biology, and I've introduced double dactyls to my

students to hook their interest and to stir their imagination.  Here are

a few that I wrote to illustrate the form and to introduce the topic of

parasites and pathogens.  The kids enjoy them and have tried the form on

their own.  I hope you enjoy them, too.



Intestinal Fauna



Higgledy-Piggledy

E. histolytica,

Nasty amoeba in

Stool sample smear,

Acts as a parasite --

Sesquipedalian

Agent of suffering --

Causing "dire rear".



Alimentary, Watson



Higgledy-Piggledy

Taenia solium,

Tapeworm that lives within

Pigs and man, too,

Dies from a remedy

Pharmacological:

Male fern's the Rx for

What's eating you!



Enteric Water Loo



Higgledy-Piggledy

Vibrio cholerae,

Spread through excreta in

Water supplies,

Roils the intestine with

Pathogenicity;

Practice good hygiene, or

Cork it, you guys!



Friend or Foe



Higgledy-Piggledy

Strychnos nux-vomica,

Friend of Lucrezia

Borgia and kin,

Poison of preference

Machiavellian,

Swiftly will rid one of

Vermin ... and men.