All For The Fruit - Lincoln Park Zoo Poem by Ima Ryma

An Egyptian fruit bat is me
Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.
From North Africa my kind be,
And eat a lot of fruit we do.
We like to search for fruit at night,
Flying fruitfully through the air.
Two foot wing spans we have in flight,
And listen for sounds to get there
To gather the fruit to fly back,
Dropping some fruit seeds as we go,
Thus pollinating trees on track,
Allowing more new fruit to grow.

With bugs and birds, bats pollinate,
To keep plants growing and that's great.