The Brazil Nut Song Lyrics
In the forest of rain, there’s a tree with the name
same as it’s fruit, Brazil nut.
Fifteen or more of those nuts are stored
inside a really tough husk.
Like cannonballs, the husks will fall,
but no one calls “look out.”
On the ground they will stay,
because there is no way
critters can get those nuts out.
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And so goes the story of Brazil nut trees,
and how they survive with the agouti.
Brazil nuts are buried by agoutis.
If nuts are forgotten, they sprout into trees.
To get the job done, oh, there is just one?
the rodent we call agouti.
With teeth they can trust,
they can gnaw through the husk
to get to the nuts, agouti.
When they get in the pod, they eat like a slob.
But there’s always too many Brazil nuts.
So, they’ll bury the rest
and get on with their quest,
staying alive, agouti.
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The tapir will come looking for some
of the nuts the agouti has buried.
But tapirs know the jaguar could show,
so the tapir stays wary.
Insects find what’s left behind
and eat the remains in a hurry.
From flower to seed, to each critter’s needs,
that’s the Brazil nut story.
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