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//        text.h
//        contains all of the animal's written answers to questions
//        to be included in the animals.c file only
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//                                    THE SAVANNA
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//----------- ELEPHANT-------------------------------
#define 1
//I'm an African Elephant

#define 2
in groups.  We travel around grazing for

uchar elep_answ_text_C[] =
"My trunk I would say is my most unique and\n\
useful feature.  I use it to pick up food,\n\
drink with and give myself a shower.  Try\n\
that with your nose.  On second thought,\n\
you\'d better not.";

uchar elep_answ_text_D[] =
"Do you know that when a baby elephant is\n\
born it\'s about three feet tall and\n\
200 pounts?  I\'ll bes when you were\n\
born you only weighed about a hundred.";


//--------CHEETAH----------------------------------------

uchar chee_answ_text_A[] =
"I\'m a cheetah.  make it quick, I\n\
gotta\' run.  Hyuk yuk, \"gotta\' run\".\n\
Getit?  Oh, I crack myself up.";

uchar chee_answ_text_B[] =
"We cheetahs hunt alone most of the time.\n\
We live out in the open where it\'s hard\n\
to sneak up on our,...ahem, dinner, so\n\
we have to be quick on our feet.";


uchar chee_answ_text_C[] =
"Well, besides my great-looking spots,\n\
I\'m well known for the fact that I can\n\
run almost seventy miles an hour for a\n\
short stretch.  That\'s faster than any\n\
other land animal can run.  And without\n\
sneakers.";


//------------GIRAFFE---------------------------------

uchar gira_answ_text_A[] =
"I\'m a giraffe, and I always enjoy meeting\n\
short people.  Which, compared to me, \n\
is EVERBODY.";

uchar gira_answ_text_B[] =
"We giraffes live in groups of females\n\
and their kids or of young adults.  The\n\
older guys fend for themselves.  We eat\n\
from the branches of tall trees.  We pull\n\
the leaves off with our and long tongue.\n\
They\'re very tasty, if you\'re a giraffe.";

uchar gira_answ_text_C[] =
"It\'s our long necks that make the giraffes\n\
the tallest animals in the world.  But I\'m\n\
so tall that when I drink fom a pond I need \n\
to spead my front legs far apart so my mouth\n\
can reach the water.  Maybe I should just\n\
carry a thermos.";

uchar gira_answ_text_D[] =
"For self defense, I can not only kick\n\
very hard but I can also swing my long\n\
neck and head around like a big hammer.\n\
Don't ask me to do it.  You wouldn't like it.";


//------SOUTH AFRICAN OSTRICH----------------------
uchar ostr_answ_text_A[] =
"Hey there kids.  I'm a South African Ostrich.";

uchar ostr_answ_text_B[] =
"I roam around the grasslands eating fruit\n\
and seeds, munching on bushes and trees, \n\
and sometimes a small mammal or lizard.\n\
Say, you don't have an extra lizard\n\
you're not going to eat, do you?";

uchar ostr_answ_text_C[] =
"Well I am the world\'s largest bird.  I\'m\n\
almost eight feet high.  And I can run more\n\
that 30 miles per hour. I'm big, and fast,\n\
and I have buldging eyes the size of tennis\n\
balls.  You\'re not scared are you?";

uchar ostr_answ_text_D[] =
"Contrary to popular belief, we ostriches \n\
do NOT hide our heads in the sand.  We\n\
never did it, amd we never will.  So\n\
whoever is speading these wild rumors\n\
about us better just cut it out.";


//---------Lowland Gorilla------------------------------------------

uchar gori_answ_text_A[] =
"Hi there.  I'm the Lowland Gorilla. But you\n\
should call me Harry Ape.  Did you get that?\n\
I said HAIRY APE!";

uchar gori_answ_text_B[] =
"We gorillas live in small groups of 5 to\n\
10 members.  The boss of each group is\n\
an older male called a Silverback.  He's\n\
the strongest gorilla in the group and can\n\
usually scare the pants off an intruder.";


uchar gori_answ_text_C[] =
"Gorillas have always been famous.  We\'re\n\
the largest of the great apes.  Our \n\
relatives the Mountain Gorillas can \n\
weigh 400 pounds.  Hey, do you know where\n\
400 pound gorilla sleeps?  Aah, dumb\n\
joke, never mind.";

uchar gori_answ_text_D[] =
"From the way we look you might think we\'re\n\
ferocious meat-eaters but really the \n\
meatiest thing we eat is a bug or an egg.\n\
Plants are what we eat most of the time.\n\
Leaves, bark, bamboo grass; I just love\n\
fibers.";



//************************************************************
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//                                    Forest
//
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// ------------    BEAVER    ---------------

uchar beav_answ_text_A[] =
"I\'m a Beaver, a rather large rodent.\n\
Including my tail I\'m about 4\n\
feet long and I weigh 30 pounds.\n\
I enjoy water sports, construction\n\
projects and a belly full of\n\
birchbark.";

uchar beav_answ_text_B[] =
"My family builds it\'s lodge in the\n\
middle of a lake or river. It has a\n\
comfy sleeping room and doorways\n\
that are underwater. Living out\n\
in the lake keeps away predators,\n\
who have a bad habit of trying to eat\n\
us.";

uchar beav_answ_text_C[] =
"My tail is like a paddle. I balance\n\
on it when I sit upright, and I\n\
steer with it when I swim. And when\n\
there\'s danger I smack it loud\n\
on the water. That\'s our\n\
emergency broadcast signal!";


// ------------    Bald Eagle    ---------------

uchar bald_answ_text_A[] =
"I\'m a Bald Eagle. One of only\n\
two kinds of Eagles in North America.\n\
I think you\'d agree that I look\n\
extremely cool when I swoop down to\n\
snatch a fish dinner out of\n\
the water.";

uchar bald_answ_text_B[] =
"Me and my mate build our nest\n\
together. We add to it, fix it\n\
up and live in it year after year.\n\
It can get to be 8 feet across!\n\
We move south for the winter,\n\
but we always come home to\n\
the very same nest.";

uchar bald_answ_text_C[] =
"Back in 1782 I was chosen by\n\
Congress as the emblem of the United\n\
States. That\'s why I get to have\n\
my picture on money. Ben Franklin\n\
wanted the emblem to be a Turkey.\n\
What was he thinking about?!";


// ------------    Rocky Mountain goat    ---------------

uchar goat_answ_text_A[] =
"I\'m a sure-footed Rocky Mountain\n\
Goat! Some of us weigh almost 300\n\
pounds. My sharp hooves have a soft\n\
pads in the middle which act\n\
like suction cups to help me\n\
stay on the rocks.";

uchar goat_answ_text_B[] =
"I spend my whole life grazing on\n\
the high cliffs. When my kids are\n\
born they stand up on their own\n\
in just a few minutes! Within a\n\
few days, they can follow me\n\
over the steep slopes. ";

uchar goat_answ_text_C[] =
"This sounds a bit weird but\n\
I have four stomachs! There\'s\n\
not a lot of food high up in\n\
the mountains, so all my\n\
stomachs stay extra busy\n\
squeezing all the nutrition\n\
they can out of whatever food\n\
I can find.";


// ------------    Grizzly Bear    ---------------

uchar griz_answ_text_A[] =
"I\'m a Grizzly Bear, the largest\n\
bear in North America. I get my\n\
name from my coarse, \"grizzled\"\n\
brown fur. Even though I\'m tough\n\
enough to catch a moose, more\n\
often I just eat veggies.";

uchar griz_answ_text_B[] =
"I\'m one heck of a fisherman. The\n\
fish are quick but I\'m just a little\n\
bit quicker. I watch \'em go by and\n\
if my timing is just right-- Pow!\n\
Mmmaaan, I love fresh salmon!";

uchar griz_answ_text_C[] =
"When winter\'s on it\'s way I\n\
eat a lot so I can put on some\n\
fat. Then I crawl inside a cozy\n\
den and take life reeeal slow\n\
for a few months. And when I\'m\n\
that relaxed I don\'t like to\n\
be bothered. Got that?";


// ------------    Moose    ---------------

uchar moos_answ_text_A[] =
"I\'m a Moose\; the biggest member of\n\
the deer family. I\'m 10 feet long,\n\
and weigh almost a tò
. My long\n\
legs allow me to eat from high\n\
branches. They\'re also good\n\
for kicking obnoxious wolves\n\
in the teeth.";

uchar moos_answ_text_B[] =
"I like living near the water.\n\
I don\'t mind dunking my whole head\n\
under the river for a mouth\n\
full of those tender greens that\n\
grow on the bottom. Believe it or\n\
not, I\'m also a pretty good swimmer.";

uchar moos_answ_text_C[] =
"My antlers grow to more than six\n\
feet across. If you see me without\n\
them it\'s because in winter my antlers\n\
drop right off. Not a problem,\n\
though. It only takes until summer\n\
to grow a whole new pair.";


// ------------    Opposum    ---------------


uchar poss_answ_text_A[] =
"No, no. I\'m not a giant rat. I\'m an\n\
Opposum. I\'m about 3 feet long\n\
and 13 pounds. Night is the time\n\
I like to creep around looking for\n\
food. I like fruit but insects\n\
are delicious too. And they\'re\n\
bite size!";

uchar poss_answ_text_B[] =
"Opposums are the only marsupials\n\
in North America. That means I\n\
have a pouch that my babies live\n\
in when they\'re tiny. Once they\'re\n\
finally strong enough I coax\n\
them out into the world.";

uchar poss_answ_text_C[] =
"If I meet up with a predator and\n\
I don\'t have time to get away, I lay\n\
down and pretend I\'m dead so the\n\
predator will be totally grossed out.\n\
Who want\'s to eat a dead opossum?";


// ------------    Porcupine    ---------------

uchar porc_answ_text_A[] =
"I\'m a porcupine! Come here and\n\
let me give you a big hug! Oh, just\n\
kidding.  I\'m 2 feet long and weigh\n\
up to 40 pounds.  My babies start\n\
out soft and furry, but soon\n\
they\'re as prickly as me!";

uchar porc_answ_text_B[] =
"I have 30,000 barbed quills all\n\
over my body. When a predator comes\n\
too close, I raise up my quills and\n\
swing my tail as a warning. The\n\
dumb ones that don\'t run away\n\
get a baaad facefull of trouble.";

uchar porc_answ_text_C[] =
"I get around more than you might\n\
think. I can cli<
 60 feet up a\n\
tree to look for food. Also, swimming\n\
is easy for me since my hollow\n\
quills work like a lifejacket to\n\
help me float. Quills are the best!";


// ------------    Flying Squirrel    ---------------

uchar flyi_answ_text_A[] =
"I\'m darn lucky to be a Flying\n\
Squirrel! I'm only nine inches long\n\
but I can sail 160 feet through the\n\
air. I\'m like a fuzzy stunt pilot! My\n\
favorite food is hickory nuts of\n\
which I always keep a hidden supply.";

uchar flyi_answ_text_B[] =
"These thin flaps of skin act like\n\
glider wings. I steer by moving my\n\
legs to raise or lower the flaps\n\
on one side or the other.I can bank and\n\
turn, or spiral all the way down.\n\
The dull part is climbing up again.";

uchar flyi_answ_text_C[] =
"My babies start making short test\n\
flights when they\'re about a month\n\
old. If they crash land I\'ll fly\n\
down and carry them up the tree for\n\
another try. I teach the little\n\
spuds everything I know about\n\
aviation.";




//************************************************************
//
//                                    Ice
//
//**************************************************************



// ------------    Humpback Whale  ---------------

uchar hump_answ_text_A[] =
"I\'m a Humpback Whale! I\'m 40 feet long\n\
and weigh a good 29 tons. Since I breathe\n\
air, like you, I have to pop up and take\n\
a breath from time to time. Otherwise I can\n\
stay under the water for 20 minutes.";


uchar hump_answ_text_B[] =
"Although I\'m a large fellow I eat tiny,\n\
swimming creatures called krill. I use a\n\
kind of strainer in my mouth to filter\n\
the wiggly rascals from the water. It\n\
takes a bunch to make a whale-size meal.";


uchar hump_answ_text_C[] =
"We Humpbacks are fabulous singers. I\n\
make unusual sounds that are sung in a\n\
long sequence that I repeat over and over\n\
again. It\'s my way of communicating. What\n\
better way is there than singing?";


// ------------    killer whale    ---------------

uchar kill_answ_text_A[] =
"I\'m a Killer Whale, also called an Orca.\n\
As the biggest member of the dolphin family\n\
I\'m about 25 feet long, weigh around 2 tons\n\
and I have 50 pearly white teeth in my big,\n\
hungry mouth. Aren\'t I a cutey?";

uchar kill_answ_text_B[] =
"It\'s called \'breaching\' when I leap\n\
completely out of the water. We\'re often\n\
seen breaching in sea shows. I guess if\n\
they showed us catching seals the audience\n\
would hightail it out of there.";

uchar kill_answ_text_C[] =
"\'Spy-hopping\' is when I pop my head\n\
above the surface of the water to get\n\
a good look around. It\'s a clever way\n\
for me to scope out where the food is\n\
before I move in for the big catch.";

// ------------       Narwhal      ---------------

uchar narw_answ_text_A[] =
"Have you ever heard of a Narwhal? Whal\n\
now you have! Har har. For a whale I\'m\n\
kind of small. I\'m only about 15 feet\n\
long and weigh a ton and a half. I enjoy\n\
crustaceans and swordfighting.";


uchar narw_answ_text_B[] =
"This spiral tusk sticking out of my\n\
face makes me unique among whales, or\n\
any other animals for that matter. It\'s\n\
actually one of my 2 teeth and it only\n\
grows like this on the guys.";


uchar narw_answ_text_C[] =
"My tusk is hollow and not very strong,\n\
so contrary to spooky sailor stories I\'ve\n\
never used it poke leaks in a boat. Once\n\
in a while I might use it to swordfight\n\
with another narwhal though, just for fun.";


// ------------     Polar Bear     ---------------

uchar pola_answ_text_A[] =
"I\'m a Polar Bear, the largest of the\n\
bears. If I stand on my hind legs\n\
I\'m 10 feet tall in my bear feet.\n\
My white coat helps me to sneak up on\n\
my dinner. It makes me look like a\n\
harmless snow bank-- with teeth.";

uchar pola_answ_text_B[] =
"Sometimes when I\'m hungry I\'ll  sit\n\
down next to a hole in the ice. If\n\
I\'m patient enough sooner or later\n\
a scrumptious seal will pop his\n\
head up to take a breath of fresh\n\
air.  And Voila!  Room service!";

uchar pola_answ_text_C[] =
"I\'m a very graceful swimmer.\n\
I\'m not bothered by the cold\n\
water since I carry a layer of\n\
fat on me that\'s three inches thick.\n\
I won\'t swim near a walrus though.\n\
No siree!  We don\'t get along at all.";


// ------------     Artic Tern     ---------------

uchar tern_answ_text_A[] =
"Hi ho! I\'m an Arctic Tern. I\'m\n\
just over a foot long and weigh up\n\
to 5 ounces. I love to travel.\n\
Every winter I follow the winds and flap \n\
all the way to the antarctic.That\'s\n\
a round trip of about 16,000 miles!";

uchar tern_answ_text_B[] =
"There are thousands in our colonies,\n\
and we\'re not bashful about \n\
defending ourselves. If an intruder\n\
shows up, we\'ll all fly into\n\
the air and dive onto him, scaring\n\
him silly, of course.";

uchar tern_answ_text_C[] =
"Some of us live more than 30 years.\n\
If  you add up all those years of\n\
flying it\'s more than half a\n\
million miles! That\'s farther than a\n\
round trip to the moon! Whew,\n\
I think I need to lie down.";


// ------------       Walrus       ---------------

uchar walr_answ_text_A[] =
"It\'s quite delightful to meet you.\n\
I am the Walrus, goo goo ga joob. I\n\
am approximately 10 feet long,\n\
and weigh 2600 pounds. I live at the\n\
v
ter\'s edge and spend most of\n\
my day, well╘ y
stinV
actually.";

uchar walr_answ_text_B[] =
"In a crowded herd it sometimes\n\
becomes necessary for me to stand\n\
up for myself. These handsome\n\
tusks are not only useful for digging\n\
shellfish, they are also a weapon,\n\
which I must use on occasion.";

uchar walr_answ_text_C[] =
"I have two pockets inside of my\n\
throat that allow me to make a sound\n\
very similar to a bell. It\'s\n\
a sound I create most often\n\
during mating season. Hopefully,\n\
the females find it intriguing.";


// ------------      Gray Wolf     ---------------

uchar wolf_answ_text_A[] =
"Awoooooooo! I love to do that.\n\
I\'m a Gray Wolf. I\'m about 6 feet long,\n\
and 175 pounds. I hang out in a\n\
pack of  2 to 36 wolves. Each pack has\n\
a leader. He\'s the big bad\n\
boss and every smart wolf knows it.";

uchar wolf_answ_text_B[] =
"When we\'re tracking something\n\
to eat, we can keep a steady pace for\n\
miles and miles. Even all night\n\
if we have to. In a large pack,\n\
cooperation is the name of the\n\
game. We work together as a team.";


uchar wolf_answ_text_C[] =
"I\'m famous for howling at the\n\
moon. But what I\'m really doing is\n\
telling my pack where I am. Or\n\
warning a rival pack, \"Hey, listen\n\
up! This is our territory. Awwoooowooo!\"";



//************************************************************
//
//            Desert
//
//**************************************************************

// ----------     Rattlesnake         ---------------------

uchar ratt_answ_text_A[] =
"Well, How are y\'all? I\'m the    \n\
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake \n\n\
Hear that? That\'s me!";

uchar ratt_answ_text_B[] =
"As you might know, I\'m a poisonous \n\
snake, so I\'m better left alone.\n\
I try to give a fair warning\n\
so that folks know I\'m    around.";

uchar ratt_answ_text_C[] =
"Since I\'m a rattlesnake what\n\
do you think my claim to fame is?\n\
Sure!  It\'s my rattle.";

uchar ratt_answ_text_D[] =
"Ly jaw can disconnect so I can eat\n\
somethin\' that\'s bigger than my mouth.\n\
It not the purtiest thing you\'ll ever\n\
see but it sure helps me swallow my dinner.";

//----------    roadrunner   ----------------------

uchar road_answ_text_A[] =
"Since I\'m called a Roadrunner\n\
what do you think that says about me?\n\
That\'s right. I don\'t fly much.\n\
I stick to the ground, mostly.";

uchar road_answ_text_B[] =
"I\'m a meat eater. If you don\'t\n\
mind calling insects, lizards and\n\
snakes \"meat\". I have a very\n\
sharp beak and can use it to stab a\n\
snake. For";

uchar road_answ_text_C[] =
"I have powerful little legs.\n\
I can run up to fifteen miles an\n\
hour     which is pretty good for\n\
a bird on foot. The reason I have\n\
a long tail is";



//----------    scorpion   ----------------------

uchar scor_answ_text_A[] =
"I\'m a Scorpion. And I\'m B-b-b-bad\n\
to the Bone! Just kidding. I\'m\n\
not bad. I\'m just doing my job\n\
like all the other animals.";


uchar scor_answ_text_B[] =
"I\'m related to spiders, ticks and\n\
crabs. Crabs! Can you believe that?\n\
I\'m nocturnal which means I wander around\n\
at night. I hunt spiders and insects to\n\
eat and sting them with my tail.";

uchar scor_answ_text_C[] =
"I\'m best known for my long,\n\
stinging tail curving up over my back.\n\
I also have pinchers up front for\n\
gripping my prey. I\'m built to hunt.\n\
An";


uchar scor_answ_text_D[] =
"I\'d rather not hang around people,\n\
they\'re too darn big. But if someone\n\
gives me a hard time I might just give\n\
them a sting.  My sting hurts so if you\n\
see me, don\'t bug me";

//----------      Tarantula          ----------------

uchar tara_answ_text_A[] =
"I\'m a spider. I\'m big.\n\
I live in the desert.\n\
I\'m a Desert Tarantula!";

uchar tara_answ_text_B[] =
"Man, it\'s hot in the desert during the\n\
day. That\'s why I hide out in a shady\n\
spot.  When it\'s cooler out, at dusk\n\
or dawn, that\'s when I\'ll go hunting\n\
or looking for a mate.  There\'s nothing\n\
more lovely than a female tarantula";

uchar tara_answ_text_C[] =
"I'm one of the largest spiders\n\
so I guess some folks think that\n\
makes me scary or something. They\n\
always show us in movies with people\n\
screaming";

uchar tara_answ_text_D[] =
"I hardly ever bite people unless\n\
they\'re really pestering me. And\n\
my bite is not deadly. If I have\n\
to bite a person it feels more\n\
like a bad bee sting.";


//------------------   Gila Monster   -------

uchar gila_answ_text_A[] =
"Hello. I am the known as the\n\
Gila Monster. I like the name\n\
Gila, but why do they call me\n\
a \"Monster\"?";

uchar gila_answ_text_B[] =
"The rocky desert where I live looks\n\
uninhabited but there are many small\n\
mammals for me to eat. I also like bird\n\
eggs. And birds. And graham crackers...\n\
You know I\'m kidding about the crackers,\n\
right";

uchar gila_answ_text_C[] =
"The bright patterns on my skin tell\n\
other animals that might eat me,\n\
\"Look out for the Gila Monster!\"\n\
In other words, it's no secret that";

uchar gila_answ_text_D[] =
"Sometimes in winter there is less food\n\
in the desert so I store fat in my tail\n\
to survive. Get a look at my fat tail!\n\
It\'s okay, I think it\'s";


//------      Jackrabbit       --------------------------

uchar jack_answ_text_A[] =
"I\'m called the Black-Tailed\n\
Jackrabbit, but technically I\'m really a\n\
hare. That means I\'m larger, heavier,\n\
stronger and have bigger ears than";

uchar jack_answ_text_B[] =
"I\'m very independant. I live alone.\n\
I eat plants, but alot of animals\n\
would like to eat me. Coyotes,\n\
hawks, owls, it goes on and on.\n\
Good     th";

uchar jack_answ_text_C[] =
"My size and speed are very impressive.\n\
I can be more than two feet long with\n\
six inch long ears.  I can jump 15 or 20\n\
feet at a bound. My spe";

uchar jack_answ_text_D[] =
"Notice how my big eyes are on the sides\n\
of my head instead of the front? That way\n\
I can see what\'s going on everywhere at\n\
once.  I can actual";


//------           Coyote     -------------

uchar coyo_answ_text_A[] =
"I\'m a coyote, or coyot-ee\n\
depending on who\'s saying it.";

uchar coyo_answ_text_B[] =
"I\'m pretty high on the food\ chain.\n\
If I can catch it, I\'ll eat it. Rabbits,\n\
fish, deer, I like a nice variety.\n\
I hunt most often at night. If";

uchar coyo_answ_text_C[] =
"If you ever read Native Americans\n\
legends you\'ll find that I show up\n\
in those stories alot. I\'m a very\n\
popular character. And with a\n\
persona";

uchar coyo_answ_text_D[] =
"Sometimes you can see me in the early\n\
evening or morning looking for food. I\n\
might even boldly wander near where\n\
people live. But I\'m best l";