A new discovery
Show Me Your Beak!
Ziggy is hungry. Which beak has the right tools for the job?
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3:20A song. A few new discoveries.
Sip, spear, filter, scoop and crunch through the surprising shapes of bird beaks. Meet hummingbirds, herons, woodpeckers, flamingos, pelicans, eagles, kiwis and toucans, then discover what Ziggy’s own beak does best.
Made for curious kids around ages 6–12 and the grown-ups watching with them. Music and animation created with AI tools under Mike Sego’s direction. YouTube’s video description includes the release notes and credits.
Read the sing-along lyrics
Smarty Party!
Ziggy's hungry!
What's for lunch?
Show me your beak!
Hummingbird beak is long and thin,
Dips in a flower, slides right in!
Tongue flicks out: lick, lick, lick!
Sweet nectar lunch, super quick!
Heron stands still in the shallow creek,
Waits... and waits... then STRIKES with its beak!
Sharp like a spear, fast as a flash,
Fish for lunch in a single splash!
Ziggy tried to sip it! Nope!
Ziggy tried to fish it! Nope!
Wrong shape, wrong food, wrong beak...
So what's for lunch? Let's take a peek!
Show me your beak! Show me your beak!
I'll tell you your lunch!
Thin ones sip, hooks rip,
Little cones go CRUNCH!
Show me your beak! Show me your beak!
Every beak's a tool!
The shape fits the food,
That's the beak rule!
Rat-a-tat-tat! Woodpecker's back!
Beak like a chisel: whack, whack, whack!
Out zips a tongue, long and sticky,
Bugs for lunch! A little icky!
Flamingo flips its head upside down,
Swishes the water round and round,
Beak's a strainer for tiny shrimp,
That's the food that turns it pink!
Ziggy tried to drill it! Bonk!
Ziggy flipped upside down! Glug!
Wrong shape, wrong food, wrong beak...
So what's for lunch? Let's take a peek!
Show me your beak! Show me your beak!
I'll tell you your lunch!
Thin ones sip, hooks rip,
Little cones go CRUNCH!
Show me your beak! Show me your beak!
Every beak's a tool!
The shape fits the food,
That's the beak rule!
Sip! Snap! Scoop! Crunch!
What's for lunch? What's for lunch?
Sip! Snap! Scoop! Crunch!
Show me your beak, I'll tell you your lunch!
Pelican's pouch is a fishing net:
Scoop! Drain! Gulp! Best catch yet!
Eagle's beak has a hook at the tip,
Tears up its dinner: rip, rip, rip!
Kiwi sniffs with the tip of its beak,
Nostrils on the end! Worms play hide and seek!
Toucan's beak is giant but light,
Reaches the fruit and takes a bite!
Ziggy's beak is short and thick,
Strong as a nutcracker! Here's the trick:
Crack goes the shell, out pops the seed!
Ziggy tried it... YEP! Just what he needs!
Show me your beak! Show me your beak!
I'll tell you your lunch!
Thin ones sip, hooks rip,
Little cones go CRUNCH!
Show me your beak! Show me your beak!
Every beak's a tool!
The shape fits the food,
That's the beak rule!
Sip! Snap! Scoop! Crunch!
What's for lunch? What's for lunch?
Sip! Snap! Scoop! Crunch!
Show me your beak, I'll tell you your lunch!
Crunch! Now THAT'S my lunch!
Spotty, show me your beak!
...That's a nose.
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Lyrics from the published video’s caption file.
