As well as a duck bill, this Aussie monotreme has a cloaca, an organ common in birds
Platypus
These 4-letter soft feathers are used to stuff pillows
down
China
above
Tom Hanks:
"Flavortown, we have a problem"
Houston
Simple yet tasty, a standard Greek salad fittingly features this Greek cheese:
FATE
Naked mole rats thrive in low-oxygen areas by switching the fueling of cells from glucose to this fruit sugar
fructose
Used in lotions, lanolin generally comes from the body grease of these shearable creatures
Sheep
Madagascar
below
Brad Pitt:
"The first rule of chess club is: you do not talk about chess club"
fight club
These crisp bread cubes get their name from a French word meaning "crust":
CONTOURS
croutons
The Sphynx cat was selectively bred so that it would have minimal this
fur
Seth Boyden never got a patent for the process to manufacture the "patent" type of this
leather
Colombia
intersect
Patrick Swayze:
"Nobody puts Jay-Z in a corner"
baby
These little fishies are used to prepare a traditional Caesar salad:
AH NOVICES
anchovies
The unusual blue blood of the horseshoe type of this is used to detect bacterial toxins & test drugs for purity
crab
This alliterative type of bristle used in brushes comes from a wild pig relative
boar bristle
India
above
Judy Garland:
"Lions and tigers and Labradoodles, oh my!"
bears
Also called green onions, these long & thin veggies add a kick to taco salad:
LOCAL SINS
scallions
Although it's easy to find on Youtube, in real life, the slow type of this primate is endangered
loris
the red pigment carmine comes from cochineal, this type of animal
insect - beetle
Kenya
intersected
Ice Cube, in the 1995 movie "Friday":
"Bye, amnesia"
Felicia
Fresh herbs like parsley & tarragon give this creamy salad dressing its signature tint:
ENDORSED EGGS
green goddess