The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher has these animals at the northern end of their natural range, including a popular albino one
What are alligators?
Alumni
What is alumnus
"Desperado", "Hotel California"
Who are the Eagles?
April is said to be cruel, but it can also be expensive as the pink star version of this birth stone sold for $71.2 million in 2017
What is a diamond?
"Rainy Night in _____" & "Midnight Train to _____"
What is Georgia?
Home, Sweet Home
What is Earth?
Adwaita, the oldest recorded land animal at about 250 when he died, was one of the critters
What is a tortoise?
Bison
What is bison?
"Anti", "Good Girl Gone Bad"
Who is Rihanna?
Displaying "vivid red hues" the 55.22-carat Estrela de Fura is this kind of gem that's July's stone
What is ruby?
"Used to be _____" & "Live While We're _____"
What is young?
"Twinkle, twinkle little star..." Also known as both the Evening Star and the Morning Star, it's not a star at all
What is Venus?
This snake of the desert southwest named for its unusual locomotion can hit speeds of 18 mph
What is a sidewinder?
Strata
What is stratum?
"Abbey Road", "The White Album"
Who are the Beatles?
Coober Pedy is a town where everybody lives underground and they mine this October birthstone
What is opal?
"Bad _____", "Jealous _____", & "Ordinary Average _____"
What is guy?
Phobos and Deimos accompany this planet, often into battle
What is Mars?
This lizard has a crested variety, and its name's origin is a simplified spelling of the two Greek words for "on the ground" and "lion"
What is a chameleon?
Codices
What is codex?
"Master of Puppets", "... And Justice for All"
Who is Metallica
March swims in with this pale greenish blue birthstone; one healthy specimen from Brazil weighed nearly 250 pounds
What is aquamarine?
"I Gotta _____" & "Hooked on a _____"
What is feeling?
Rotating on its side and spinning clockwise, this ice giant, the 7th from the Sun, is composed of a thick soup of water, methane, and ammonia
What is Uranus?
From service in the southwest, the US Army's 9th Engineer Battalion has as its crest this scary-sounding lizard
What's a gila monster?
Graffiti
What is Graffito?
"Stadium Arcadium", "Californication"
Who are the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Cleopatra's mines near the Red Sea Coast yielded this May stone
What is emerald?
"Jungle _____" & "Boot Scootin' _____"
What is boogie?
This pair dance across our solar system always facing each other, as they are tidally locked together by their mutual gravitational pull.
What is Pluto and Charon?