Animals

Oh, I also want to pitch a story to Zoogoer magazine -- the magazine of the National Zoo, which gets sent to all the FONZ members. It's a tough magazine to pitch, because the stories tend to be fairly general without a major news hook. I.e. they're in the category of "All About Flamingos!" (with often an added dash of ". . . and here's how their habitat is being destroyed.") So how do you manage to come up with something that is somehow both streamlined and simple, while still interesting and different enough to catch the editors' attention?

So far I have negged the suggestion of two friends who suggested capybara and peacock recipes ("Tastes like quail on the grill!"). With the latest National Zoo PR, I figure that wouldn't fly.

But I am looking for any and all ideas -- suggestions?