Fur, Feathers, and Scales: The Biology of Domestication, Thursday, Period 2

[puppy_fair]

Zack looked mildly perplexed as he stood at the front of the classroom, accompanied by a cow.

Just one cow. A perfectly normal, black and white spotted cow.

"I, um, have no idea how this got here," he admitted. "We were going to cover domesticated foxes today, but when I got to the classroom to set up before going to get them, she was already here."

He glanced at her sidelong for a moment, and then shrugged.

"I'm going to just mark it up to Fandom thinking it's funny, but she really shouldn't be here." So long as she wasn't a giant cat and he wasn't getting stuck in walls again, he'd take it. "So, um. Cows. Apparently they've been domesticated for at least ten thousand years, and people use them for meat, milk, and leather. Bulls are sometimes used for sports, like bull riding, and there's this thing called bullfighting which... is actually pretty cruel." He frowned a little. "Apparently it's illegal in a lot of countries, so at least there's that." He leaned his head back a little in thought. "There are also oxen, which are cattle that have been trained as working animals, pulling loads and things like that."

He glanced at the cow.

"Today's class, I guess we can just... um... try to coax the cow out of here. Maybe go outside and get a handful of grass or something?"

This place was weird.

Popular Science | Thursday, 3rd period

[what_the_shock]

"Welcome back!" Miguel was grinning in a way that should probably worry people. "So a friend of mine wanted a carnivorous plant a while back, and I gave her one. They come in all kinds of shapes and forms, though. Sort of like our example today."

He played the clip.

"You probably don't want to go for anything that big or murderous," he pointed out. "But there are all colors and varieties of plants that eat animals, so see what you can come up with!"

It wasn't going to leave this room, people. Just in case.

Team! Synergy! [Thursday, 1st Period)

[magnusrushesin]

The Danger Shop resembled an empty community centre hall. A really sad and decrepit one.

"Super teamwork engaging montage," Cara read off a pamphlet, her voice flat.

A cheery pop synth number started to play immediately as the shop glitched in a very disturbing way to be exactly the same as before, but with paint buckets.

"I love montages!" Magnus said, hands in the air like this was the best thing ever.

Cara was just going to pretend she knew what a montage was. "Apparently you're going get this hall ready for..." she flipped through the pamphlet. "The Big Ski Break Competitive Dance Fun."

"As a team," Magnus chimed in. Just to bring it back to the subject.

Maybe just enjoy the music, kids.