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The Great Outdoors | Friday | Period 1

Class was being held outside near the Preserve again despite the rain. If the students wanted to really learn about the outdoors, the elements would have to be something they'd have to cope with.

"Good morning," Fraser said as rain hit the brim of his Stetson. "As you can see, it's raining. I hope no one minds too much because we're not going inside. The rain's a part of being outside so we'll have to adjust. Today, we're going to be talking about animals. Now, it would be impossible for me to go over every single type of animal you might encounter while being outside. The possibilities depend on climate, place, time of day, and how developed the area is. Therefore, it's going to be impossible to prepare for all types of animal encounters."

If Fraser had a longer class period, he might have tried though. "The animals most commonly thought of when one is asked what they might come upon when outside are bears, snakes, birds, deer, skunks, raccoons, squirrels, and wolves. Those are what almost any layman to the outdoors will list when asked. And those are good choices. They are definite possibilities in almost all areas of the world. Some of those encounters could turn out to be dangerous and some not. It's up to you to judge the situation and know how to act."

Fraser nodded at the class. "Today, we're going to do a quick activity before I let you loose to go into the Preserve to see what animals might be in there. This island, of course, has some rather odd species. Your activity today will be to tell me what sort of preparation you would do if you encountered your assigned animal. Easy, right? Let's get to it."

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Like you're only happy when it rains!

Edmund Pevensie

Princess Ariel

Gabrielle

Noah Puckerman

Lindsay Weir

Lion-o

Alice Cullen

Chat with each other, try not to get too wet, pace around the area, huddle for warmth!

Pffffft, being out in the rain. Gabrielle was used to this, she'd had to slog through the rain bunches of times before, even if Xena could have invented umbrellas she was too much of a big bad warrior to need one anyway, so ths was completely old hat to her . . .

Okay, and she still didn't particularly enjoy it. Sigh.

This rain was the best ever. It took all of Ariel's sense of control (which wasn't much, really) to actually listen and not to just run around and doing spins and dancing around in the rain. It was so wet! Land was really dry! It was one of those things that people just didn't realize until it really happened.

She may have let some bouncing happen; it couldn't be helped.

Fraser's going to assign you an animal and give you minimal background information on said animal since you probably won't know what something is out in the elements. You just have to tell him how you'd prepare and react to said encounter!

Edmund Pevensie - Tiger Rattlesnake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_tigris)
Gabrielle - Chipmunk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipmunk)
Noah Puckerman - Porcupine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine)
Lindsay Weir - Skunk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk)
Blysse Norwood - Coyote (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote)
Lion-o - Moose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose)
Alice Cullen - Bobcat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobcat)
Ariel - Florida Panther (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_panther)

"I'd see if could talk, and if that wasn't the case, I'd try to back away and let it go on its way. If it was aggressive, I would use my sword or a stick to attempt to deflect it if I couldn't run away."

"So, snakes are able to talk in your world as well?" Fraser asked. "I remember you mentioning the Talking Horse but I wasn't sure if it applied to all animals."

"Not all," Edmund admitted, "but many. It's a reasonable assumption that an animal might be able to talk, even here."

"I agree," Fraser said, nodding. "It might be many odd things here. I wouldn't think anything impossible. But, I'm glad to hear that your first choice was to not provoke the snake and to only use aggression should it show aggression towards you first. Most snakes only want to be left alone but will definitely become aggressive should they feel threatened even if we don't know we're threatening them."

Edmund gave a nod of agreement. "Plus it would be terribly rude of me."

Well, Ariel really didn't know what most of the things she encountered in this world were, so it was definitely something she'd have to take into consideration a lot! And she didn't even know if creatures on land talked like creatures under the sea did (although Robin did! But he was kind of in middle ground).

So she tapped her chin thoughtfully a little as she listened to the minute description, narrowed her eyes, and thought about it. She nodded, and then held out her hands as if to say Okay. Got it. Here it comes. First...

She held up a finger to indicate the start of her show of what she'd do. Which included standing very still and watching for a moment. She'd tilt her head as if listening or checking for any signs of violence or wanting to eat her. Then, slowly, she'd try to sneak away, done now on tip-toe for emphasis. Maybe she'd get away that way. But (holding up another finger for exception), if the Florida panther (she hitched her thumbs toward the imaginary one) attacked (paws up, slight pouncing motion executed by Ariel)? Then she turn fin and (arms pumping furiously) run like heck!

It'd been working with sharks for as long as she could remember; she wasn't nearly as good on legs as she was with a tail but (shrugging) it seemed it would work.

Hopefully Fraser picked up what she'd been trying to say. If so, he was impressed.

"Very good," Fraser said, nodding. "A panther can be a dangerous animal so I'm glad to see that you're not going to try and get closer or try to provoke. Leaving quietly is a good plan and running if it did attack is even better. It's hard to defend against an angry animal."

Ariel could only preen, oh-so-modestly looking as if she'd protest if she could. After all, it was only what any one would do. She was sure a Florida panther was nothing to worry about when you'd practically grown up escaping sharks.

"I'd like, wear really thick pants and shoes," Puck replied solemnly. "In case it wanted to attack me with its poker things."

"And how would you know to wear thick pants and shoes?" Fraser asked. "Would you be expecting to be attacked by a porcupine?"

Lindsay sighed. Of course she was assigned a skunk. "I'd back away from it slowly and really hope it didn't see me first?"

"You don't sound quite so certain about that," Fraser observed. "Do you think backing away would frighten the skunk?"

"Not if it hasn't seen me," Lindsay said. "Running away would draw more attention to it, I would think. Especially in a town like this when you could trip over a bag labeled 'Guilt Issues.'"

Or something like that.

Edited 2010-05-29 00:08 (UTC)

"Well, a big heavy animal like a moose isn't going to eat you, but it could do a lot of damage if it charged at you," said Lion-o. "Probably the best way to prepare to is to be very careful of your surroundings, pay attention, and don't do anything that would startle an animal."

Lion-o was fairly certain he could take out a moose if one attacked him, though he wasn't going to brag.

Oh, this was tough. Did she give an actual answer or pretend?

"That... would depend on a couple things," she admitted honestly. "Mostly on if I'm hungry or not."

Who probably has experience with this sort of thing!

Just a little, yes. Firekeeper was there and looking very amused by today's subject matter.

Who also has experience with this sort of thing!

Be lucky I didn't assign anyone this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Long-nosed_Bat)!

Aw, no killer bunny? ;)

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