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fandomhigh2018-08-30 07:22 am
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Fur, Feathers, and Scales: The Biology of Domestication, Thursday, Period 2
Class this week had been told to meet in one of the classrooms, which, like several other classes this year, had been stripped of desks and chairs in order to haul in a large assortment of cushions. And a couch. You better believe Zack moved that couch in all on his own, too.
It also had a playpen in the middle of the room, occupied with about a dozen wrestling, wriggling, happy little puppies.
The much larger puppy at the front of the room wasn't wrestling or doing much wriggling, but he certainly seemed pretty happy about the situation. Even if he had been told to leave his sword at home today.
"Hey, guys!" Zack grinned at the students as they made their way into the room. "I'm Zack Fair, and this is Biology!"
It was so not biology.
"This semester I'm going to pick a new animal every week that people have brought into their lives on the regular, either as companion animals, working animals, or food animals, and we're going to spend some time getting to know them! This week I figured I'd start with the pretty straightforward one. Probably the first thing anyone thinks of when someone says the word 'domestication' is dogs, right?" He moved his hand to the side, his palm resting lightly on the head of a sheltie-type breed who was sitting very politely beside him. "At some point in time, people took a look at an apex predator and said, 'hey, I want to have that wolf as part of the family.' And so... dogs!"
There you go, kids. That was your history lesson. Zack gestured with his free hand toward the playpen.
"We're going to take things pretty easy today," and every other day, "so let's do introductions. Your name, any animal allergies if you have them, why you took this class. And if you aren't allergic to dogs, you can totally introduce yourself while playing with them. They don't get nearly enough love or affection, really."
They got so, so much.
[OOC: Open!]
It also had a playpen in the middle of the room, occupied with about a dozen wrestling, wriggling, happy little puppies.
The much larger puppy at the front of the room wasn't wrestling or doing much wriggling, but he certainly seemed pretty happy about the situation. Even if he had been told to leave his sword at home today.
"Hey, guys!" Zack grinned at the students as they made their way into the room. "I'm Zack Fair, and this is Biology!"
It was so not biology.
"This semester I'm going to pick a new animal every week that people have brought into their lives on the regular, either as companion animals, working animals, or food animals, and we're going to spend some time getting to know them! This week I figured I'd start with the pretty straightforward one. Probably the first thing anyone thinks of when someone says the word 'domestication' is dogs, right?" He moved his hand to the side, his palm resting lightly on the head of a sheltie-type breed who was sitting very politely beside him. "At some point in time, people took a look at an apex predator and said, 'hey, I want to have that wolf as part of the family.' And so... dogs!"
There you go, kids. That was your history lesson. Zack gestured with his free hand toward the playpen.
"We're going to take things pretty easy today," and every other day, "so let's do introductions. Your name, any animal allergies if you have them, why you took this class. And if you aren't allergic to dogs, you can totally introduce yourself while playing with them. They don't get nearly enough love or affection, really."
They got so, so much.
[OOC: Open!]
Re: Play With the Puppies!
"If you clean up after it and it doesn't try to eat Bill, I'm fine with it," Tip said. "We've got a cat and a really large dog back home, so I'm pretty used to having a couple animals around."
Re: Play With the Puppies!
"Oh, I didn't mean--" He made a face at himself, then said, "Okay, obviously, I did. I dunno, I just... really miss my dog all of a sudden."
Re: Play With the Puppies!
Tip looked at all the puppies and nodded. "I totally get that. What kind of dog is it?"
Re: Play With the Puppies!
Puppies were magical.
Re: Play With the Puppies!
Tip laughed. "Your dog's named after that cheesy YouTube star?" She'd be more than marginally familiar with Justin Bieber and his work -- having been a preteen in the prime Bieber era -- but pop idols tended to get kind of drowned out when your whole world was taken over by aliens. "We have a great dane. Former junkyard dog who thinks he's living his second life as a puppy."
Re: Play With the Puppies!
Re: Play With the Puppies!
Tip shook her head with a shrug. "My pop culture knowledge kind of ends around 2012," she said. "Except for Beyonce. Even the Boov couldn't stop Beyonce."