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Luna Laufghudd
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The Professor's voice brought her out of her reverie and she turned to look at the fish the Professor was pointing at. Slightly confused, she peered at the fish. Now what was the name of the fish...? "Is it a... piranha?" she asked. Surely it's that. Unless... Confused, she glared at the fish, trying to figure out what it is.[/COLOR]
Hehe. "Good guess, but no, it is not a piranha."

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Simon followed the professor and the rest of the class to the next exhibit they were to visit. There were sure a lot of skeletens encompassed in the room much like the rest of the museum, some big and some small, and his gaze passed around looking at most of them. Finally they stopped a rather ugly looking creature and Professor Saylen asked them to guess what it was. "Is it an old fish?" he asked raising his hand, the only idea coming to mind.
Um... Maya's mouth formed a small ' o ', a little indicisive, hehe. "Well...it is an old fish now, it probably was not when it...was in the water." Eugh. She gave the young boy a small akward smile.

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"Eww," she mumbled, making a face at whatever it was the professor was asking about. Saylen wanted to know what it was, hmm? "It's...the remains of someone's dinner," she answered.. "...from the year 1912, apparently." A few seconds later, she added, "...or a fungus fish. It looks like that, too."
An amused smile crept up as she heard the young girl's answer. "It might be." A bigger fish might've wanted to eat...that. Fungus fish? Blah. "Good guess."

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Jacob followed the class into the next room. Man this place was huge... why was there so much natural history... there couldn't be that much history, let alone natural history, it was just impossible.

OOOH!... what is that? Oh and the Professor had the same question. "Ugly" That is.... what it be.

"And it looks like someone scared it to death" Its a face not even a mother could love.
Ugly? "Hey, I'm sure his or her mother found him or her beautiful." Maya jokingly scowled at the boy. [ooc: hehe totally just borrowed your idea ;P ]

As for the scared part... "Yes, it rather does." Getting removed from its home could probably do that to you.

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"Oohh!" The answer was on the tip of her tounge.
"I've seen one on TV before! I just carn't remember what's it's called..."
Remember girl! Remember!
"Does it have a light at the end of the thing sticking out it's head? If so, it used it to attrack fish to the light so it could eat them..."
If she was right. Probably not. And she was acting like a no-it-all again. If she was right.
"Yes, it indeed does. Good guess." Even though she didn't know it's name.

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Luin looked around as they moved on to an area that she found a bit more interesting. Marine life, it was always a mystery to her. She looked at the fish that the professor had pointed out. It looked....odd. Very odd. And that thing poking out of it's head, that looked quite out of place. She raised her hand, "Perhaps it is some kind of fish that scoops up little fish with that thing poking out of it's head and eats them. Like it's a hand or something?"
Ah. "Interesting idea. Not bad, but the limb is not specifically used like that." Good ideas all around!

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Jaina knew the name of the fish, but she was busy having one of those moments where the name sat on the tip of her tongue and just wouldn't come out! "Professor, I think the fish is deep water fish and that extension coming out of the head is used to lure it's food close to it's mouth. Like it's own personal fishing pole!" Jaina loved this portion of the museum....she felt very calm and relaxed. She looked over at Ben and gave him a wink to let him know he was doing great at staying on topic.
"Yes, it is indeed used like a bait. Good thinking."

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This time Arya didn't linger as the class moved to another part of the museum. Head tilting to the side, she stared at the skeleton fish for a long time before responding. "It looks like that fish in Finding Nemo." She picked up a strand of hair and dangled it in front of her face. "The one with the glowy dangly thing."
Finding Nemo? Whoa. "Indeed it is a character from that movie." Maybe they can annoy Zookara into watching it, hehe.

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"A fish," he said, oh-so-obviously, "Well, it used to be a fish, now...it kinda still is, but it's not." Get it? Ha.

But he decided to add a bit more, "If the glowing part of it is true, then that fish must have lived in the deepest part of the ocean, since there's very little light if not none, that way he'll have advantage over its dinner by attracting them....though, I assume he attracted bigger and scarier creatures as well," and he didn't want to think about what that fish could do to Barty, seriously, no.
"Very good. With a bait like that it does make good use of it in the darkness of the deep waters." Nod nod.

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Fish. Still Lexi knew nothing much about them... Other than they were tasty when fried and served with chips. "It's a fish innit... I mean... can you eat it?" she said as she raised her hand. She was CLEARLY being serious. Really. She wanted to know if she caught one of those if she could batter and fry it.
...she wanted to eat it?

The Mexicana's nose wrinkled a little, but she took a quick sip of her coffee to smooth it out. "The tails of some Anglerfishes are edible, yes. Not sure which ones though." So, better find out before you decide to eat 'em!

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Keeping close to her friends, though thinking about going more towards the front to stick with the professors, the only thing she heard at the moment was...What is this? What was what? That thing right there?

..."A brain." she answered the first thing that popped into her mind. It looked...like a brain.
A brain? "Interesting."

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Ohhh, Vashti knew what it was! She didn't know the actual name of it, but she could describe it. So she raised her hand and answered, "Professor, I think it's one of those fish that can be found towards the bottom of the ocean, where it's completely dark. It has a light on its head so that it can lure its prey toward its mouth."

((OOC: source = Finding Nemo and Planet Earth videos on Animal Planet xD))[/COLOR]
"Very good. A light to guide you in the dark waters is a good thing to have."

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It was really very shocking for her. Thinking for about fifteen mintues, she could finally get to an answer. She was sure her answer wasn't correct, still to check she said "Professor, is it a goldfish having a horn on her or his forehead? And was only found in ancient days?" now she really wanted to know what that thing actually was or is?
Hehe. "No, it is not godfish nor does it have a horn. But good guess." Yes it was. "These are not actually ancient fish. They are found now aswell."

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"Miss, I don't know it's name? But does it live under the rule of 'fish are friends, not food', or does it eat other fish?" Considering in the movie Squishy was trying to eat Marlin and Dory, K-Lee was thinking that it was a fish-eater, but sometimes movies have it wrong. Doesn't hurt to ask.
What...was she doing?
And, fish are friend? "No, these fish definitely eat other fish. So...it probably doesn't have that many friends." Heh.

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Emily kept up with the group, looking around at all of the brilliant things, wondering what they were going to learn about next.
They stopped in front of a strange fish thing... it had some sort of horn coming out of its head.... strange.
Raising her hand Emily had a stab in the dark. "It is a Unicorn-Fish??" she asked. It seemed like a fair guess... it had.. a sticky-outy-horny-thingy.

Emily opened her notebook to the next blank page and began sketching it.
"Unicorn fish?" HEHE. "Not quite, but it was a good guess."

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"Sorry Professor. No, Professor. I'd like to stay here with the group, but i saw everyone walking around, and i was distracted by the giant-I mean, Polar Bear. This is my first trip out in muggle land, so I'm a little too excited to be here. I'll try to stay more on topic. Ummm, is it called a funny bone fish?"
Maya sighed, feeling a headache coming on. "Remember you are not alone here. Anything you do or say reflects on the entire class." Anything they did or said could could be dangerous if done incorrectly. "If I find myself adressing your behaviour yet again, you'll have detention waiting for you back at school."

And what was a funny bone fish? "No, it is not. Nice idea."


GRrrrrrrrrrrr.

She gave Professor Magnus a grateful look, aswell as giving Mister Stryker one too. So much for them enjoying this trip, ey.


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Oooh she knew this one. She lived near the Great Barrier Reef and she had seen plenty of them before. Mia raised her hand in the air. "I'm pretty sure it's called an Anglerfish. And the long thing growing out of its head apparently acts as a lure."
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Kurumi looked at the fish and was suddenly reminded of a rather scary scene from a Disney film called Finding Nemo. "Professor...is that an anglerfish? The thing on the top of its head glows and acts as a lure for other fish....who act just like moths to a flame," she paused for a moment feeling sorry for the little fishes and wondering just how many this particular one had eaten before it had become a mummy. "...and it devours the fish attracted to the light."
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Charley pursed her lips. She had never paid much attention when her father had tried to teach them natural history, and now it came back to bite her. She was more relaxed, however, since Ben and Jaina were no longer in trouble. She listened quietly as Jaina gave her answer.
Aha!
Charley's hand quickly shot into the air. "An anglerfish, Professor?"
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thanks you Ms Danridge in 4th grade biology "looks like an angler fish"
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Emmy put her hand up again - suddenly she was very glad of all the time she'd spent in these halls.
"Professor? As far as I can tell, it's an Angler fish, probably preserved, but I'm not sure how..."
Okay, so she didn't know everything... Yet!
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"EW! That looks kinda gross!" Nika stuck her tongue out in disgust. "Professor, I think they are called angle- angohle- Angolher- Ang-ler fish???" she had watched a show on the discovery channel about them once. Hopefully her memory wasn't fooling her.
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"I believe it is, or rather was, an Anglerfish Professor." Cass was sure of this it had been one covered in his primary school before he was accepted to Hogwarts.
And there it wasss. "That is correct - Anglerfish is the name of this creature. Very good, all of you."

As for how it was preserved... Maya didn't really want to think about it.

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Instead, she looked at the fish mummy and noticed something. Her hand shot up again. "Professor Saylen," she said with a hint of excitement in her tone. "I believe that that is not only in the anglerfish family, but I think it is better classified as a footballfish." She paused for a moment to walk a little closer. "A female perhaps. Females have large mouths and small eyes whereas males have large eyes."
"Yes indeed they are. Very good."

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Looking the pickled fish, Patroclus raised his hand and cleared his throat, "Professor that is the AnglerFish!" he said his words forming confidently, "They are refered to as Angler fish, due to the way they use a a growth on their forehead as bait, similar to the way an Anglerfisher would." Now he was the awesome part. "This lure is rather remarkable as the growth actually glows, due to a process known as bioluminescence, which is seen to be very advantegous for it's predatory nature as it is often found in the deepest darkest depths of the Ocean"

Yeah, so Patroclus knewn very little about sealife......NOT!

Now where were the sharks?
Whoa. "Thankyou for sharing that. Very interesting indeed."

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Charley giggled. "Those are my favourite quotes too, from Finding Nemo," she interjected. "Even though Squishy turned out to be a little less than squishy....but 'Fish are friends, not food' is a good motto, but of course the sharks couldn't live by it."
She quieted herself; she didn't want it to sound as if she was insulting the film, or to imply it was merely fictional.
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"Hahahah i know right?? My favorite muggle movie of all time. It is a good motto dory followed even though she wasnt a shark." she giggled. "Pssh it is not fictional, i mean at least they show some fish species and learned about them." she shrugged.
"Girls." What are you doing? "Pay attention to class." Maya's headache was starting to make her growl.



So, one last fish themed question, and then they were moving on.
"Let's go over here..." Maya pointed at something a couple of feet away, suspended from the ceiling - something large, blue and...bigger than life looking. It was nothing less than a lifesize replica of a Blue Whale.


"Everyone, meet the Blue Whale. This creature is a mammal - it is approximately onehundred-eight feet long, and weighs around two-hundred tonnes." Heavy. "It is considered to be the biggest creature to have graced this earth." Just look at it. Maya couldn't keep her eyes of the replica.

"One could think the seas are filled with these beauties, but, unfortunately they are an endangered spieces." Meaning? "There are not many Blue Whales left in the world." And that was just so sad. "How do you think we could help reduce the Blue Whale's endangerement?"


"Any of you eaten whale before?" Hm? Hehehe.
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