SPOILER!!: Butterfly
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Originally Posted by
ShadowButterfly 
She looked at the list,"How about this one." She pointed at '(3) why are they so adorable???' on the list.
"Great!" Tayla replied. She took out her quill, ink, and parchment.
"Hmm...I think they're adorable because...they're so small and fluffy."
Tayla jotted down 'small' and 'fluffy' while waiting for her partner to share her own thoughts. When Butterfly did, they could pass their list to the professor.
SPOILER!!: Professor Williamson
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Originally Posted by
BanaBatGirl
Now. Moving on. Williamson smiled around at the students and clapped his hands a few times loudly to get their attention. "Class," he announced, "I know most of you are still busy working, but we really, really," Willy glanced at his wristwatch, "really need to move on now if we're going to have time for all the activities. I want you all to pass in your notes on what you discovered and/or read them aloud to us before you pass them in. We're going to compile a class set of these notes and discoveries and, for homework you will have the opportunity to continue your research."
He nodded and then gestured loosely to the puffskein being passed around. "This is Hogwarts' own puffskein Ronald. As you can see, he is obviously larger, heavier, and fluffier than your own miniature versions of him, the pygmy puffs. He's just a friendly and cuddly, however, so take your time getting to know him.
"Now then, I'd like to continue by having groups share their discoveries. Who here tried to figure out what gender their puff is? Raise your hands and somebody share with me your thought process on this puzzle."
Yeah, Williamson knew this was one of the trickier questions, but it would make sense to get it out of the way sooner rather than later.
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Originally Posted by
BanaBatGirl
"Actually... they DO have genders," Williamson told the class, glancing at the few who had thought pygmy puffs have both parts or no gender at all. "There are subtle differences in appearance, which I will go over in just a second, as well as more... ah, internal differences which become apparent when one dissects a deceased pygmy puff, for example."
Not that, you know, he had ever dissected one. He had just studied about them in university.
He turned and tried to listen to the stuttering Hufflepuff, but it was hard to make out what she was saying through all the starts and stops in her speech. Er. Will ended up just nodding at what she said and took a minute to pause and translate.
"They act differently.... yes! Yes they do. You all might not have noticed it yet, particularly if you're a new pygmy puff owner, but male and female puffs DO act differently, especially during mating season! Good job!"
He smiled gently at the Huff and looked to her partner. "Do you have anything to add, Lewis?"
And ah, another group had had a discovery too, though this was one not related to gender! "That is..... a really good idea," he remarked after a thoughtful second. "You should definitely experiment on that, perhaps in the potions lab, and then sell your results to Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. You two could have a few good galleons coming your way!" Williamson was willing to bet loads of little witches would line up to buy that product.
The professor looked to the rest of the class.... "Anyone else have anything to add about pygmy puff genders?"
Tayla pet Ronald as the Puffskein was passed to her.
"Hello there, Ronald!" Tayla gave the Puffskein a little hug.
Tayla looked up as the professor asked about the gender of their puff. She had no idea how to find out and so remained silent for a while, thinking. Her pygmy puff Teacup made a short sound, which gave Tayla an idea.
"I'm not sure how, Professor, but I think you can tell the difference by how they sound when they squeak. And perhaps...their colour? They come in different shades after all... Maybe the darker shades are one gender, and the lighter shades another?" Tayla was thinking aloud and hoped she at least got close to being correct.