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SilverTiger · 02-16-2012, 02:18 AM

Text Cut: Glenn

"It's nice to meet you, Glenn," Stella said, a bit curious at how the girl's name didn't quite seem like a normal girl's name. She wasn't about to question that, though, as they had better things to do than discuss their own names. She smiled as the purple pygmy puff burrowed itself deeper into the blonde's hair, however. "Elliot seems a bit nervous," she observed. her own pygmy puff seemed perfectly fine, perched on her shoulder, but then maybe Glenn's wasn't as used to so many people. She didn't know yet if Elliot was a personal pygmy puff or borrowed, after all.

"I don't," she said, in response to the question, as she craned her neck to look at Nuage for a moment. The tiny cloud-like puff wasn't telling her anything, though, so she turned back to the Hufflepuff after only a moment. "Maybe. It's an interesting idea, at least," she continued, only to get cut off by the professor as he brought everyone back together as a group to discuss the ideas from the groups. Apparently they'd run out of time, which she felt bad about, but now, it seemed they were going to possibly find out the actual answers to the question they'd briefly addressed.

Text Cut: Professor WWW :P

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

"This is true!" Williamson acknowledged with much enthusiasm, smiling at Selena the Pygmy Puff expert. Good job to her! "Males are usually fluffier in an effort to attract females with their beauty." Interesting fact.

"It is possible, and you're right in comparing pygmy puffs to birds. Males of both species tend to be brighter in color."

He hadn't noticed anything about fur textures, though.

"Good question," William tilted his head, "A baby puffskein is still bigger than a baby pygmy puff. So no, they're two different species now."

But, she was right about the squeaks. "Females do have a higher pitched squeak. Good."

William had to hold back a laugh at the mental imagery that came from putting a male pygmy puff in a cage full of female pygmy puffs during mating season. That was just...well........ and that was how pygmy puffs were created, kids. That was how.

He didn't say that though, no. Instead, Williamson listened thoughtfully to the boy's answer and noded slowly. "The males tend to make a sort of high-pitched humming sound above our human level of hearing during mating season, sort of as a call to females." He eyed the class to make sure they were writing this down. "But other than that, there really are no major differences in behavior that I have noticed between the two genders."

"Yes, excellent, as we've said, you can tell by their squeak whether a puff is male or female. There's actually a prototype for a pygmy puff squeak-o-meter out on the markets now, so look for that coming to your local pet shop. That should make it much easier to tell whether a puff is male or female."

As for the shades... hmm. "Males tend to be brighter overall, but there is no specific color that one gender favors over another. Males can be pink and females can be green, so you just really have to play it by ear," pun intended, "to figure out which gender your puff belongs to."

Hmm. Another good question!

"I've never actually thought of that, Ella," Will nodded, "but I suppose you could! I would assume that females, actually, have longer tongues, since they tend to be slightly larger than the males." Another fun fact for the class to jot down.

"Great idea!" Williamson grinned at the clever Slytherin. "We might be testing your theory of which activities pygmy puffs like best in just a few moments, but for now, I'll like to sum up what we've learned so far."

He flicked his wand at the empty wall space beside him so the notes came up nice and bright, replacing the ones from earlier.

Pygmy Puff Genders

Males are brighter in color
Males are fluffier
Males make an extremely high humming sound to attract females
Females have longer tongues
Females have higher-pitched squeaks
Both have different reproductive organs

"So," Williamson cleared his throat awkwardly, not exactly knowing how to phrase this next part, "If you can't determine your pygmy puff's gender by one of the first five distinctions, you can always try to locate its hidden ah.... reproductive organs, which are unique to each gender, and um, rather difficult to find...."

And he was not going to go into any more detail on that. Ahem. The professor picked up his own pygmy puff and perched him on his head, grateful for the distraction Nerf provided, and instead looked around the barn for another group and another topic.

"Let's talk about what pygmy puffs eat! I know a lot of you tried various creative methods of figuring this one out! Somebody, please share."

Shifting Nuage back to her lap so she could take some parchment out of her bag, Stella wrote down everything that Professor Williamson had written down. Apparently her and Glenn hadn't been entirely wrong with the idea that male pygmy puffs were different, color-wise. not only that, but by that theory, Nuage was female. That was always interesting, although it only mattered if she actually bothered seeing if she could keep the pygmy puff after the lesson. That was still an idea, but for now she wanted to pay attention to the discussion.

02-16-2012, 02:18 AM	#268 (permalink)
SilverTiger Crumple-Horned Snorkack Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal sighs(GMT-8) Posts: 111,215 Hogwarts RPG Name: Giselle Barrington Slytherin Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Teagan Kensington Slytherin Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Arienne Morgenstern Hufflepuff Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Simone Wild Slytherin Third Year x5 x3	because my muse has been spotty. :/ catching up Shoe!Girl │ Rebel Ravie │ Confundus Queen │ RP Addict Text Cut: Glenn Quote: Originally Posted by Gabrielle Glenn saw an older student making her way for her she listened as the girl introduced herself, "I'm Glenn." She nodded, "And this is Elliott." Glenn gestured towards her deep purple pygmy puff that was making squeaks as it untangled itself from her curls. She helped it do so, chuckling as it wove its way deeper into her hair. "Hold still a minute." Glenn muttered, untangling her pygmy puff from her blonde curls and placing him in her lap where he would hopefully not find a way to tangle something. "Do you know if you can tell the gender?" She asked Stella, looking criptictcally at her pygmy puff as he (Or she thought he was a he) rolled around her lap, playing in the folds of her grey school skirt. "Is it something to do with the colour or something?" "It's nice to meet you, Glenn," Stella said, a bit curious at how the girl's name didn't quite seem like a normal girl's name. She wasn't about to question that, though, as they had better things to do than discuss their own names. She smiled as the purple pygmy puff burrowed itself deeper into the blonde's hair, however. "Elliot seems a bit nervous," she observed. her own pygmy puff seemed perfectly fine, perched on her shoulder, but then maybe Glenn's wasn't as used to so many people. She didn't know yet if Elliot was a personal pygmy puff or borrowed, after all. "I don't," she said, in response to the question, as she craned her neck to look at Nuage for a moment. The tiny cloud-like puff wasn't telling her anything, though, so she turned back to the Hufflepuff after only a moment. "Maybe. It's an interesting idea, at least," she continued, only to get cut off by the professor as he brought everyone back together as a group to discuss the ideas from the groups. Apparently they'd run out of time, which she felt bad about, but now, it seemed they were going to possibly find out the actual answers to the question they'd briefly addressed. Text Cut: Professor WWW :P Quote: Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl "This is true!" Williamson acknowledged with much enthusiasm, smiling at Selena the Pygmy Puff expert. Good job to her! "Males are usually fluffier in an effort to attract females with their beauty." Interesting fact. "It is possible, and you're right in comparing pygmy puffs to birds. Males of both species tend to be brighter in color." He hadn't noticed anything about fur textures, though. "Good question," William tilted his head, "A baby puffskein is still bigger than a baby pygmy puff. So no, they're two different species now." But, she was right about the squeaks. "Females do have a higher pitched squeak. Good." William had to hold back a laugh at the mental imagery that came from putting a male pygmy puff in a cage full of female pygmy puffs during mating season. That was just...well........ and that was how pygmy puffs were created, kids. That was how. He didn't say that though, no. Instead, Williamson listened thoughtfully to the boy's answer and noded slowly. "The males tend to make a sort of high-pitched humming sound above our human level of hearing during mating season, sort of as a call to females." He eyed the class to make sure they were writing this down. "But other than that, there really are no major differences in behavior that I have noticed between the two genders." "Yes, excellent, as we've said, you can tell by their squeak whether a puff is male or female. There's actually a prototype for a pygmy puff squeak-o-meter out on the markets now, so look for that coming to your local pet shop. That should make it much easier to tell whether a puff is male or female." As for the shades... hmm. "Males tend to be brighter overall, but there is no specific color that one gender favors over another. Males can be pink and females can be green, so you just really have to play it by ear," pun intended, "to figure out which gender your puff belongs to." Hmm. Another good question! "I've never actually thought of that, Ella," Will nodded, "but I suppose you could! I would assume that females, actually, have longer tongues, since they tend to be slightly larger than the males." Another fun fact for the class to jot down. "Great idea!" Williamson grinned at the clever Slytherin. "We might be testing your theory of which activities pygmy puffs like best in just a few moments, but for now, I'll like to sum up what we've learned so far." He flicked his wand at the empty wall space beside him so the notes came up nice and bright, replacing the ones from earlier. Pygmy Puff Genders Males are brighter in color Males are fluffier Males make an extremely high humming sound to attract females Females have longer tongues Females have higher-pitched squeaks Both have different reproductive organs "So," Williamson cleared his throat awkwardly, not exactly knowing how to phrase this next part, "If you can't determine your pygmy puff's gender by one of the first five distinctions, you can always try to locate its hidden ah.... reproductive organs, which are unique to each gender, and um, rather difficult to find...." And he was not going to go into any more detail on that. Ahem. The professor picked up his own pygmy puff and perched him on his head, grateful for the distraction Nerf provided, and instead looked around the barn for another group and another topic. "Let's talk about what pygmy puffs eat! I know a lot of you tried various creative methods of figuring this one out! Somebody, please share." Shifting Nuage back to her lap so she could take some parchment out of her bag, Stella wrote down everything that Professor Williamson had written down. Apparently her and Glenn hadn't been entirely wrong with the idea that male pygmy puffs were different, color-wise. not only that, but by that theory, Nuage was female. That was always interesting, although it only mattered if she actually bothered seeing if she could keep the pygmy puff after the lesson. 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