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Text Cut: Professor Peyton Barlow Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana  So she relaxed her expression and even cracked a semi-smile as she said, "Right, right." All of you. Even Stark and his Captain Obvious of an answer. "There are many, many ways in which magical and non-magical creatures are alike. The one we'll be focusing on today, though, is how they both bring their young into the world."
She stepped to the side and gestured to the groundskeeper. "Mr. Firth's highland cow is about to give birth," she said. "I was meant to assist in the birth, but since it's going to happen right in the middle of our class, ...we're all going to assist." She looked from Firth to the students and back again. "Now, listen carefully as Mr. Firth tells you a little about the process. Pay attention, so you'll know what's going on later in the lesson." Right, so it sounded like it was his turn to take the stage. Fantastic. He got up and brushed some stray hay off his shirt. Clearing his voice, he addressed the students. "Right. As--"
But as soon as he began, he was interrupted by Bonny.
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Ali turned to check on his pet. She seemed alright for now, so he decided to continue on. However, it seemed a particular student seemed to have aspirations of becoming a muggle veterinarian... Text Cut: MOOOO... erm... I mean Mo! Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin "I CAN CATCH," Mo announced, perhaps a bit too loudly. And then because he knew that there were babies involved, he opted for an inside voice instead. Mo leaned back over the fence to grin at the Groundskeeper. "I'm a Chaser, Mr. Firth. If you need help now, then I can catch."
But if not, he was gonna take pictures. Baby scrapbook for the new little... "Also what are you gonna name it?" Wow. Quidditch balls were nothing like baby cattle... But at least he was eager to help? "Eh... Tha's..." Not going to happen? "Really nice o' yeh, Mo." It was Mo, right? He thought he remembered hearing that in Quidditch commentary. "Bu' I think we should leave this ter myself an' Professor Barlow. An' I'm not sure yet because I don' know the gender until i' comes out." He finished by giving him a small wink. Text Cut: Minerva Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga Just as she got closer to the front of the group she wished she would have stayed in the back. Did the professor just say they were helping birth a cow.. That just seemed gross, odd, weird interesting. "Professor, doesn't the cow mostly do it on their own? I mean how do you assist in a cow birth?" She wasn't familiar with any of it, so she didn't know a person would assist. Do they like just catch the calf as it comes out or is it more than that.
Looking towards Mr. Firth she gave him a half smile. She was still upset from everything that happened in the detention and not that she wanted to blame him, but part of her did, but she wasn't going to be rude either. He looked to Peyton, wondering if she wanted to handle this question, but she didn't seem to look like she was jumping in, so he took it himself. "Well, sometimes if the calf is breeched yeh may have ter turn it around. Don' ask how tha's done, cuz I jus' don' feel like gettin' inter that in this class." He winked a bit so she knew he wasn't just shutting her down. "Bu' otherwise, make sure the mom doesn' hurt herself an' stays calm." He was pleased to see that she gave him a tentative smile; he returned it with a toothy grin of his own. Text Cut: Beezus Quote:
Originally Posted by xXxPandora Did....Professor Barlow just said they were focusing on how creatures bring their young into the world? Did she?! DID SHE?!
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..........................................She did.
She really did.
And she wasn't stupid not to understand. They were going to have BABIES! BABY COW/S! asdfghkllASDGGJKHLHH. O___O *jaw drop* *SQUEAAAAAAAL* Beezus was internally flailing....and might have even started hyperventilating out of pure excitement. They were going to assist on a mommy cow giving birth! That was all she cared about at the moment. Yep, she didn't even care that her glasses were now askew. She also began squeezing in through the crowd, trying to make it to the front and muttering excuses along the way. Right time to move on. "As I was sayin'," he began. But suddenly an earsplitting squeal threatened to shatter his eardrums. Whipping around, he expected to see Bonny having a problem. What was..? Then it occurred to him that it sounded like a girl... as in a human girl. By the look of Beezus Castell, it had come from her. He gave her a look. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Could he go on now? Scanning the small crowd, he didn't see any impending distractions. "Right. So..." He paused briefly to see if there were any more interruptions about to happen. Not finding any, he continued. "The highland is very similar to humans in tha' it carries its young for abou' nine months." He couldn't imagine that misery for so long. Kudos to you, females. "Also, mos' often they don' give birth ter more than one baby at a time."
Stepping back now, Bonny was clearly visible for the first time. To the untrained eye it likely looked like her head was stuck in a fence. "Now. Bonny has already bin in labor fer awhile. Usually once the cow starts pushing, it won' take more'n an hour. As yeh can see, I put her head in a restraint, which prevents her from hurting herself or any one of us. Plus it makes it so she can' step on her young accidentally when i' comes out."
How much should he say about the actual birthing process? By the looks on many of the students' faces, not much. He chuckled to himself. "Now the calf should come out front feet firs', but if not, I'll have ter reach up an' turn it around. Tha's called a breeched calf." Hopefully that wouldn't happen. "Once it comes out, I'll need ter take the calf an' clean it and rub it ter stimulate breathing. Yeh all cin help with tha' process," he said with a glance to the Gryffindor who'd asked what he meant by assisting, "an' Professor Barlow will be givin' yeh instructions on that."
"Right. Any questions at this point?" he said before moving on. He thought he heard a bit more squeaking from a small Slytherin, but as long as that was the worst it got, he wasn't concerned.
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