Creatures escaping sounded like a dream come true. They weren't escaping, really. They were returning to the wild, where they wanted to be. It didn't actually make much sense to Mo to stop them from doing something that would make them happy. He prodded West with his elbow in a general sort of hello before offering a useful suggestion to the professor.

"I think the best way to handle a creature is to ascertain what its needs are and why it is acting the way it is. You'd react different to an animal in panic than you would to one that was hungry or curious. If you can meet the needs or assuage the emotion, you'll earn the creature's trust and have more success dealing with it."