Originally Posted by Jessica94ear

Iris looked at Bunbury. "Well ... the main thing that you have to be cautious of is their cry. A baby Mandrakes cry is enough to knock you out, but an Adults mandrakes cry can kill you. You can avoid death-by-mandrake-screams by wearing earmuffs when you're handling them." Iris thought about her answer. "And wouldn't another thing you have to be ... well not cautious of, but careful of is when you harvest them? Because they have good healing um ... powers ... haven't they, but they have to be harvested at a certain stage, or age for them to work best in the healing potion your making with them." Iris sighed, half of the second bit of her answer didn't make much sense to her. Lets just hope that Bunbury knew what she meant.

Originally Posted by Miss Lissy Lou

Originally Posted by Zoerawrr

Staring right back at Bunz, as unblinking as he usually was during his little... times, Jake quirked a slight smile. "Devil's snare... can try to kill you... if you're left with a psychotic and murderous teacher. It can also cause one to potentially lose their job..." he added the last nit quietly, but loud enough for Bunz to hear.

Oh yeah. He went there.

Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

Destiny raised her hand again. 'The bubotubers have these bubble things on them that are filled with stinky pus. If the pus touches human skin it will leave painful boils on it. But if diluted, the pus could cure acne!'

Yet another thing to put on Destiny's list of 'do not go near'.

Originally Posted by dingDong

Cam thought for a minute and raised his hand, "Well the Venomous Tentaculas are WAAY dangerous because they shoot out venom and all, and ... one part of it is poisonous I think. Deadly plantsssss they are, mmmhhhmm."

Originally Posted by logger31

Originally Posted by Celandine

Cela raised her hand.

"Yes professor, with the Whomping Willow, I found it kind of easier to get leaves than most of the others did because I always respect her. She's so lovely. So like, you should never assume anything or like assume that you have a right to take her leaves, but she's still a tree so I offered a trade. I watered her. And like, she's almost 100 and it doesn't matter that she's a tree and not a witch or wizard, you should always show respect to your elders. You shouldn't try to trick her because she has seen a lot. It helps to not put yourself in the way of her whompers if you dooo make her mad."

Celandine took a breath before answering the other question.

"Well like, with devils snare, it constricts its prey, choking and squeezing the more the prey struggles. It is attracted to movement and kind of looks like a flitterbloom to someone who is ignorant. So thats another reason you should pay attention, so you don't confuse a harmless plant with a dangerous one. Ummm and the scream of an unearthed full grown mandragora will kill any human that hears it, the baby one will only knock you out for a few hours aaaand umm the Venomous Tentacula spits venom from its shoots, and has poisonous spikes. Its bite is super poisonous too. Ummm what else? Oh! The fire seed bush can burn you super duper easily on account of it always being on fire."

Originally Posted by Sherbetsnitch

Abigail smiled glad to have given a correct answer, but her smile quickly disappeared. She’d been one of those students but she’d made it up to the tree ‘I should really visit it.’

“Well you should ask it nicely, and I gave it chocolate for one of its leaves and it seemed quite happy with that.” Thinking for a second she answered the professor’s second question “well one dangerous thing about some plants is the noise they make...well with Mandrake’s anyway.”

Originally Posted by firenjen

No such thing as an evil plant?

*Blink*

Even the ones with teeth?

Straaange.

"Ones with teeth," she said again, in answer to the question.

Lucille snorted. Loudly.

"Oooh, burn!" she chuckled.

Originally Posted by Anna Banana

LouAnn watched as the professor pulled a very familiarrrr looking wand out of that container she'd been holding. So familiar, in fact...oh my! Willow; Phoenix Feather Core; 10 3/4 inches...that's mah wand! LouAnn sat up straight and tall, proud of her wand for making a cameo appearance in Herbology class.

...but then...ohhh, apparently it wasn't a good thing to have such a wand, as someone---not LouAnn, of course---had sent the Whomping Willow into near about St. Mungo's status. LouAnn had approached the tree during that little scavanger hunt, true. Had she peer-pressured it, though? Nooo, she thought not. Deciding not to bring attention to the fact that her wand was being displayed during a speech about emotionally scarring a tree, LouAnn raised her hand to answer all the questions that had been asked.

"We should be cautious around mandrakes, because if your ears fall victim to their screams, it could kill you! Even a baby mandake can put a person out of orbit for a while," she said, answering question number one.

Umm...What in Merlin's name was a Snargaluff? Deciding to save face and not attempt things she didn't know about, she cleared her throat and moved on.

...Oh, yes! Back to animated trees and how best to approach them. LouAnn eyed her wand---she wanted it back---then shot a suspicious glance over to the Bunz. LouAnn had not manhandled the Whomping Willow! "I think we should keep a careful eye on the plant and see how it reacts to certain movements from us. If it seems alright with what we're attempting to do, then we can take that as a sign that it's safe to continue like so. On the other hand, if its leaves get all of a dither, then we should back up and find a different approach. I've learned that most animated trees will more or less tell you what to do with it."

"Oh, and bubtoubers are dangerous, because they resemble slugggssss," she said, thinking how disgusting it'd be to accidentally pick up a slimy slug thinking it was a bubotuber. "...and I don't mean the jelly kind either! Oh, and they smell like petrol! Anyway, if you don't cure it correctly, it can cause painful boils! If you do, those, it can cure acne."

Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady

Josh moved where he stood uncomfortably as his eyes followed Professor Bunbury walking towards him. She looked much more beautiful when angry with this thought he had quite a difficulty with managing not to grin but once she was right before him and speaking with a nearly hissing attitude his cheerful mood drained off in sudden leaving its place to a stubborn and i'm-not-scared expression. ''I hope so professor'' he replied with a resisting tone though he still did not believe that a plant could be of great importance.

When he sat back he could still feel the annoyance of professor's stare on him but he simply tried to ignore it. At first he thought of leaving the class as she spoke sarcastically but deciding it would be a stupid and pointless thing to do he just kept listening to her as if nothing had happened. He was going to give and answer for the next question, yes he was no matter what. ''Erm Professor...'' he stood up again gazing at her ''I really dont have any idea how they could be so dangerous but they are plants, tear up and they are dead. If you cannot touch, say poisonous, cast some fire and pufff they are all nothing but harmless ashes''

Originally Posted by LadyNerd

Well, that was easy! Fia was careful enough in her seat to keep her wand up her sleeve. There was no need for ANY professor or ANY person to take her wand unless she was in trouble. She sat back in her seat with confidence and was quiet as a mouse to enjoy life among the plants. Needless to say, Miles would be proud of her sneakyness.

Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

Chris raised his hand "Well this wouldn't be much of a problem for humans unless they were stupid of course." he laughed. "Wouldn't the odors or smells the plant puts off, be considered dangerous? If they are simply poisonous or if they are trying to bring in and trap their prey?" he said happily, simply ignoring the morbid truth in his statement.

Originally Posted by Mrs_Molly_Weasley

"Well," replied Becca, "A Snargaluff is a plant with the appearance of a gnarled stump, though when provocted it's deceptive appearence hides dangerous thorn-covered vines that attack the provoker. It contains pods that one can extract which appear as a green pulsating thing about the size of a grapefruit. My brother ran into one once; it was a nasty sight." Rebecca shuddered at the memory of the horrible, bloody pricks her brother, Collin had all over him. She frowned, before sighing. It was just like him to try and be the big shot.