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03-26-2009, 05:30 PM
| | CoMC Lesson 3 :: Dragons! Professor Morgan couldn't help the small smile that slowly formed on her face as each of her students timidly placed their wands in her waiting hands. Finally, after weeks of planning, everything was in place for what would surely prove to be the most spectacular lesson of her teaching career. Looking up, her smile widened. There was not a cloud in the sky. Not that rain would have changed the course of the day's lesson, but she couldn't help but notice how well the sun accentuated her mood.
"Come along then," she said ushering the group forward as the students arrived, her bright blue-green eyes sparkling with excitement as she watched the last few stragglers running down the rocky hill from the castle. "Today we are going to be studying one of my favorite magical creatures. Dragons!"
"Before we begin, I'd like to take this time to make my expectations for this lesson extremely clear." She said eying the class with a serious, no-nonsense expression. "As you can plainly see, there is not a dragon with us now... That is to say, no dragon with us yet." She continued. "After some strenuous planning, I have managed to arrange to have one present shortly. This means that everyone has to do EXACTLY what they are told. I will be taking points left and right if I see you take one step out of line with a dragon around." She said. "Wands won't be necessary. WE are here to protect you." She said, clearly emphasizing the 'we' but offering no other explanation.
"Now, if we are all clear, everyone please take out your textbook at this time and turn to page 257." She instructed, pointing her wand to the board. With a swish of her wrist the notice quickly disappeared and a large map now hung in its place.
"Who would like to volunteer to come up front and mark where each dragon reservation can be found?" She asked. OOC: Take your time. Throughout this lesson, points will be given for original answers only. Please remember to site your sources and no copy/pasting is allowed. If you have not currently done so, please visit this thread first before posting in this lesson. Failure to do so will result in deletion of your post. |
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Cedric raised his hand..."ummm,Professor the four types of teeth are Incisors,Cuspids,Bicuspids and Molars...the Incisors is our eight front teeth and four in the bottom and it used for cutting and biting.."Cedric explained
"Cuspids is the four teeth located either side of the incisors used for tearing food"...Cedric inform
"Bicuspids is the eight teeth located behind the cuspids and it is shaped for cutting food..."Cedric paused then he continued,,
"Molars is the eight double rooted teeth and bumpy for chewing and grinding.."Cedric finished
ooc:I used my own help and with a little help of dictionary..
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Herminny raised her hand and said, "The Peruvian Vipertooth is the smallest at just 15ft in length, it' quite different compared to other dragons cause like one of my classmates said there not afraid of humans and although it usually feeds on goats an cows they will also eat humans and not only are the wicked fast, they have strong venom fangs which could kill quite easily. This must have made it a difficult round up when the International Conederation of wizards authorized killing of this magnificent species enough to keep there numbers down so muggles don't notice there existence and to protect there population".
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| Double Agent Stamps! Abby raises her hand. "Sorry for bringing up a subject that has already been talked about, but could the reason these dragons choose plants over animals is because plants are more prevelant in the part of the world they live in than the animals dragons usually eat. I noticed a lot of dragons prefer domestic animals such as sheep. These dragons would have to live in areas where humans raise such animals. These dragons probably have flat teeth because flat teeth would be better for chewing vegatation. Leaves and plants tend to have flat leaves. Flat teeth mean the leaves can sit properly on the tooth and be chewed up." Abby looks around for someone to say her theory is pure fantasy.
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Kiri listened as attentively as possible to what her classmates had to say, trying to ignore the strange behaviour of the other teachers - their barely concealed whispering, the crackling noises of the sweet wrappers, not to mention their very presence in this class...
She speculated idly whether dragons would prefer chocolate-covered humans.
There was nothing she could add to the discussion about the different types of teeth, but she did have a question. She raised her hand: "Professor Truebridge, do you have - or, what is the opinion of dragon researchers in general about the, umm, e-vo-lu-tionary path of dragons?" She slowed down at the last words, making sure to pronounce them correctly and not stumble over the syllables. It worked... reasonably well. "Do you think they were initially carnivores and then adapted to include plants in their diet? Or the other way around?"
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| Mooncalf
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Originally Posted by Celandine Celandine raised her hand to answer, "Molars and Premolars are for breaking down food to make it easier to digest, the premolars are also called bicuspids and are smaller than the molars. There are actually heaps of different kinds of molars classified based on the crown shape and the root systems, different animals evolve them for different purposes- they even have totally different ways of attaching to the jaw and stuff. In plant eaters the molars and bicuspids tend to be flatter and more rounded because they spend so much time chewing and digesting, in meat eaters that actually have molars-- and not all of them do-- the molars are sharper and more geared toward tearing. Canines are sharp and pointy, they are for piercing and puncturing. They are also called eye teeth for the top ones, or in general, fangs and those are the kind of teeth that venom is injected through. Incisors are for cutting and tearing. " ooc: *taps noggin for source* "Excellent answer." It was kind of interesting to see the students that excelled in his class, excel in other classes. Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterloo They had to explain the purposes of TEETH? Duuuude, he wanted to get on with the dragon-riding already! He didn't care about their teeth! As long as they weren't chomping on HIM! Heh. "Molars are the teeth at the back, right? They're the chomp chomp grindy up the food teeth, I think." And premolars? Uhhhm. "Pre means before, doesn't it?" He asked, thinking out loud. "So I'm guessing those are the ones infront of the molars? I reckon they're for a bit of the chomp chomp action too."
And what else was that? "Canines.. they're the ones I wouldn't wanna get on the wrong side of, man.. Those are the big, scary ones ain't they? The ones that are for tearing, and ripping things." Shudder. "They're like ... FANGS! And then the incisers are the front ones, they're for cutting up stuff too but they don't look as scary as the canines."
Thinking he'd rambled quite enough, Clifford lowered his hand.Hmmm. "Good, thank you. You have an unusual ability to simplify and make things easy for everyone to understand." Quote:
Originally Posted by aussiegirl Kayla raised her hand, "Flattened molars are used for trapping and crushing large bones, while the canines are used for ripping and tearing food, the incisors are used to grasp, hold and gnaw and the premolars are for chewing." "Very concisely put." Ethan nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by Zoerawrr Grinding his own teeth subconsciously, Jake raised his hand. "Erm... I dunno what each are, but like..." He opened his mouth and pointed towards the back. "The'e wu' are hurrr griin'i'n 'ainly and htuth and hchhewin'..." Jake closed his mouth a little and tapped the pointy ones near the front of his mouth. "And dees, well, I think they're so ya can tear and rip things or bite to kill or something... like..." VAMPIYAHHHHH "... erm... yeah... And yeah... there was another... near the front, but the names are all mixed up in my head so... I'm just gonna go with that." Go ahead, make a fool of yourself, Jake... oyye... ooc: well... i'm pretty sure no website bared its teeth to show me... so my own brain and mouth *actually spoke with mouth open to get the right sound* oh! and the Jake half of my brain, other than the 16 year old knowledge I originally used...
"The'e wu' are hurrr griin'i'n 'ainly and htuth and hchhewin'..." = "These ones here are for grinding mainly and stuff and chewing" Ethan pointed at his own jaw, "Molar, Premolar, Canine, Incisor. You got what they do, right." Quote:
Originally Posted by cedricdiggory Cedric raised his hand..."ummm,Professor the four types of teeth are Incisors,Cuspids,Bicuspids and Molars...the Incisors is our eight front teeth and four in the bottom and it used for cutting and biting.."Cedric explained
"Cuspids is the four teeth located either side of the incisors used for tearing food"...Cedric inform
"Bicuspids is the eight teeth located behind the cuspids and it is shaped for cutting food..."Cedric paused then he continued,,
"Molars is the eight double rooted teeth and bumpy for chewing and grinding.."Cedric finished
ooc:I used my own help and with a little help of dictionary.. "Right, those are the numbers of each type of teeth that we have in our mouths, and certainly what they do, but remember that the arrangement is different in the mouths of other creatures. The only tooth type that you can pretty much count on to be in the same place across the board- if they are present in the mouth- are the canines, or fangs." Quote:
Originally Posted by Herminny Herminny raised her hand and said, "The Peruvian Vipertooth is the smallest at just 15ft in length, it' quite different compared to other dragons cause like one of my classmates said there not afraid of humans and although it usually feeds on goats an cows they will also eat humans and not only are the wicked fast, they have strong venom fangs which could kill quite easily. This must have made it a difficult round up when the International Conederation of wizards authorized killing of this magnificent species enough to keep there numbers down so muggles don't notice there existence and to protect there population".
OOC: heres the link to the website I got this info *the HARRY POTTER encyclopedia "Ah, yes thank you Herminny." ooc: try to keep up with the current question, mmkay? Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs. Weasley Abby raises her hand. "Sorry for bringing up a subject that has already been talked about, but could the reason these dragons choose plants over animals is because plants are more prevelant in the part of the world they live in than the animals dragons usually eat. I noticed a lot of dragons prefer domestic animals such as sheep. These dragons would have to live in areas where humans raise such animals. These dragons probably have flat teeth because flat teeth would be better for chewing vegatation. Leaves and plants tend to have flat leaves. Flat teeth mean the leaves can sit properly on the tooth and be chewed up." Abby looks around for someone to say her theory is pure fantasy.
Source: logical reasoning. In other words I make it up. "As I said, it isn't that they choose plants over animals, merely that they also eat plants or as you suggested, show some evidence of perhaps once being plant eaters. Good theories though, Abby." Quote:
Originally Posted by Antarctica! Kiri listened as attentively as possible to what her classmates had to say, trying to ignore the strange behaviour of the other teachers - their barely concealed whispering, the crackling noises of the sweet wrappers, not to mention their very presence in this class...
She speculated idly whether dragons would prefer chocolate-covered humans.
There was nothing she could add to the discussion about the different types of teeth, but she did have a question. She raised her hand: "Professor Truebridge, do you have - or, what is the opinion of dragon researchers in general about the, umm, e-vo-lu-tionary path of dragons?" She slowed down at the last words, making sure to pronounce them correctly and not stumble over the syllables. It worked... reasonably well. "Do you think they were initially carnivores and then adapted to include plants in their diet? Or the other way around?" "Both ideas have been suggested, for certain. The part that makes it difficult is that dragons, as we know them, have been almost exactly as they are now for an extremely long time. The Evolution of magical creatures is a difficult topic to pursue, because the line between evolution and magical interference is often blurred. This is another topic I have some more reading availiable on. If anyone is interested, you are welcome to come see me after class." Ethan answered, impressed with the young Slytherin's question.
"As for the Carnivorous Dragons, their mouths contain precisely what most of you would picture upon hearing the term 'dragon'. That is, sharp and serated canines and incisors. All Dragons are polyphyodont and have pleurodont teeth, does anyone know what these terms mean?"
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| Blast-Ended Skrewt
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Originally Posted by Celandine Cela turned around and blinked at Professor Lupa, momentarily finding it totally weird that she was sitting in front of her and next to Professor Dumont and they were both into candy. Cela had almost finished her chocolate frog, but she halved the last of it and offered the bigger piece to Professor Lupa, "I think we have to learn things first. If people don't behave then they might not let us see one." Celandine suggested, looking back towards the front of the classroom, "I think thats what those permission slip things were about. I don't think its here. I think we will have to go somewhere." Alessia took the half of the chocolate frog, eyeing the piece in Cela's hands... hmmmm she wanted that one too... but she wanted to see the dragon... "Don't worry," she told Cela stuffing her mouth with the chocolate, "I'll make people behave..." Quote:
Originally Posted by geraldinechang Jane was offended that Professor Lupa didn't accept her non-sugar candies. She took down more notes instead. She crossed out her drawing of what she thought were dragon's teeth. Now she looked at it, it looked more like dinosaur's teeth. Vampire teeth?Jane looked wildly at Jacob as he described the type of teeth. She giggled and thought about them herbivor teeth for a little while.. the ones with large diastema. What's IN the chocolate frogs?!!?!?!? "Ppsssssssttt!!!Professor Lupa?"Jane nudged her and gave her some Muggle Chocolates instead. Whatever it was it was still chocolate! Rock ON! She took the chocolate and ate it all unraveling each piece slowly... she mouthed a 'thank you' to Jane with a mouth FULL of chocolate... that wasn't pretty and now she was ready... and hopped up on sugar, to make sure NO ONE misbehaved... cause SHE was going to pet a Dragon today!
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Originally Posted by NicoT All Dragons are polyphyodont and have pleurodont teeth, does anyone know what these terms mean?" Chris potter raised his hand and answer the question "pleurodont means having several or many sets of teeth insuccession."
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Paris raised her hand, "Polyphyodont means having several or many sets of teeth in succession." She said matter of factly.
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| connoisseur of comfort ❅ Crayola's Wibby Mrs Alex Turner ❅ Netflix and meow Whoa. They were long words. Polywhaaa and pleurowhaa? Uhhhm. "Poly means.. lots of, doesn't it?" He asked, hand int he air and willing to give this ago despite having no idea. "So.. does that polywhatsit word mean they have lots of teeth?" He'd seen picture of dragons and heck, it looked like they had bazillions of teeth. "Or maybe it means that.. they can grow new teeth lots of times?"
He didn't know.. nor did he have a clue about the next word. Sniffle.
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Qaz raised her hand and replied, 'Polyphydont means that there are rows of teeth, which move forward with the back replacing the front as teeth wear down or fall out. Pleurodont means that the teeth are fused to the jawbone, making them much stronger.'
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Originally Posted by NicoT "Both ideas have been suggested, for certain. The part that makes it difficult is that dragons, as we know them, have been almost exactly as they are now for an extremely long time. The Evolution of magical creatures is a difficult topic to pursue, because the line between evolution and magical interference is often blurred. This is another topic I have some more reading availiable on. If anyone is interested, you are welcome to come see me after class." Ethan answered, impressed with the young Slytherin's question.
"As for the Carnivorous Dragons, their mouths contain precisely what most of you would picture upon hearing the term 'dragon'. That is, sharp and serated canines and incisors. All Dragons are polyphyodont and have pleurodont teeth, does anyone know what these terms mean?" Kiri perused her textbook hastily, then raised her hand and said: "Well, poll-... polee-, sorry, Professor, po-ly-phy-dont means that the dragons' teeth are being replaced. Like when they lose one. And pleurodont means that..." She stopped, uncertain of how to describe it. The textbook was a bit confusing. "If I understood it correctly, it means that the teeth are attached to the inner side of the jaw bones. And this is most common with reptiles," she added, not even trying to pronounce the scientifically sounding name the textbook gave her: Squamata.
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Ana raised her hand "For example the Chinese fireball is scarlet with gold on his face. And there's sexual dimorphism, in this case females are bigger than males. They have protruding eyes and a stubby snout. He prefers to eat Humans and pigs, but he eats any mammal. The most standout characteristic about the Chinese fireball that is different from the other dragons is that they tolerate the other dragons from their kind better than other dragons normally do. They can even share territories." she said "Oh! and his name is derived from the flames in a mushroom form that came of his nostrils when he's angry. she finished ooc: Harry Potter Wiki |
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Miranda had started to count her teeth. One two three... As much fun as dragons were, she didn't really understand the need to know about their teeth. Maybe if one was going to specialise as a dragon-dentist. But other than that. forteen, fifteen, sixteen...
And what's up with all those difficult words? Show us the dragon already! twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four...twenty-five, twenty-six...
Eh. No no, count over, did she really have that many teeth?
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Originally Posted by NicoT "Excellent answer." It was kind of interesting to see the students that excelled in his class, excel in other classes.
"Good, thank you. You have an unusual ability to simplify and make things easy for everyone to understand."
"Very concisely put." Ethan nodded.
Ethan pointed at his own jaw, "Molar, Premolar, Canine, Incisor. You got what they do, right."
"Right, those are the numbers of each type of teeth that we have in our mouths, and certainly what they do, but remember that the arrangement is different in the mouths of other creatures. The only tooth type that you can pretty much count on to be in the same place across the board-if they are present in the mouth- are the canines, or fangs."
"Pretty good, though the premolar often has a raised ridge that can help with tearing and cutting and the fangs are much larger and more specialised."
"Ah, yes thank you Herminny." ooc: try to keep up with the current question, mmkay?
"As I said, it isn't that they choose plants over animals, merely that they also eat plants or as you suggested, show some evidence of perhaps once being plant eaters. Good theories though, Abby."
"Both ideas have been suggested, for certain. The part that makes it difficult is that dragons, as we know them, have been almost exactly as they are now for an extremely long time. The Evolution of magical creatures is a difficult topic to pursue, because the line between evolution and magical interference is often blurred. This is another topic I have some more reading availiable on. If anyone is interested, you are welcome to come see me after class." Ethan answered, impressed with the young Slytherin's question.
"As for the Carnivorous Dragons, their mouths contain precisely what most of you would picture upon hearing the term 'dragon'. That is, sharp and serated canines and incisors. All Dragons are polyphyodont and have pleurodont teeth, does anyone know what these terms mean?" Tobi raised a hand, and took a crack at it. He didn’t understand creatures, but he had a rudimentary understanding of latin. “Sir, pleuro is the latin for side, or lateral, and poly is the latin for many. Pleurodontal means attatched to the inside edge of the jaw, and polydontal is to have many sets of teeth, so to be both is to have the ability to regrow ones teeth, should they be lost, and they grow laterally, rather than straight down as human teeth do.”
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Tony was starting to get hungry again, and he began to fish in his pocket to see what else might be in there. He was trying not to make too much racket or draw too much attention to himself. This dragon stuff was pretty interesting, but he really wanted a chocolate frog right now, nothing was better than that!
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Originally Posted by Slytherin Fox Tony was starting to get hungry again, and he began to fish in his pocket to see what else might be in there. He was trying not to make too much racket or draw too much attention to himself. This dragon stuff was pretty interesting, but he really wanted a chocolate frog right now, nothing was better than that! "Pssst!" Alessia whispered loudly, her face covered in chocolate, "You got any more candy?" She said practically bouncing in her seat.
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Tony turned around with a grin on his face. "What kind do you like?", he asked, trying to keep his voice as low as possible but getting excited, he had enough candy to share, after all. "I've got some more chocolate frogs, and some ice mice, sugar quills, crystallized pineapple, a bunch of stuff." Tony reached his hand into his pocket and offered it to the girl who looked like she was having the same problem he was, having a hard time fitting into the desk even though she wasn't fat either. Gosh, it wasn't just happening to him! She was a professor, too, like they had made him a professor. He turned to the other girl, Cela, and offered her some candy, too, because he knew she liked it as well.
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| Double Agent Stamps! Abby raises her hand. Polyphyodont means "having many success sets of teeth, as fish and other lower vetebrates." Pleurodont means "a formation of the teeth that are fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jawbones. This formation is commonly in order Squamata (scaled repiles)
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| Mooncalf
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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01 Chris potter raised his hand and answer the question "pleurodont means having several or many sets of teeth insuccession."
source: Dictonary.com "That would be the other term, its easier to get them mixed up. You are talking about polyphyodont. Good try though." Quote:
Originally Posted by Herminny "Right. Po-ly-phy-dont. I know its hard to get your tongue around these words. Good answer though." Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomasina Riddle Paris raised her hand, "Polyphyodont means having several or many sets of teeth in succession." She said matter of factly.
OOC: source-webster's medical dictionary
"Right." Ethan nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterloo Whoa. They were long words. Polywhaaa and pleurowhaa? Uhhhm. "Poly means.. lots of, doesn't it?" He asked, hand int he air and willing to give this ago despite having no idea. "So.. does that polywhatsit word mean they have lots of teeth?" He'd seen picture of dragons and heck, it looked like they had bazillions of teeth. "Or maybe it means that.. they can grow new teeth lots of times?"
He didn't know.. nor did he have a clue about the next word. Sniffle. Right. Hard to say arent they?" Quote:
Originally Posted by Torchwood Qaz raised her hand and replied, 'Polyphydont means that there are rows of teeth, which move forward with the back replacing the front as teeth wear down or fall out. Pleurodont means that the teeth are fused to the jawbone, making them much stronger.' "Good answer, thank you." Quote:
Originally Posted by Antarctica! Kiri perused her textbook hastily, then raised her hand and said: "Well, poll-... polee-, sorry, Professor, po-ly-phy-dont means that the dragons' teeth are being replaced. Like when they lose one. And pleurodont means that..." She stopped, uncertain of how to describe it. The textbook was a bit confusing. "If I understood it correctly, it means that the teeth are attached to the inner side of the jaw bones. And this is most common with reptiles," she added, not even trying to pronounce the scientifically sounding name the textbook gave her: Squamata. "Excellent answer, Kiri." Ethan nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by Hedwig18 Ana raised her hand "For example the Chinese fireball is scarlet with gold on his face. And there's sexual dimorphism, in this case females are bigger than males. They have protruding eyes and a stubby snout. He prefers to eat Humans and pigs, but he eats any mammal. The most standout characteristic about the Chinese fireball that is different from the other dragons is that they tolerate the other dragons from their kind better than other dragons normally do. They can even share territories." she said "Oh! and his name is derived from the flames in a mushroom form that came of his nostrils when he's angry. she finished ooc: Harry Potter Wiki "Right, but try to keep up with the questions, Ana." Ethan raised an eyebrow. Quote:
Originally Posted by druidflower Tobi raised a hand, and took a crack at it. He didn’t understand creatures, but he had a rudimentary understanding of latin. “Sir, pleuro is the latin for side, or lateral, and poly is the latin for many. Pleurodontal means attatched to the inside edge of the jaw, and polydontal is to have many sets of teeth, so to be both is to have the ability to regrow ones teeth, should they be lost, and they grow laterally, rather than straight down as human teeth do.” "Thank you for the breakdown. Poly- phy-dont. Good answer though."
Ethan pointed to the notes on the board before continuing.
"Some Dragon varieties are venomous. There are five venomous species of Dragon, one of them, the Portuguese Long-Snout, is the only Dragon which is both venomous and omnivorous.
Can anyone name or guess the other four venomous dragon species?"
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Clifford threw his hand in the air, ready to have a good ole' guess. "I think the Peruvian Vipertooth is venemous." It's name kinda gave it away, no?
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Herminny was eager to answer another question so she raised her hand and said, "I believe I read that the Norwegian Ridgeback is poisonous".
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Okay so he said that the other ones were carnivores. Cela looked at the carnivore list and thought about it for a moment before raising her hand to take a guess, "Um are the other ones the Peruvian Vipertooth, the Norwegian Ridgeback... the Hebridean black? And maybe... the Antipodean Opaleye? Um I'm not sure about the last two but I suggested them because the other types on the list have other sorts of defence and attack strengths, like super hard scales or spikes or really strong flame." She guessed uncertainly.
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"I think the Peruvian Vipertooth is" she said raising her hand
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Originally Posted by Celandine Okay so he said that the other ones were carnivores. Cela looked at the carnivore list and thought about it for a moment before raising her hand to take a guess, "Um are the other ones the Peruvian Vipertooth, the Norwegian Ridgeback... the Hebridean black? And maybe... the Antipodean Opaleye? Um I'm not sure about the last two but I suggested them because the other types on the list have other sorts of defence and attack strengths, like super hard scales or spikes or really strong flame." She guessed uncertainly. Tobi raised his eyebrows at Celandine. Woah, this kid knows her dragons. He raised his hand and threw in his two cents. "So in the case of the Herbridean Black and the Antipodean Opaleye, I would imagine it's not something they would use in their diets. Venom is used by creatures to either subdue prey or breakdown tissue; since neither sheep or domesticated cattle are especially tough to catch or eat, at least not for a dragon, it's likely that their venom is used almost entirely in defence." He continued, fidgeting, he was still none too comfortable with the subject matter thank you very much, "Whereas the Pervuian Vipertooth has been known to attack humans, and would probably have to use its venom to do so. The Norwegian Ridgeback occasionally hunts water dwelling creatures, and they're elusive to a dragon, so subduing their prey is also useful. As for the Portuguese Long-Snout, perhaps it's their omnivorous diet that requires the venom to break it down? Not too sure, though, I haven't read much about them."
ooc: my source is Fantastic Beasts ofcourse. and I don't know where I learned about venom, probably my dad.
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