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The beginning of term, new faces, old faces, new adventures... yeah Bentley was excited. As she stood in the entrance to Greenhouse Four, she rocked back and forth on the ball of her feet, her hands clasped in front of her.
"Good morning everyone! The lesson will begin shortly, in the meantime please take a seat." She motioned her hands to a few rows of benches that have been placed near the entrance to the greenhouse for the purpose of that lesson.
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Now... on with the lesson. And it was good to see that the late Ravenclaw mustered up the courage to participate.
Listening intently as the students listed their daily rituals for taking care of themselves, Seren nodded and smiled in response to some of their answers. Generally speaking they had the right idea. Eating food, whether it was healthy or whether it was chocolate, though she didn't think she could eat five apples a day, that was madness. Hydrating, showering, washing hands before meals, exercising, sleeping, socialising, brushing hair and teeth.... being awesome? sure thing young Snake, being awesome is always a great way to look after yourself. Protective clothing, constant vigilance? de-stressing, medication and learning.. all very valid answers.
"Well it's good to see you all know how to take care of yourselves, we wouldn't want you wasting away now would we?"
The thing she was most pleased about in regard to the answers to her question, was that they touched on today's topic. Yay, now the fun could start.
"Now today's topic is dental hygiene." She paused to let this sink in. No doubt there would be some students that weren't yet familiar with flesh eating plants. "Considering that dental care is important to humans, why might this also be important for plants, particularly flesh eating plants?" and just to elaborate on the question she asked, "What do they need their teeth for?"
Stella had merely nodded in response to Professor Bentley's returning her greeting and question about the summer. The lesson had moved on rather quickly anyhow, but even if it hadn't, she wasn't entirely certain the Herbology professor was asking for details about her summer, and spending it showing Matt around France a little. Just for verification that her summer was good, and a nod worked just as well as the actual words. Besides, she was still rather distracted by looking at the door to the greenhouse. She remembered snargaluffs in Greenhouse Five, and that only made her wonder what they were going to end up facing this time. Something told her anything past Greenhouse Three was dangerous.
The fact the discussion had moved so quickly to flesh-eating plants certainly didn't help her hesitancy, either. She still raised her hand, though. "Professor, flesh-eating plants wouldn't be any different than our pets. We need to take care of our cats' or dogs' teeth, in order that they don't get sick from infection. Along with the obvious fact that teeth are needed to help tear apart meat to make it easier to swallow, and bad teeth wouldn't be able to accomplish that as well," she replied. Why couldn't they go back to the snargaluffs. At least they just tried to swallow them whole, or strangle them first, then swallow them. She didn't want to deal with plants with teeth. Not again, as she hoped they weren't going to be extracting teeth from toadstools again.
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Now... on with the lesson. And it was good to see that the late Ravenclaw mustered up the courage to participate.
Listening intently as the students listed their daily rituals for taking care of themselves, Seren nodded and smiled in response to some of their answers. Generally speaking they had the right idea. Eating food, whether it was healthy or whether it was chocolate, though she didn't think she could eat five apples a day, that was madness. Hydrating, showering, washing hands before meals, exercising, sleeping, socialising, brushing hair and teeth.... being awesome? sure thing young Snake, being awesome is always a great way to look after yourself. Protective clothing, constant vigilance? de-stressing, medication and learning.. all very valid answers.
"Well it's good to see you all know how to take care of yourselves, we wouldn't want you wasting away now would we?"
The thing she was most pleased about in regard to the answers to her question, was that they touched on today's topic. Yay, now the fun could start.
"Now today's topic is dental hygiene." She paused to let this sink in. No doubt there would be some students that weren't yet familiar with flesh eating plants. "Considering that dental care is important to humans, why might this also be important for plants, particularly flesh eating plants?" and just to elaborate on the question she asked, "What do they need their teeth for?"
Blue thought about it for a moment before her hand shot up.
Not that it made much difference. The professor probably couldn't see her because of all the other...tall people. The scary tall people.
So instead in a shy/loud voice she said, "Weeeelll Professor. I think they need dental hygiene because...because if they don't have dental hygiene then their teeth will fall out and they won't be able to eat and then they starve. And then they'll die." And that'd be saaaad.
"They need their teeth to munch on the uh...flesh of what they're eating." She shrunk away from the plant, wrinkling up her nose.
Dental hygiene? That meant teeth. So... the plants had teeth? Like biting teeth? Like chewing teeth?? Like, the plants could chew and eat things? Like flesh? Glenn cast a glance around at the plants in the room. One of those might eat flesh. So gross.
Glenn raised her hand, crouching slightly to let a poor little ickle be able to see over her head. "If the plants had teeth. They'd need dental hygiene, otherwise their teeth might fall out of their mouths and the plants won't be able to to eat the erm - chewable things." Like flesh. "And they might starve."
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Dental hygiene...of flesh eating plants. Waitaminute. “It’s way better if they had dirty, yellowish teeth right? To complete the gory look.” he said to himself. Snort. He raised his hand and answered the professor’s question.
“They need to have clean, strong teeth so it can serve its purpose. Eat...and chew. Flesh.” He had to admit it was a bit morbid, but that’s their purpose right? “I suppose we use those plants to scare off unwanted objects or animals. If they don’t have a healthy set of teeth—which I think is their primary weapon, then it will clearly fail its purpose to guard things or people.” He said as he put his hand down.
He looked around him and saw hundreds of the flesh eating plant. He hoped that every single one of them was properly fed before Professor Bentley’s class started.
He knows hungry.
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Wait, wait, wait! Flesh-eating plants...
Would the Professor notice if he...borrowed one?
Yes, yes...He'd have to remind himself to...Yes.
Hearing her question, Dylan smirked. This was something he was semi-curious about...since his mother had just went through something with her teeth. *cough* "Professor, if their teeth aren't properly taken care of...can't they get sick?" Like with people and gingivitis...and gum disease..."Is there anything in the plants mouth that can somehow start producing toxins if not properly cared for?"
FLESH EATING PLANTS?!?!?! YES!!!! Aurora's favourite part of Herbology. She contained an excited squeal as Professor Bentley said it but couldn't stop herself from grinning. "Professor, the teeth are important for eating but they are also a deterrent to stop predators getting too close." Because what creature would want to risk going near them? "And if you don't take care of them they can rot and fall out and that can damage the plant because the rot can spread." Yep, they'd had one case of that in their greenhouses back home once, a tiny little almost seedling that had been missed at the back of the pots... Poor thing.
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Now... on with the lesson. And it was good to see that the late Ravenclaw mustered up the courage to participate.
Listening intently as the students listed their daily rituals for taking care of themselves, Seren nodded and smiled in response to some of their answers. Generally speaking they had the right idea. Eating food, whether it was healthy or whether it was chocolate, though she didn't think she could eat five apples a day, that was madness. Hydrating, showering, washing hands before meals, exercising, sleeping, socialising, brushing hair and teeth.... being awesome? sure thing young Snake, being awesome is always a great way to look after yourself. Protective clothing, constant vigilance? de-stressing, medication and learning.. all very valid answers.
"Well it's good to see you all know how to take care of yourselves, we wouldn't want you wasting away now would we?"
The thing she was most pleased about in regard to the answers to her question, was that they touched on today's topic. Yay, now the fun could start.
"Now today's topic is dental hygiene." She paused to let this sink in. No doubt there would be some students that weren't yet familiar with flesh eating plants. "Considering that dental care is important to humans, why might this also be important for plants, particularly flesh eating plants?" and just to elaborate on the question she asked, "What do they need their teeth for?"
DENTAL HYGIENE.
Theodore was the first one to mention teeth, so he should get like at least 10 points... He wouldn't ask, though. Perhaps he'd bribe the teacher later with an apple.
Expecting to be a pro at this class, Theo was annoyed when he didn't have a clue about the question..
"Plants have teeth?" He mumbled.
Raising his hand, he took a stab in the dark. "Cos I don't think plants have actual dentists to go to for teeth checkin', soooo.... they gotta rely on... their special plant toothpaste..."
"Otherwise their teeth will go all rotten and nooooooo flesh eatin' for them!"
What was he even saying?
Theodore sighed at his pathetic answer and lowered his head.
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'So they can defend themselves?..' Thea wrinkled her nose as she raised her hand. 'And so they can eat. If their teeth are all rotten and sore then they wouldn't be able to do much?'
Lowering her hand, Thea proceeded to scribble down some notes. She liked the sound of these flesh eating plants. 'Also, if they're flesh eating plants.. won't their teeth rot quicker? So they may need to be looked at more regularly.'
The fourth year then wrote down some other peoples suggestions.
Zack was surprised when professor told them what they were about to learn. Dental hygiene? interesting! He always paid attention to his teeth. Actually he was very well hygienic if that was the topic.
He paid attention as the professor moved on in explaining what that meant for them to do. A horror struck on his face. What? he was just a second year how could they be allowed to deal with flesh eating plants? what if they become their food? No! that wasn't a pleasant thought, not like the the pleasant feeling that came to him when he had entered the class.
A confusion grew on his face as he went through the question that professor has asked What do they need their teeth for? I mean if that's a flesh eating plant it would obviously need it's teeth to eat the flesh he was about to vomit as he thought of ti. Now he was having a feeling of when was that class getting over he had to run before he could actually vomit that would be embarrassing now.
He quickly tried to remove that thought from his and tried not thinking about it anymore He raised his hand to answer professor "Hmm..Professor the need their teeth to eat the flesh or to catch their pray." he said and brought his hand down.
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A sea of hands shot up in the air, and she was already looking forward to seeing how aware the students were of taking care of themselves.
Although, she hadn't expected a latecomer. She eyed the girl as she slipped into the greenhouse and took a seat without an apology or a reason for her lateness.
"Minus five points for being late," she said simply to the girl.
OOC: For future reference, if a lesson has already started, just pretend as if you were there the whole time, don't announce your late arrival (;
Now... on with the lesson. And it was good to see that the late Ravenclaw mustered up the courage to participate.
Listening intently as the students listed their daily rituals for taking care of themselves, Seren nodded and smiled in response to some of their answers. Generally speaking they had the right idea. Eating food, whether it was healthy or whether it was chocolate, though she didn't think she could eat five apples a day, that was madness. Hydrating, showering, washing hands before meals, exercising, sleeping, socialising, brushing hair and teeth.... being awesome? sure thing young Snake, being awesome is always a great way to look after yourself. Protective clothing, constant vigilance? de-stressing, medication and learning.. all very valid answers.
"Well it's good to see you all know how to take care of yourselves, we wouldn't want you wasting away now would we?"
The thing she was most pleased about in regard to the answers to her question, was that they touched on today's topic. Yay, now the fun could start.
"Now today's topic is dental hygiene." She paused to let this sink in. No doubt there would be some students that weren't yet familiar with flesh eating plants. "Considering that dental care is important to humans, why might this also be important for plants, particularly flesh eating plants?" and just to elaborate on the question she asked, "What do they need their teeth for?"
OOC: The lesson will continue in approximately 12 hours. Please name/list ONLY ONE aspect in your answer, so that we can get some variety. Thanks.
Flesh eating plants. This was going to be one of the best classes ever, although she wasn't for certain as to why. Flesh eating plants should terrify someone as small and yummy as Jezzabelle, but they didn't.
Now, why would dental hygiene be important to a flesh eating plant? Raising her hand she said, "Well, I really don't like it when corn and stuff gets stuck in-between my teeth so I would assume that flesh eating plants wouldn't like having things stuck in-between theirs." It was a very good assumption right. Thing of the agony the plant would be in with a piece of flesh just stuck there and no fingers to pick it out with. Poor plant.
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It was self-explanatory, wasn't it? They were FLESH-eaters, so they needed teeth. And if their teeth got rotten... oh... imagine the odour...
The boy visibly shuddered as his face looked as disgusted as it could be.
No, he refused to answer this question. Everyone had pretty much explained it anyway. Instead, he was busy thinking what he would do if things got ugly and they had to take care of a flesh-eating plant.
Another reason why he should have never come here.
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Flesh...eating...plants?! Ella's eyes grew wide and she shivered a little thinking about the plants and their-erm-teeth. They seemed quite scary to Ella but her fear was lessened by curiosity. She had no idea that it would be important to care for the plant's teeth. Though it did make sense...if these plants went around eating flesh all day they would definitely need a good scrub at the end of the day. Who would want flesh just hanging around stuck in their teeth? Yuck! Plus, that would probably cause their teeth to get icky and fall out or something. "Professor, I think that the F-flesh eating plants need to keep their teeth clean because if they start to decay they might fall out and then the plants wouldn't be able to eat and-erm die."
If there is anything Xing would want right now is a Herbology genius who'd lend him some of their brain cells. Seriously, he never understands this subject! This along with Potions. Too much to memorise and Xing's brain probably is overcapacity by now with all the songs, dance moves, English, this and that to remember. It doesn't please him.
What doesn't please him more is that the professor uses very advanced English. Very (according to him). Xing could've space out again, but decides not to do so. And therefore, "Professor!" the boy raises his hand slowly. "I don't understand. What is 'dental hygiene' and 'flesh eating plants'?" his voice was soft as he doesn't want to embarass himself with his limited English vocabulary.
Now Oichi was starting to get a bit frightened. The professor was starting to talk about dntal hygene with plants. A plant with teeth, eeeek. Oichi crawled under the table. She did not want to see this plant with teeth or be anywhere near it and felt a lot safer under the table under cover.
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Originally Posted by Hera
Now... on with the lesson. And it was good to see that the late Ravenclaw mustered up the courage to participate.
Listening intently as the students listed their daily rituals for taking care of themselves, Seren nodded and smiled in response to some of their answers. Generally speaking they had the right idea. Eating food, whether it was healthy or whether it was chocolate, though she didn't think she could eat five apples a day, that was madness. Hydrating, showering, washing hands before meals, exercising, sleeping, socialising, brushing hair and teeth.... being awesome? sure thing young Snake, being awesome is always a great way to look after yourself. Protective clothing, constant vigilance? de-stressing, medication and learning.. all very valid answers.
"Well it's good to see you all know how to take care of yourselves, we wouldn't want you wasting away now would we?"
The thing she was most pleased about in regard to the answers to her question, was that they touched on today's topic. Yay, now the fun could start.
"Now today's topic is dental hygiene." She paused to let this sink in. No doubt there would be some students that weren't yet familiar with flesh eating plants. "Considering that dental care is important to humans, why might this also be important for plants, particularly flesh eating plants?" and just to elaborate on the question she asked, "What do they need their teeth for?"
OOC: The lesson will continue in approximately 12 hours. Please name/list ONLY ONE aspect in your answer, so that we can get some variety. Thanks.
Dental Hygiene? If Elise had never doubted Professor Bentley's sanity, she did now. They were taking care of carnivorous plants and their teeth. There was a reason Elise was vegetarian and she really didn't plan on seeing plants that tried to eat her but Professor Bentley was a professional.
"It's important because..." she started, thinking hard. "Non-vegan plants need to use their teeth to chew and eat the" -gulp- "meat. Or they'd die... of starvation."
Hearing her question, Dylan smirked. This was something he was semi-curious about...since his mother had just went through something with her teeth. *cough* "Professor, if their teeth aren't properly taken care of...can't they get sick?" Like with people and gingivitis...and gum disease..."Is there anything in the plants mouth that can somehow start producing toxins if not properly cared for?"
Aspen was sure most everyone was right, healthy plants, eating, even territorial displays from West. But THIS Slytherin was closer to her thoughts, so she raised her hand after him. "For flesh eating plants of the domestic sort," like, the ones in the greenhouses," I think their dental hygiene is as important to us as it is them. Knowing they eat flesh and knowing we're human and make mistakes, if we get bitten and they're brewing toxins in an unclean mouth... then that's bad. Very." Very bad. "And because these aren't wild plants, with their natural necessities, it's up to Herbologists to take care of their needs."
"Now today's topic is dental hygiene." She paused to let this sink in. No doubt there would be some students that weren't yet familiar with flesh eating plants. "Considering that dental care is important to humans, why might this also be important for plants, particularly flesh eating plants?" and just to elaborate on the question she asked, "What do they need their teeth for?"
Dental Hygiene? They're not going to you know brush the plants teeth aren't they?
Why the plants need dental care? Why indeed. Messer thought this for a moment before he raised his hand up in the air. "It said that many of the diseases come through the mouth. And those with cleaner are much less likely to contract a number of diseases. Maybe its the same reason why the flesh eating plant need the dental care?" he offered. "They need their teeth to chew they meal properly, Professor." Meat is not really easy to chew.
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Now... on with the lesson. And it was good to see that the late Ravenclaw mustered up the courage to participate.
Listening intently as the students listed their daily rituals for taking care of themselves, Seren nodded and smiled in response to some of their answers. Generally speaking they had the right idea. Eating food, whether it was healthy or whether it was chocolate, though she didn't think she could eat five apples a day, that was madness. Hydrating, showering, washing hands before meals, exercising, sleeping, socialising, brushing hair and teeth.... being awesome? sure thing young Snake, being awesome is always a great way to look after yourself. Protective clothing, constant vigilance? de-stressing, medication and learning.. all very valid answers.
"Well it's good to see you all know how to take care of yourselves, we wouldn't want you wasting away now would we?"
The thing she was most pleased about in regard to the answers to her question, was that they touched on today's topic. Yay, now the fun could start.
"Now today's topic is dental hygiene." She paused to let this sink in. No doubt there would be some students that weren't yet familiar with flesh eating plants. "Considering that dental care is important to humans, why might this also be important for plants, particularly flesh eating plants?" and just to elaborate on the question she asked, "What do they need their teeth for?"
OOC: The lesson will continue in approximately 12 hours. Please name/list ONLY ONE aspect in your answer, so that we can get some variety. Thanks.
Dental hygiene? For plants? She could only imagine how similar it was to humans though, especially since they sort of both eat meat?
The Slytherin thought for a moment, her face crumpled in concentration as she tried to make sense of her nonsensical thoughts, then she raised her hand tentatively and answered "Well, the mouth is the primary way that they get nutrition, and if their mouth is filled with bacteria, then no matter how healthy their food is, it's still going to make them sick." Cass answered lamely, it was just like taking care of human teeth too, right?
It took Ness a while to realize what todays topic was. Flesh eating plants. Her first reaction was EWWWWWWWW!!!! But she knew not to mention that to anyone, they'd probably laugh. The were just like normal plants anyways right? ...Well they had teeth, but that wasn't too bad? No...it was actually highly terrifying! D: The red head listened as each person spoke. She bit her lip, she didn't like this topic one bit.
Still, she needed to focus. She didn't want to get bad marks and she also needed to concentrate on next year. So she listened, and grimaced and almost every comment. This wasn't her idea of fun, she didn't mind plants but these monsterous ones. They just seemed so scary.
Finally she raised her hand and added a comment of her own. "Um..they need teeth..to to bite?"It was silly though and it just slipped from her mouth.
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Minerva put up her hand. "Professor, the flesh eating plants need their teeth to cut through the flesh, so they need their teeth to be healthy. If they don't have healthy teeth then they can't survive, if they don't survive we can't use them."
"Yes very good."
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Nigel thought about the question the professor ask and answered with the obvious "Um Flesh eating plants eat flesh so they would need strong teeth to bite through the skin and hold on to eat the flesh off."
"Yes, they need their teeth to eat..."
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Tay raised her hand, "Professor, it is a have-to for flesh-eating platns because if they have no teeth, how cna they get their food which leads to how will they survive if they dont have food....... they need to keep their teeth clean so they will be there for catching food like us..... though we dont catch our food with our teeth or mouth....." Taylor trailed off and sighed, feeling embarassed and distracted.
Despite the long winded response, Taylor was right, more or less. "Yes, good good."
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She did not just say dental hygiene right? Because then..that would mean.. that would mean. She just couldn't think of anything else. EHHHH! There, Professor Bentley said it. Flesh Eating Plants.
Beezus couldn't hide her shock. Yes, she was still shocked because she was hoping her hunch would've been wrong. But no, it was correct. And...yes, there's a VERY LARGE possibility that they take care of these kinds of plants and maybe even brush their teeth? The thought scared her. SO MUCH. Why, they've been having more and more dangerous plants to look after as terms pass by.
"Professor..their teeth is needed for chewing what they eat." she answered after a reluctant raise of hand.
Seren smiled sympathetically whilst tilting her head in Beatrice's direction. It wouldn't be that bad... it wouldn't.
"Yes, you're quite right," she said nodding.
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With a smirk on her face, Sierra glanced up at the latecomer. Thank you, Ravenclaw, for your contribution to the snakes winning back the house cup. It was always nice to see someone waltz into class late. Well, except when it was someone from Slytherin house. The lesson was moving on, though, so Sierra turned her attention back to Bentley.
Dear Merlin! They were worried about the dental hygiene of flesh-eating plants?! She personally thought they should be more worried about pulling the teeth out those plants, but no one had asked her. "Well, I guess they'd use their teeth for pretty much the same reasons we do," she said, raising her hand. "Even though they're plants, they still have to bite, pull apart food..."Or flesh."...and chew. They can't really do any of those things if their teeth are decaying."
"Indeed, that's correct."
Despite the students getting the main idea, she was still looking for some other answers. After all, dental hygiene wasn't always simple.
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Flesh eating plants? FLESH EATING PLANTS? Mika suddenly had the feeling that this Professor was completely INSANE. Why not start with something light, fluffy, and moderately lethal not the whole banquet of positively DEADLY!
The bouncy, excitable Ravenclaw was no longer bouncy or excitable. Her eyes had grown to the size of saucers and it looked like they were going to take flight out off their sockets. Yes. She felt like she was in an alien planet at the moment.
Heart beating she opened her mouth to speak and couldn't. "They n-n-n-n-need teeth t-tuh-to e-eat f-flesh with...so c-cleaning them means they won't l-loose their teeth...so they can keep eating our flesh....b-basically s-so they d-don't r-rot out" She paused before saying aloud "Professor they aren't going to eat our flesh will they?"
Oh bumbling bees knees....
Why did students get so scared whenever she mentioned flesh eating plants? Honestly, these kids needed to toughen up some.
"Yes, very good... and don't fret, flesh eating plants aren't all that bad."
She was about to move on to the other students when the Ravenclaw asked a question.
Was she serious? "I would never let any harm come to you under my care. Nobody will die, and nobody will be gravely injured." ... unless they did something stupid. Which wasn't out of the question.
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Dental hygiene in plants??? Now that was one thing his mum hadn't talked to him about! Seriously, he reallllly hoped they weren't going to learn how to brush a plants teeth properly. Now that would be just plain weird!!! Ok, hmmm what could dental hygiene help plants with. Why would they need to have teeth in the first place. Well, the obvious answer would be to take bites from whatever it was it was eating. But what else...
Raising his hand he waited to be called on "Maybe to call their food to them by whistling pretty music? If there's food in their teeth it wouldn't sound right when whistling."
"Interesting theory, but sadly whistling is not a behaviour flesh-eaters usually engage in."
Well things were beginning to get interesting, unique answers always impressed her, even if they were wrong. Think outside the box kids.
And then there was another idea... outside the box... and outside the realm of sanity...
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Uh… what? Dental hygiene for plants? Flesh eating plants? Why would you want to take care of flesh eating plants (well, beyond a fly trap, of course)? "Um… professor, no offense, but wouldn't it really make more sense to let a flesh eating plant die?" Emmanuelle asked apprehensively. You know, so that you weren't having to constantly watch your back.
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Was this student insane? Did they break out of Mungoes?
Seren was in shock, very clearly in shock. LET A PLANT DIE?!?!?!?
........... feeling the need to steady herself, she placed her hands on her hips and took a deep breath. Eyes closed she replied in as calm a tone as possible, "No............ we do not let plants die.... self defense is one thing, the conscious and willing slaughter of a plant is an entirely different thing. We are here to learn not only about them, but how to care for them and coexist with them."
In other words... she would have her eyes on this boy.
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Flesh eating plants? This had suddenly sparked Hannah's attention. She let the question roll over in her mind for a bit before she answered. I mean the question seemed straight forward enough, but maybe the professor was looking for an answer that wasn't quite so obvious?
What ever the case...she decided to put her two cents in. With a raised hand she said "Professor they need their teeth to be strong because without them they couldn't eat and could not survive." I mean sure maybe somebody could feed them, but who was going to get in line for that job?
"Yes, good good."
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Harvey put up his hand "I think dental care is important to keep their teethn healthy and strong so that they have healthy teeth to be able to bite onto anything.. and thats where strength comes in as well.. just in case strong teeth are needed to bite into something" he answered as he wrote some of the other answers down.
"Yes, also good," she replied.
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Dental hygiene? Why were they going to talk about this in Herbology class? Plants didn't have teeth or anyth-
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Sophie's eyes wiiiiidened when professor Bentley said those words. She didn't know if she was excited about that or scared. Well, if they were little flesh eating plants, like the ones she had seen before, that would be alright. But she had heard of some other kind of flesh eating plants that would be NO fun to play around with... But this was Hogwarts, so they were all safe, right?
Right... hopefully.
Teeth? Was she talking about those thingies around the... plant's thing? Sophie hesitated before raising her hand. "Um, by 'teeth' you mean those... pointy thingies around the 'head' - or whatever that's called - of the plant, professor?" She said, frowning a liiittle bit while thinking. "I think that's to keep the food inside while the digest it, no? Like, so the insect or... whatever else... won't scape while it's still alive."
Was that what she was talking about?
Oh dear ... somebody needed to do some reading before class. "Some flesh eating plants use their teeth to trap their prey, some use it to hunt their prey... but the DO use it to aid digestion ... just like us, by chewing."
Honestly... plants didn't swallow things whole you know. Not all of them at least.
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Plants needed dental hygiene? That wasn't something Silvia was aware of before, although she had heard of flesh-eating plants. Did they need regular teeth cleanings too?
She decided to try to answer the first part of the question, on why it was important that plants had proper dental care. Raising her hand, she said, "Um, well, people can get cavities and dangerous infections that can cause teeth loss if they don't take care of their teeth. So maybe it's the same for flesh-eating plants too?"
"Yes, very good. It can result not only in tooth loss, but it may cause other health concerns as well."
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Why would a plant need teeth? TO EAT THEM!
Listening to what professor Bentley was saying, Nora started having doubts that they were in good hands, because she pretty much had an idea about what they were going to do during the class. Although she didn't really like the topic, she raised her hand to answer. "Well, as we need our teeth to chew, I can only guess that plants need them for the same reason." People also look funny without teeth, but Nora preferred a plant without any.
"Yes, very good."
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Zhenya giggled at Gary's response. 5 Apples? At least he had shared ONE with her... anyway. DENTAL HYGIENE? For plants? Was it madness? As she listened more to what Professor Bentley was saying she nodded, it did start making sense.
She raised her hand, not really sure where her answer would go, and said "Professor, I think like humans the flesh eating plants need to have good... dental hygiene otherwise their teeth will rot and then they could start to die, but also if the rotting produces an odor, the plant could become prey to another plant, or animals," she said. Well, she was sure if the plant started rotting and making a stench, she would stay well away. But she knew that when animals started to rot away the whatchamacallems started eating the body and putting it back into the ground. Was it the same? Or similar?
"Yes, very good Zhenya, tooth decay can lead to a number of other problems ... and becoming prey is not out of the question."
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Dental hygiene? Kaiden knew there were flesh eating plants, but didn't know about hygiene for a plant. He could feel Mika getting nervous beside him. Nervous enough to stutter though? He elbowed her, trying to calm her just a bit. Then raising his hand, he said what was on his mind. "Well, venus fly traps are flesh eating, but I don't know if they actually use their teeth. Maybe to keep the flies in?"
"Venus fly traps are not magical plants, perhaps you should open your text book once in a while." Though if he had... then he would probably hope that they were learning about venus fly traps, they were cute, but not much fun.
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...dental hygiene? Louisa blinked. In Herbology? O. Kaaay. That wasn't promising at all though because the sixth year wanted to stay AWAY from all the plants that needed dental care. Even with a professional teacher at the ready at all times. No plant was going to chop her hair off with a permission from Bentley, were they?
Raising her hand rather disappointedly, "They need them sharp and functional to help their survival, self-defense against other rival plants or antagonists." Y'know, the main reason they were created for in the first place. "And for those who actually consume flesh.." because everyone knew there ARE ones like those, "..they're to help them chew." Eew.
"Yes! very good Louisa, great response."
FINALLY! Someone cottoned onto the fact that teeth were also used as a defensive mechanism, compromise that, and compromise safety.
But... on with the other responses.
SPOILER!!: even more student responses
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Dental Hygiene? For plants? Oh yes, those flesh eating plants did have teeth. But really, did they too require dental hygiene like humans? Apparently..
Ira was about to raise her hand up to answer, but many others had already answered before her. So why say the same things over and over again? Teeth rotting, strong self defense, bad odor, etc etc... all had already been answered. And Ira had nothing new to say. So she just sat there quietly, wating for the lesson to proceed..
Seren's eyes glazed over one of her Lions, no response? ... Oh wells.
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FOR REAL?
West was going to either pass out or climb the walls in excitement. Eventually. For now he shot his hand up. One. And then the other. And then back to the one. He sat on his second had so that it wouldn't shoot up again too.
"Maybe they need their teeth for... for territorial displays! Like then they can go RAWR THATS MY CENTAUR, NO that's MY Centaur! Oh your teeth are BIG AND SHINY, I guess it IS your CENTAUR." Pause. "If they eat Centaurs that is. I don't know if they do." He was about to lower his hand when he realised he wasn't done yet and stretched it up higher. "So do they use like natural stuff? Like chewing on a bit of bark or something? Or at least something like that before wizards were around to help? Maybe trees what eat flesh would laugh at other flesh eating trees if their teeth were broken or uncool? I mean, MAYBE its a STATUS symbol in their treeish society!"
Okay. This time he put his hand down. And sat on that one too.
NOCLASSWOULDEVERBEATTHISONE, West was sure.
The sheer excitement on this boys face made Seren want to hug him... and made her almost want to have one of her own. It almost saddened her that he wasn't a Lion, but that didn't matter so much.
"Well firstly," she started once it was clear that he had finished, "Centaurs are stong creatures, and smart too, I'm sure they could handle a flesh-eater." Unless they were lame or really really old. She clearly didn't know a great deal about Centaurs, plants were much more fun. "However you're quite right in that their teeth play a big role in maintaining control of their territory and in defending themselves from other predators." After a brief pause, she then continued. "As for your second point about how they attend to their dental hygiene, I'll get to that in a moment." She gave the Snake a small wink... he'd made some good points, certainly a good impression.
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"Well..." Her hand in the air, Ariana answered the question, though she personally would have thought this rather obvious. "It's important for the same reasons that it's important to humans, basically so that their teeth stay in good shape and they can still eat." Duh. Oh well, she supposed she had read all of her textbooks beforehand, so maybe that put her a bit ahead? But honestly, easy question.
"They need their teeth for eating." A moment after giving this completely stupid answer, Ariana decided maybe she should elaborate somewhat... "Their diet can be somewhat determined by what their teeth are like, I think, for example a plant with really sharp teeth would be doing more tearing into flesh, while something with flatter teeth would do more grinding of... whatever it eats."
There, that seemed pretty satisfactory. With answers like that, hopefully she'd quickly help earn back the points that Kirie had lost.
"Yes, very good!"
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Dental Hygiene? Really? She didn't know anything about dental hygiene and plants so this one would be a guess. A big guess. She didn't care if it was wrong though but only if they didn't lose any house points she didn't mind.
"The same reasons as humans? To eat, drink and chew." she didn't really know what to say because she had no idea but it was just a guess. Just a guess.
"Eat, yes... drink... no. Remember they still have root systems for a reason."
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Alyssa listened as the other students gave their answers which were basically more or less the same as what she thought too, but she decided to give her answer anyway. So she raised her hand and answered.
"Professor, dental care is also important to flesh eating plants because their teeth is what is helping to keep them alive. Every plant has a way of protecting itself from their natural enemies and in the case of the flesh eating plants, it's their teeth. Besides using their teeth to chew their food, they also use it to bite their enemies as a way of protecting themselves. If their teeth rotted away and all they had left were their gums, they would be easy prey for any Herbivore or Omnivore to eat them because they wouldn't be able to protect themselves. Sure, without teeth, they might be able to survive on a liquid diet and even though that should still keep them alive, drinking food every day can end up being pretty boring after awhile." Alyssa said as she frowned thinking about that.
'No a liquid diet would definitely be no fun at all. Imagine no more eating chicken or burgers or hot dogs. That would definitely be a slow death for any flesh eating plant or human being.' Alyssa thought to herself.
It never ceased to amaze her how Alyssa managed to elongate her sentences. Clearly reaching word limits in essays wasn't an issue for the Hufflepuff. "Yes, food consumption and defense are very important."
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Kurumi wiggled a little uncomfortably when the topic of flesh eating plants was mentioned. While it was true that the Gryffindor was a little nervous about the topic itself, it was more based on her knowing that she hadn't yet gone to visit Xavier in the greenhouses - the Bloody Red Rose that she ha saved after the snow dragon incident and had, in some weird way, adopted as a pet.
Kurumi had seen first hand on several occasions why he needed his teeth. Whether it was breaking down the meat she fed him to looking slightly menacing when she first entered and he thought he was being threatened. There were a lot of reasons that crossed her mind, but, again, Kurumi was distracted by so many thoughts - not all of them pertaining to Herbology, unfortunately - and missed out raising her hand before essentially the same things were said that she was thinking.
So, it was back to careful note taking for the prefect. Were they going to floss a plant today? If so...was she going to have to help demonstrate?
It was clear that Kurumi's mind was elsewhere, Seren wasn't at all surprised. Though it relieved her to know Kurumi had some experience with today's topic, so she wasn't about to fall behind the other students.
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As John was paying attention, he got slightly distracted by the girl who entered the classroom late. He was glad she wasn't a Gryffindor, or else he would be pretty aggravated. He carefully listened to the next question, he again volunteered by raising his hand:
"They need their teeth to eat and to chew their food properly so they won't choke and die."
"Err... yes, though they're not as diligent with chewing as we are, so choking isn't really an issue, indigestion a little bit..."
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Kennedy jotted down some things that were said. Although he felt it was a waste of parchment because it should be protocol to know how to take care of oneself. Really. Who would forget to eat, or shower, or drink water? So, he stopped half way and decided to just listen.
His green eyes stopped on the girl that came in late and internally sighed in relief. She was in Ravenclaw. The prefect returned his attention back to the lovely Professor Bentley and raised his hand after she voiced her question. "They would need their teeth to defend themselves from predators," he said, then added, "and even to groom themselves?" Like cats, you know?
Kind of.
"Yes! very good response Kennedy."
It pleased her to hear him touch on grooming, after all, it was an essential part of life.
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Jonathan listened to the professor as she started with her lecture. Everyone seemed to answer the same things. Bathing is probably one of the healthiest thing to do. Seriously, if one does not bathe it's disgusting. There are no other words to describe it. Bathing is very important and not just done every other day. NO, it has to be done every single day.
As the professor continued to talk, she suddenly had this word that seems really jibberish to him 'dental hygiene' what in Merlin's name is a dental? Muggle term perhaps, yes? Jonathan has never heard of the term, well he probably but dental... what is it?
Again, listening further to the professor, she seems to be linking it with teeth. So dental has something to do with.......... teeth? Odd way to describe such a thing. Teeth he can answer though. He raised his hand to answer "Teeth is an important part of the mouth. It's what we use to chew, and grind food. Making it into tiny particles before swallowing it." he said "That could be the same thing with flesh eating plants. They need teeth to crush, grind and chew food." because clearly, those sort of plants are not only scary but weird.
"Very good," she replied smiling.
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Brooke looked around a bit, listening to all these answeres being shouted out but now really taking on board what anyone was saying because she was too concerntrated on her own brtain and trying to form her own answer. After thinking up what she thought was a reasonable answer she popped up her hand in the air. "Umm. To eat ? if they haff unhealthy teeff then they wont be able to chew or wrip flesh off ?" wow. that sounded viscious, especially for a plant. And Brooke loved plants D:
Aaaawww listen to that. "Yes, you're quite right."
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Derrick looked up and thought about the question.He raised his hand and said''Well Professor,They need good and clean teeeth so they can use them against other plants,or people.''He explained.
"Very good."
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Dental Hygeine? What was that supposed to mean? Then, Professor Bentley's next answer obviously answered her questions. Flesh eating plants? Jade's eyes grew bigger and she eyed all the plants that were in the greenhouse. Vicious plants that could eat her right up. She shivered and crossed her arms, scared.
So the questions then. "I assume the plants need dental care to have their teeth be strong," She shivered at the thought, "especially when they're doing their job of ripping at flesh."
"Good, good," she replied nodding.
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Teeeth. What one earth did teeth have to do about herbology? The ravenclaw turned around in her chair a little, trying to find her brother to see his reaction. Indiana was pretty positive that her brother was not going to be happy that they were talking about stinking teeth. Mmm. After having a quick look she settled back facing the front, and thought about the question. It was kind of obvious really. Indy mused for a few seconds before she put her hand up. "When we don't look after our teeth we get tooth ache....and that really hurts." She decided with a little shudder. Indy did not like tooth ache at all. "So....plants must get the same if they don't have good dental hygiene. And thats not good because it makes you feel icky, and not want to eat. And if they don't eat them might die. And that would be so horrible and bad. Don't let the plants die Professor Bentley....even if they are flesh eating ones and sound really not very nice...." Indy trailed off, feeling that she was babbling just a little bit too much.
Bless her cotton socks. So sweet. "Yes, you're quite right Indiana, tooth decay, even in plants causes long term health issues."
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Stella had merely nodded in response to Professor Bentley's returning her greeting and question about the summer. The lesson had moved on rather quickly anyhow, but even if it hadn't, she wasn't entirely certain the Herbology professor was asking for details about her summer, and spending it showing Matt around France a little. Just for verification that her summer was good, and a nod worked just as well as the actual words. Besides, she was still rather distracted by looking at the door to the greenhouse. She remembered snargaluffs in Greenhouse Five, and that only made her wonder what they were going to end up facing this time. Something told her anything past Greenhouse Three was dangerous.
The fact the discussion had moved so quickly to flesh-eating plants certainly didn't help her hesitancy, either. She still raised her hand, though. "Professor, flesh-eating plants wouldn't be any different than our pets. We need to take care of our cats' or dogs' teeth, in order that they don't get sick from infection. Along with the obvious fact that teeth are needed to help tear apart meat to make it easier to swallow, and bad teeth wouldn't be able to accomplish that as well," she replied. Why couldn't they go back to the snargaluffs. At least they just tried to swallow them whole, or strangle them first, then swallow them. She didn't want to deal with plants with teeth. Not again, as she hoped they weren't going to be extracting teeth from toadstools again.
"Very good Stella."
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Blue thought about it for a moment before her hand shot up.
Not that it made much difference. The professor probably couldn't see her because of all the other...tall people. The scary tall people.
So instead in a shy/loud voice she said, "Weeeelll Professor. I think they need dental hygiene because...because if they don't have dental hygiene then their teeth will fall out and they won't be able to eat and then they starve. And then they'll die." And that'd be saaaad.
"They need their teeth to munch on the uh...flesh of what they're eating." She shrunk away from the plant, wrinkling up her nose.
"Correct!" she replied brightly, offering the Ravenclaw a smile and a nod.
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Dental hygiene? That meant teeth. So... the plants had teeth? Like biting teeth? Like chewing teeth?? Like, the plants could chew and eat things? Like flesh? Glenn cast a glance around at the plants in the room. One of those might eat flesh. So gross.
Glenn raised her hand, crouching slightly to let a poor little ickle be able to see over her head. "If the plants had teeth. They'd need dental hygiene, otherwise their teeth might fall out of their mouths and the plants won't be able to to eat the erm - chewable things." Like flesh. "And they might starve."
"Yes, very good."
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Wait, wait, wait! Flesh-eating plants...
Would the Professor notice if he...borrowed one?
Yes, yes...He'd have to remind himself to...Yes.
Hearing her question, Dylan smirked. This was something he was semi-curious about...since his mother had just went through something with her teeth. *cough* "Professor, if their teeth aren't properly taken care of...can't they get sick?" Like with people and gingivitis...and gum disease..."Is there anything in the plants mouth that can somehow start producing toxins if not properly cared for?"
This student looked a little shifty. Perhaps one to keep an eye on?
On the other hand, he made a valid point. "Yes indeed, tooth decay in plants can lead to infection and long term health issues, toxins and other bacteria do play a role in that."
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DENTAL HYGIENE.
Theodore was the first one to mention teeth, so he should get like at least 10 points... He wouldn't ask, though. Perhaps he'd bribe the teacher later with an apple.
Expecting to be a pro at this class, Theo was annoyed when he didn't have a clue about the question..
"Plants have teeth?" He mumbled.
Raising his hand, he took a stab in the dark. "Cos I don't think plants have actual dentists to go to for teeth checkin', soooo.... they gotta rely on... their special plant toothpaste..."
"Otherwise their teeth will go all rotten and nooooooo flesh eatin' for them!"
What was he even saying?
Theodore sighed at his pathetic answer and lowered his head.
Plant toothpaste? ... Now THERE was an idea worth looking into. Perhaps a market waiting to happen! ... or perhaps she was getting carried away.
"Not quite... they have their own methods for preventing tooth decay."
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FLESH EATING PLANTS?!?!?! YES!!!! Aurora's favourite part of Herbology. She contained an excited squeal as Professor Bentley said it but couldn't stop herself from grinning. "Professor, the teeth are important for eating but they are also a deterrent to stop predators getting too close." Because what creature would want to risk going near them? "And if you don't take care of them they can rot and fall out and that can damage the plant because the rot can spread." Yep, they'd had one case of that in their greenhouses back home once, a tiny little almost seedling that had been missed at the back of the pots... Poor thing.
"Excellent response Aurora!"
Yes, she was impressed. Super impressed.
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'So they can defend themselves?..' Thea wrinkled her nose as she raised her hand. 'And so they can eat. If their teeth are all rotten and sore then they wouldn't be able to do much?'
Lowering her hand, Thea proceeded to scribble down some notes. She liked the sound of these flesh eating plants. 'Also, if they're flesh eating plants.. won't their teeth rot quicker? So they may need to be looked at more regularly.'
The fourth year then wrote down some other peoples suggestions.
"Very good response Thea, though they don't need as much attention as we do as they don't eat processed foods like we do."
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Zack was surprised when professor told them what they were about to learn. Dental hygiene? interesting! He always paid attention to his teeth. Actually he was very well hygienic if that was the topic.
He paid attention as the professor moved on in explaining what that meant for them to do. A horror struck on his face. What? he was just a second year how could they be allowed to deal with flesh eating plants? what if they become their food? No! that wasn't a pleasant thought, not like the the pleasant feeling that came to him when he had entered the class.
A confusion grew on his face as he went through the question that professor has asked What do they need their teeth for? I mean if that's a flesh eating plant it would obviously need it's teeth to eat the flesh he was about to vomit as he thought of ti. Now he was having a feeling of when was that class getting over he had to run before he could actually vomit that would be embarrassing now.
He quickly tried to remove that thought from his and tried not thinking about it anymore He raised his hand to answer professor "Hmm..Professor the need their teeth to eat the flesh or to catch their pray." he said and brought his hand down.
"Yes, that's one of their uses."
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Flesh eating plants. This was going to be one of the best classes ever, although she wasn't for certain as to why. Flesh eating plants should terrify someone as small and yummy as Jezzabelle, but they didn't.
Now, why would dental hygiene be important to a flesh eating plant? Raising her hand she said, "Well, I really don't like it when corn and stuff gets stuck in-between my teeth so I would assume that flesh eating plants wouldn't like having things stuck in-between theirs." It was a very good assumption right. Thing of the agony the plant would be in with a piece of flesh just stuck there and no fingers to pick it out with. Poor plant.
"I'm sure they wouldn't," she agreed.
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It was self-explanatory, wasn't it? They were FLESH-eaters, so they needed teeth. And if their teeth got rotten... oh... imagine the odour...
The boy visibly shuddered as his face looked as disgusted as it could be.
No, he refused to answer this question. Everyone had pretty much explained it anyway. Instead, he was busy thinking what he would do if things got ugly and they had to take care of a flesh-eating plant.
Another reason why he should have never come here.
Another no-responser... shame.
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Flesh...eating...plants?! Ella's eyes grew wide and she shivered a little thinking about the plants and their-erm-teeth. They seemed quite scary to Ella but her fear was lessened by curiosity. She had no idea that it would be important to care for the plant's teeth. Though it did make sense...if these plants went around eating flesh all day they would definitely need a good scrub at the end of the day. Who would want flesh just hanging around stuck in their teeth? Yuck! Plus, that would probably cause their teeth to get icky and fall out or something. "Professor, I think that the F-flesh eating plants need to keep their teeth clean because if they start to decay they might fall out and then the plants wouldn't be able to eat and-erm die."
"That is the general consensus," she agreed.
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If there is anything Xing would want right now is a Herbology genius who'd lend him some of their brain cells. Seriously, he never understands this subject! This along with Potions. Too much to memorise and Xing's brain probably is overcapacity by now with all the songs, dance moves, English, this and that to remember. It doesn't please him.
What doesn't please him more is that the professor uses very advanced English. Very (according to him). Xing could've space out again, but decides not to do so. And therefore, "Professor!" the boy raises his hand slowly. "I don't understand. What is 'dental hygiene' and 'flesh eating plants'?" his voice was soft as he doesn't want to embarass himself with his limited English vocabulary.
Darn the cuteness.
Seren smiled politely, perhaps she ought to simplify things for him more? ... or perhaps he could enlist the help of a student translator? "Dental hygiene is when we look after our teeth... to take care of teeth." Simple yes? ... She continued. Though how to simplify flesh eating plant? "Flesh eating plants... are plants," she said indicating to one close by them at the entrance, "that eat meat." She would have pointed to her arm or something, but she didn't want to confuse or scare the poor boy.
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Now Oichi was starting to get a bit frightened. The professor was starting to talk about dntal hygene with plants. A plant with teeth, eeeek. Oichi crawled under the table. She did not want to see this plant with teeth or be anywhere near it and felt a lot safer under the table under cover.
Uh oh ... she hadn't scared a student to death has she?
"It's alright dear," she said encouragingly.
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Dental Hygiene? If Elise had never doubted Professor Bentley's sanity, she did now. They were taking care of carnivorous plants and their teeth. There was a reason Elise was vegetarian and she really didn't plan on seeing plants that tried to eat her but Professor Bentley was a professional.
"It's important because..." she started, thinking hard. "Non-vegan plants need to use their teeth to chew and eat the" -gulp- "meat. Or they'd die... of starvation."
Meat. And eating it. It was just ... terrifying.
"Very good."
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Aspen was sure most everyone was right, healthy plants, eating, even territorial displays from West. But THIS Slytherin was closer to her thoughts, so she raised her hand after him. "For flesh eating plants of the domestic sort," like, the ones in the greenhouses," I think their dental hygiene is as important to us as it is them. Knowing they eat flesh and knowing we're human and make mistakes, if we get bitten and they're brewing toxins in an unclean mouth... then that's bad. Very." Very bad. "And because these aren't wild plants, with their natural necessities, it's up to Herbologists to take care of their needs."
And trust a Ravenclaw to end the discussion on a good point. "Yes, that's a very good point you raise. Infections are common when dealing with plant bites, though the spread of blood born diseases is also a fatal possibility."
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Dental Hygiene? They're not going to you know brush the plants teeth aren't they?
Why the plants need dental care? Why indeed. Messer thought this for a moment before he raised his hand up in the air. "It said that many of the diseases come through the mouth. And those with cleaner are much less likely to contract a number of diseases. Maybe its the same reason why the flesh eating plant need the dental care?" he offered. "They need their teeth to chew they meal properly, Professor." Meat is not really easy to chew.
"Yes, that's quite right," she replied nodding.
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Dental hygiene? For plants? She could only imagine how similar it was to humans though, especially since they sort of both eat meat?
The Slytherin thought for a moment, her face crumpled in concentration as she tried to make sense of her nonsensical thoughts, then she raised her hand tentatively and answered "Well, the mouth is the primary way that they get nutrition, and if their mouth is filled with bacteria, then no matter how healthy their food is, it's still going to make them sick." Cass answered lamely, it was just like taking care of human teeth too, right?
"Indeed, very good."
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It took Ness a while to realize what todays topic was. Flesh eating plants. Her first reaction was EWWWWWWWW!!!! But she knew not to mention that to anyone, they'd probably laugh. The were just like normal plants anyways right? ...Well they had teeth, but that wasn't too bad? No...it was actually highly terrifying! D: The red head listened as each person spoke. She bit her lip, she didn't like this topic one bit.
Still, she needed to focus. She didn't want to get bad marks and she also needed to concentrate on next year. So she listened, and grimaced and almost every comment. This wasn't her idea of fun, she didn't mind plants but these monsterous ones. They just seemed so scary.
Finally she raised her hand and added a comment of her own. "Um..they need teeth..to to bite?"It was silly though and it just slipped from her mouth.
"Of course," she replied nodding... that was the simplest reason.
"Brilliant responses team," she concluded giving them her own small round of applause. "Along with the obvious health risks including starvation, infection and other health issues including root inflammation, leaf loss and stem degradation, the ability to defend themselves is also impeded." She paused to allow students to take notes, in case they hadn't been already. "But also, as Miss Odessa just mentioned, domestic plants and indeed wild plants, pose a risk to us as well. If you're bitten by a plant with poor dental health then bacteria, toxins and blood born viruses or diseases become a risk factor to your health."
"For this reason," she continued, "it's important to know how to look after your flesh eating plant and to ensure that you're aware of the condition of those teeth."
Now came the fun bit. "In the wild, flesh eating plants use a very different method to maintain their teeth than we do. While we opt for the toothbrush, which is a rather useful invention, plants do not have that luxury. Rather, they often use bark, branches and even the sinew from their prey to clean their teeth."
"Today however, we will be using other implements."
Which were still rather fun.
"Now, you all need your dragon hide gloves, if for some silly reason you don't have yours on your person, you may borrow some from the stores cupboard," she said indicating to the wooden structure next to them by the door.
"Once you have them on, follow me. Bring your wands with you... though you won't need them."
And with that, she led them a little further into the greenhouse where the work stations were set up. "Come along," she called behind her.
OOC: This is your chance to RP getting gloves, if you have none then you may borrow some, this is the time to ask any other questions, and of course follow your professor to the work stations. Please note, we have not revealed what you are working with yet (; The lesson will continue in approximately 12 hours from the time of this post.
Aurora took her gloves from her pocket. She was SUPER excited!! FLESH EATING PLANTS WERE HER FAVOURITE!! She made sure her wand was secure and, with a quick glance round at her classmates, followed Professor Bentley. She was a little too excited, some might think - not many people got this excited over potentially dangerous plants - though she knew that they were only dangerous if you didn't treat them properly.
I'm just one of those pretty little liars... | | I'm held down in this starless city...
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"Today however, we will be using other implements."
Which were still rather fun.
"Now, you all need your dragon hide gloves, if for some silly reason you don't have yours on your person, you may borrow some from the stores cupboard," she said indicating to the wooden structure next to them by the door.
"Once you have them on, follow me. Bring your wands with you... though you won't need them."
And with that, she led them a little further into the greenhouse where the work stations were set up. "Come along," she called behind her.
Blink, blink.
All Nora was able to do was BLINK as professor Bentley gave them more hints about what they were about to do. Using other implements? Why didn't she like the sound of it? Not at all, actually. They weren't going to brush the teeth of some deadly, human eating plants, riiiight?! The professor told them at the beginning of the class that they were in safe hands, didn't she?
Banishing away those thoughts, Nora searched through her bag for her gloves and put them on, since her wand was already in one of her pockets. She silently followed the professor to what seemed like some work stations, but she was way too afraid to get too close. What if there was some welcoming plant with BIG, shiny teeth?!
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Zhenya reached deep into her bag for her Dragonhide Gloves. They were always in there. She put them on and followed Professor Bentley to where they would be working. Surely they were going to be working with flesh eating plants... not that Zhenya was very keen on that idea, but she was excited.
"Er Professor," Zhenya said, catching up with her. "Have you ever been bitten by a Flesh Eating plant?" she asked, out of curiosity.
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"Brilliant responses team," she concluded giving them her own small round of applause. "Along with the obvious health risks including starvation, infection and other health issues including root inflammation, leaf loss and stem degradation, the ability to defend themselves is also impeded." She paused to allow students to take notes, in case they hadn't been already. "But also, as Miss Odessa just mentioned, domestic plants and indeed wild plants, pose a risk to us as well. If you're bitten by a plant with poor dental health then bacteria, toxins and blood born viruses or diseases become a risk factor to your health."
"For this reason," she continued, "it's important to know how to look after your flesh eating plant and to ensure that you're aware of the condition of those teeth."
Now came the fun bit. "In the wild, flesh eating plants use a very different method to maintain their teeth than we do. While we opt for the toothbrush, which is a rather useful invention, plants do not have that luxury. Rather, they often use bark, branches and even the sinew from their prey to clean their teeth."
"Today however, we will be using other implements."
Which were still rather fun.
"Now, you all need your dragon hide gloves, if for some silly reason you don't have yours on your person, you may borrow some from the stores cupboard," she said indicating to the wooden structure next to them by the door.
"Once you have them on, follow me. Bring your wands with you... though you won't need them."
And with that, she led them a little further into the greenhouse where the work stations were set up. "Come along," she called behind her.
Ira just wished that Professor Bentley hadn't seen her, which was almost unlikely. And then, she saw. Bentley saw that Ira wasn't answering anything. Hopefully, she'll understand why Ira wasn't answering...
Anyways, moving on, Ira paid attention and nodded slightly as Professor explained. Poor teeth of those plants posing risk of infections for humans was something she hadn't thought of before. That was certainly a risk.
So, maybe before being bitten, they should check if the plant has had proper dental hygiene or no? Eh?
Ira mentally smirked, but then brought her mind back to the present. Other implements? What other implements? Ira looked around, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. Maybe it was kept hidden as a surprise? Good or bad surprise? Ira wasn't too sure...
Anyways, she did have her own gloves. Removing them from her bag, she wore them, a little excited for the activity. Activity was always more fun that just sitting in class listening to lectures!
Ira grinned and followed Professor Bentley a little further into the greenhouse where the work stations were set up. Yup! She was excited, They were again working with something dangerous!
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"Brilliant responses team," she concluded giving them her own small round of applause. "Along with the obvious health risks including starvation, infection and other health issues including root inflammation, leaf loss and stem degradation, the ability to defend themselves is also impeded." She paused to allow students to take notes, in case they hadn't been already. "But also, as Miss Odessa just mentioned, domestic plants and indeed wild plants, pose a risk to us as well. If you're bitten by a plant with poor dental health then bacteria, toxins and blood born viruses or diseases become a risk factor to your health."
"For this reason," she continued, "it's important to know how to look after your flesh eating plant and to ensure that you're aware of the condition of those teeth."
Now came the fun bit. "In the wild, flesh eating plants use a very different method to maintain their teeth than we do. While we opt for the toothbrush, which is a rather useful invention, plants do not have that luxury. Rather, they often use bark, branches and even the sinew from their prey to clean their teeth."
"Today however, we will be using other implements."
Which were still rather fun.
"Now, you all need your dragon hide gloves, if for some silly reason you don't have yours on your person, you may borrow some from the stores cupboard," she said indicating to the wooden structure next to them by the door.
"Once you have them on, follow me. Bring your wands with you... though you won't need them."
And with that, she led them a little further into the greenhouse where the work stations were set up. "Come along," she called behind her.
As professor Bentley tried explaining, Jonathan took note to most of it: starvation, infection and other health issues, root inflammation, leaf loss and stem degradation, defend themselves... that's a mouthful. He did however manage to memorize most of what she said. So does this mean, they're going to find themselves having an activity with flesh eating plants?
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Listening to more of the lecture, Jonathan took note that proper caution is advised. No one wants random bacteria bacteria swimming all over your body once bitten by some weird looking plant. He shrugged hearing that. He shall be extra careful and extra protected today.
Now to start the activity. Jonathan took his gloves and wore them. Better safe than sorry, he always tells himself every single time he's in Herbology class or just randomly doing the Professor's homework in the Greenhouse.
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