Selina thought hard about the Professor's question. It was not a black and white one. When it came to animal slaughtering for the sake of food Selina was guilty in taking part in consumption. But when an animal was endangered could she still justify in her mind the senseless killing? She didn't think so.

"Ma'am? I think that perhaps there is no right answer to your question. If I advocate for the whale and oppose animal consumption than I could be met with the argument that people need available food sources and sometimes whales are that source. If I advocate for the consumer one could argue that the human race is not an ominvore by biology, but by choice.... so I guess my answer is there is no answer. It's all relative."

Yes, light on deep waters. Either have that or be a close friend to Barty, that would save you from all the merpeople at the Lake.

Anyway, he followed Saylen, because they had no choice, and Mr. Stryker was also there. But he stopped as soon as he noticed that...well...that BIG thing over there. The one creature Saylen was telling them about. The what-whale?

Well, no, sorry Saylen, but Treyen didn't believe for one second that the seas could be filled with such an enormous mammal. Good thing that wasn't true. He was feeling very uncomfortable in front of this animal, truth be told. It was far too big, and he was too small next to it, yeah, Treyen didn't like it. Amazing how he didn't seem to mind dragons, or dinosaurs, but when it came to whales he seemed to mind them very much.

What? Not reduce them? On the contrary, they should be less and less of those enormous things. He'd die of fright in he managed to encounter one of those at sea.

And...haha...eat one? Saylen totally lost it.

Blink. Blink. Blink.

Whaaaat? He understood very little of what the girl said. For real. VERY smart girl, that one.

Woah! Super big fishy. A whale? It looked like it could squash those freaky dinosaurs in the other room. Hehe. The whale probably is the reason those dinosaurs are extinct. It msut of squashied them.

Listening to hte professor contently, K-Lee's ears suddenly perked up. WHAT? Not many blue whales left in the world?!?! "Not hunting them is a way we could reduce their endangerment." She said.

"And no, I haven't ever eaten whale." K-Lee finished. She couldn't imagine eating whale. Or even eating fishies. No eating adorable little fishies.

Kurumi looked around nervously as people mentioned things like never eating whale based on principle and other things. As each student spoke, Kurumi shrunk down a little more as if hoping that in doing so she could vanish into the floor. "I-I-I have," she said in a low voice. "It is a delicatsey in Japan...I've had sashimi and curry once...not something that we eat all the time though..."

"I really don't think it is a common thing to eat whale. I think a bigger reason for there demise is that at one time peoples source of oil was whale blubber. People needed oil to powerful things and this cheap people went crazy killing whales for cheep fuel leaving themalmost extinct. It is rather sad.", Chloe responded with her hand raised high.

Harper turned her head to the side and stared at the professor. Eaten whale?! HOLY MOLY WERE THEY GOING TO BE FORCED TO EAT PRECIOUS ENDANGERED WHALE?!

No, stop it Harper.

She raised her hand with a sheepish grin on her face. "Well maybe if people stopped eating them, they wouldn't keep dying. Cause as far as I know you can't eat something and have it still live. So. Stop eating them." she would never look at this lady again if she told her she had eaten whale.

"Although I do know that people eat it. People who like those slices of fat and stuff." Ew. Gross. "Professor, could they be endangered by people urinating in the ocean?" Random thought.

YOU NEVER KNOW! Though Harper highly doubted it; she just thought it extremely hilarious to mention urination in a lesson.

"Oh oh oh but I know what blue whales SOUND like!!" Instead of taste like.

Okay she needed to calm down. Whaleswhaleswhaleswhales...

"Yes, hunting these whales are a reason for their endangerment. But that was not what I asked. Good thinking though."

No to the whale meat? "You'd be surprised what one can learn from eating whale." What.

Blink. She took a moment before responding to the young passionate girl. "Stop polluting is a good way. And yes, using our abilities could help. Good answer. "

"Why is it wrong to eat whale?" the Mexicana found herself with a small frown, "How is eating whale different than eating a hamburger? Or pizza?" Oh, pizza...yum.

"Mhm, water pollution. If we stop that then they might be safer, yes. Good answer."

Vegetarian? Why were so many vegetarian?

Hm? "Good questions." Go to the library and find out. Hah, just joking. "Some old fart in Norway called it Blue Whale, and it stuck." She rubbed at her temple, hoping the headache would gooo away. "But as you can see, the whale is a blue-grey shade...so... blue whale."

And..."I imagine they had to get it in here in parts. They chopped it up in pieces and assembled it in here." Yes yes. Right?

She didn't...
"Thankyou...for that information." However, "You didn't answer my question thought." Heh. Maya gave the girl a small smile.

Maya put a finger to her lips, as if that would keep muggles around them from hearing what the young boy said about them all being witches and wizards. Oh dear. Neermind. "That would be quite the correct thing to do, wouldn't it?" Yes, she liked that answer. "Good thinking. Maybe we could write the Ministry a letter when we get back."

"Stuffed animals. Great." Now, please, "And your answer to my question would be...?" She didn't say anything, right?

"Two votes for the Concealment Charm." It's winning. So why hadn't anyone else thought to actually use it? Blink. "You might be right about the Yeti." Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

What.
"Why is it a muggle issue? Why are muggles the only one's supposed to worry about these creatures? Do you not also live on this earth? Do you not also share the same world as the whales?" Easy there.

"Your other ideas were interesting, though. Good thinking."

"Yes, monitoring could help. A firm announcement that they are not to be touched could work." Because it has worked so well until now. Not. "Good ideas."

Thankyou. "Sharing our abilities to help keep these creatures alive would be wonderful. Nice thinking."

Maya bit her finger. No one heard those spell names, right? No muggles, that is. "Yes. Yes we could definitely use those...things to help. Good ideas."

Head. Ache.

Temple. Pop.

"I... Don't understand you." Maybe speak spanish? She wrinkled her nose, but soon took a deep breath to try and respond. "So you would eat the last animal on earth, knowing you could be responsible for its extinction?" Heh. Maya has a headache now.

"Not hunting them, yes, good idea." Now if only people would listen.

Oh, she thought so, did sheee? Heh. "Yes, that is one of the reasons for their endangerment. Care to answer my question, however?" Hehe. "Good answers though."

Bouncy, bouncy child.
"You can eat fruits from the trees and they still live." Chocolate. Maya was arguing with a student now. "Uriniating in the ocean?" Really? First time ever that word has come up in a lesson. "I do not know about you, but I don't think our urin is that potent and lethal to kill something." HEHE. "But, considering it is polluting...yes, I guess urine could lead to their endangerment." Right?

Oh, was she going to sound like a whale now? Seriously, if the girl did, Maya might just have to...do something.

Maya slowly turned around and gave Kurumi the STINK EYE.

No, Maya would never do that to a student.
Unless they'd just CONFESSED TO HAVE EATEN WHALE.

Stare.

Seriously, this coffee was making her go bananas.
Maya blinked a little and after a second seemed more her normal self. Kind of. Minus the rude stink eye. "And how did it taste?"

Like chicken probably.


"Okay, moving on." Because the whale was making her nervous. "Wave hasta-luego to the Whale, everyone, we're going over here, around the corner, across that room and along that corridor over there that you can't see. Then we're turning to the right, pass that other corridor next to that smaller corridor, turn a left and we're there." Got it?

"Let's go!" And off she marched to... The Creepy Crawlies and Birds Gallery


More stuffed animals and dead bugs!

The Mexicana bounced-marched over to a dead fake bird and pointed.
"Anyone care to tell me, without revealing your personal problems, what this bird is called?" Coffee and headache make for a strange Professor.

Harper stared at the creature. Okay...that was weird looking.

She raised her hand anyways. "Umm, it looks like a white flamingo or something...the beak, anyway. But it couldn't be, cause the eyes aren't right...and the feathers don't looks as smooth. Is it a dodo bird or something? I remember a cartoon of one I think..." She looooooved that name!! DODO DODO DODO DODO!!

Doo doood oood.

"Dododododododo..." she murmured very quietly, swaying back and forth.

Alright so...that whale...

....

That thing was big. And she thought the largest animal in the world was the dragon! Good Merlin was she wrong. Those things can...wow.

Having been staring at it all throughout the discussion, the Slytherin girl followed the rest of the class and the professors to the next roo- CRINGE! Bugs. Bugs and more bugs. Bugs meant creepy crawlies and creepy crawlies meant things with eight legs. We ALL know what eight legs means TOO!

Crossing her arms, as if trying to be as small looking as possible so no eight legged monsters would get her, hazel eyes landed on the bird that the professor was asking about. Hehe, that kinda looked like..."A diriclaw?" she asked, raising a brow. WELL!? It looked like one.

Giggling, Arya wiggled her fingers at the whale. "Hasta luego, blue whale!" Yes, she was having a blast at the museum. Skipping merrily behind the professor, she let her eyes wonder on all the other creatures in the museum as they made the long journey to the bugs and birds section of the ginormous building.

"That called a Dodo bird," She lowered her voice, eyes flicking briefly to the passing muggles. "Or a Diricawl to... us." She straightened back up, nodding her head slowly, a grin working its way back on her lips.

Luin nodded as the professor acknowledged her answer, then walked with the class over to the next section of the museum. Ooooh birds, they always fascinated her, especially because they were so majestic most of the time and reptiles, even though they didn't look like reptiles, with their fur and stuff. She eyed the bird that the professor pointed out, she was pretty sure she knew what kind that was, it sure was funny looking too. She quickly raised her hand, "That's a dodo, Professor. At least it was, they are extinct though."

What could they learn from eating whale meat? That was just wrong.
Emily followed the class into the creepy crawly section. This would also interest her, she had decided.
She looked the ugly bird up and down. It was a model of...
"It's a Dodo I think. They're an extinct bird." In a nutshell. It was such a shame animals became extinct. Well, except the dino's.

"What's a stalew eggo?" Seriously? She didn't have one! How was she supposed to wave it at the dead gino whale if she wasn't given one? What was the point of waving one at the whale in the first place?

Ellie pondered on this as she walked into the next room.

EWWWW BUGSSSS!

Where was Spike?! He would SOOOO love this room. Ellie would take lots of pictures of the icky sticky creepy crawlies JUST for him so he could keep them forever and ever. He'd better appreciate it.

As for the bird...yeah, she hadn't a CLUE.

Kurumi had to cover her mouth to suppress the squeak of fear that was coming dangerous close to slipping out from the look on Professor Saylen's face. And...was that her temple pulsing...o____0

Not wanting the professor to explode on the spot, Kurumi decided to forgo answering that question and instead followed, along with everyone else, to the next exhibit.

"That's a Dodo," she said with her hand shooting up in the air. "It is a flightless bird that was unique to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius." She paused fora moment and frowned. "The Dodo's extinction occurred during recorded human history and was directly attributable to human activity."

As they left the room, Christopher cast a quick look back onver the room once more. He'd found it so interesting there, he wish they could've spent more time in each exhibit longer. He turned back around, making sure he didn't fall behind and get lost amongst the Muggles. The bird exhibit was very bright too. He like all animals, so it didn't really matter to him where they were in the museum.

When Professor Saylen pointed out the bird, Christopher's hand shot up in the air at full speed. "That would be the Dodo Bird, or Raphus Cucullatus, which is extinct. They became extinct in 1690, but they are featured in Lewis Carroll books, ensuring that they will not be forgotten." Christopher smiled, he loved classical Muggle books. He wished more people could appreciate such wonderful literature.

Oh, good! They were finally moving on!

To be honest, Sierra was sort of ready to head back to the castle now. She'd seen more than enough Muggle creatures for the day. Or maybe for the year, too. She felt her eyebrows furrow a little as they headed into The Creepy Crawlies and Birds Gallery. What a combination--didn't most birds eat creepy crawlies?

With a very unamused expression spread across her face, Sierra turned her attention to whatever it was the professor was pointing out. She perked up when she saw that it wasn't a Muggle creature, but a magical creature--a diricawl! "That's a diricawl, Professor," she said. She didn't have to ask what it was doing here. She knew the Muggles had their own version of the creature called the dodo bird. Supposedly, it was extinct.

Charley followed along behind the rest of the class.
"That's a dodo bird I think, Professor. They went extinct a while ago when groups of humans invaded the island they lived on. They had never interacted with humans, so the humans thought they were stupid and killed them off."

"Wll I just figure its more a muggle issue because its a ... muggle animal? I just mean to say there are many magical creatures that need our attention instead."

Emily allowed herself to take one last look at the large blue whale, then followed the crowd to the next exhibit. They came to a stop in front of a grey, dumb looking bird with it strance beak and an odd body.
"Professor... I beleieve that is a Dodo... they're extinct." she said. She was relatively confident about this one.

Jaina giggled. How could she not? "Dodo," she snickered. It was too funny NOT to say aloud.

Vashti grew wide-eyed when they entered the next exhibit. THERE WERE BUGS IN HERE. Dead bugs, which made them even more gross. Whywhywhy did the museum people have to put such icky things in here with the birds? Or why put them in here at all?! Who wanted to learn about bugs? Seriously, who?

She tried her best to keep her eyes completely away from any and all "creepy crawlies," breathing slowly and deeply as she tried to focus on the bird Professor Saylen was now asking them about. Slowly, she raised a hand. "I think it's a dodo bird," she answered. "They're supposed to be extinct." Of course, they weren't, and they were known to wizards as diricawls, but she decided it wouldn't be wise to say that outloud, not while there could be Muggles around to hear.

Nika nodded as her professor brought up a good point. "That's why I'm thinking of going vegetarian. No meat. No whale meat either..." All of the sudden Nika had strange cravings for chicken. "On second thought maybe I will go vegetarian as of... next year?" Or maybe never. Meat was too hard to give up. "OH! There is this movie that I love to watch it's called Alice in Wonderland! And they have one of these birds in it! He dances and sings! Umm I think she called it a Dodo bird? Yeah, that sounds right." Nika nodded her head. Now she wanted to watch Alice in Wonderland. Hmmm I wonder if they watch disney movies in the wizard world?

Oh, yes!

Bye Whale!

He didn't even look back, he just walked pretty fast out of the sight of the whale. Seriously fast. Like, the Snitch got left behind for sure.

And then...er, what was this place?

Lookit! A Diricawl! The bird could've been an awesome one if he didn't prefer a Demiguise. Which was by no mean in the same category as a Diricawl, they only share one little ability and it doesn't work the same way, so, yeah.

"Well, that's a...," he didn't have to finish the sentence, because he had a more important question, "How did they manage to get him?" Or her. And, yes, 'they' being the Muggles and 'him' being the Diricawl/Dodo.

Totally wishing he was still back in the Dinosaur, but nevertheless beyong excited to be here, the Lion Prefect skipped merrily alongsized the Professor as they entered the birdroom.

"Professor that's a Dodo, however we know them as Diricawl" he added in a whisper...you know Statutue of Secreacy and all that jazz.

"The Dodo was a flightless bird, which is now exticnt due to Humans, as they were easy prey for hunters."

So sad......

A Diricawl! How awesome! "It's a dodo." She went on, being mindful of the muggles around them, whispering the next part. "Also a diricawl..."

K-Lee loved Diricawls. They were one of her favourite magical creatures. They were all 'Hey, I'm a Diricawl. I used to be known to humans as dodo's but they think I'm exctint now, but it's cool, I can do the bird equivalent of apparating/disapparating but I can't fly, like penguins!'

Merlin K-Lee wanted a pet Dircawl.

Cass followed the class to the new display area and moved a little closer to the Professor when they all stopped to look at the new displays here...

When the Professor asked her new question he answered, "Its a Dodo bird and due to man destroying it's habitat it is now extinct." He then lowers his voice to a very soft whisper, and glad that he had moved closer to the professor when they moved here, and said, "Though Fantastic Beasts identifies it as a Diriclaw."

He looks around to be sure no one was close enough to her the whispered part besides his class mates.