"on feral cats"". Though troubled on what to write about at first, Holmes realized she could add human themes and issues into the book such as ""war, politics, revenge, doomed love, religious conflict"". An interviewer has described the plot as ""Shakespearian: a mad leader, intra-clan betrayal, war, star-crossed lovers, death"". Reviews have also called the story an ""animal adventure"". The novel was picked to be part of the young adult fantasy genre due to its increasing popularity. Cherith Baldry feel that the growth of genre is due to the fact that ""fantasy is something very deeply rooted in the human"
"research and teaching, McConnell is an accomplished wildlife photographer. After photographing animals during a trip to the Svalbard archipelago in Norway, she developed an interest in using photography to tell stories about animal behavior. She teaches undergraduate classes on conservation photography at Stanford. Her photos have been featured in various publications including ""Smithsonian"" and ""National Geographic"". McConnell is married to Richard Scheller, Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Therapeutics at 23andMe. McConnell is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. She has received"
"the appointed evening, and Holmes suddenly realises something. He has observed the professor's thick and horny knuckles, and until now, has not made the connection between these, the odd behaviour, the dog's change in attitude towards his master, and the creeper. The professor is behaving like a monkey. Shortly after the realisation, Holmes and Watson are treated to a firsthand display of Professor Presbury's odd behaviour. He comes out of the house, scampers about on all fours, climbs on the creeper, and torments the tied-up dog. Unfortunately, the wolfhound gets loose and attacks the professor. The two of them, with"
"Being"", a philosophical book about nature and the present moment. In 2011, McDonnell's children's book ""Me...Jane"" was published. It is a story about naturalist Jane Goodall growing up and her awakening curiosity about the lives of animals around her. A sequence of MUTTS strips led to Goodall's interest in working with McDonnell on the book. Me, Jane won a Caldecott Honor in 2012. McDonnell has been a vegetarian for over 20 years and vegan since 2012. McDonnell is a member of the Board of Directors of The Humane Society of the United States, The Fund for Animals and The Charles"
"of Minnesota that Dr. Pusey started archiving the 50 years of research and field notes from Jane Goodall and her research assistants at Gombe . She eventually became Director of the Jane Goodall Institute's Center for Primate Studies and a McKnight Distinguished University Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at Minnesota University. Pusey’s research interests lie mostly in the social structure and social evolution of the more social animal species. She primarily studies lions, chimpanzees, and humans. In addition to focusing on social bonds, she is also interested in competition and cooperation amongst members of these groups. Her research projects"
"James V. McConnell James V. McConnell (October 26, 1925 – April 9, 1990) was an American biologist and animal psychologist. He is most known for his research on learning and memory transfer in planarians conducted in the 1950s and 1960s. Most of McConnell's academic career was spent in the psychology department at the University of Michigan, where he was a professor from 1963 through his retirement in 1988. He was an unconventional scientist, setting up his own refereed journal, the ""Journal of Biological Psychology"", which was published in tandem with the ""Worm Runner's Digest"", a planarian-themed humor magazine. His paper"
"to go fishing only to stumble across the boathouse home of Professor MacKrill, an eccentric marine biologist. Reasoning that climate change could melt the polar icecaps within the next century, MacKrill has developed a potion that turns people into fish so they can survive the rising sea level and also an antidote to reverse the process. Unbeknownst to all, Stella drinks the potion mistaking it for lemonade, and painfully transformed into a starfish and gets tossed out of the window into the sea. Since Stella's transformation was caught on camera, the tragedy is immediately discovered, so Fly, Chuck and Professor"
"the Professor's house, where he introduces them to games of concentration and observation. He reveals that there is a magic land called Whangdoodleland that can only be reached through the imagination, and that he is training them to accompany him there. Whangdoodleland is the home of the last Whangdoodle that lived in the world. Once the Whangdoodle, and other creatures that are now considered imaginary, lived in our world. However, fearing that people were losing their imaginations in the pursuit of power and greed, the Whangdoodle created a magic and peaceful world over which he reigns. The professor and the"
"Patricia McConnell Patricia Bean McConnell (born November 16, 1948) is an Adjunct Professor of Zoology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and expert in animal behavior. She has written several books, including ""The Other End of the Leash"" and ""For the Love of a Dog,"" and produced a number of pet training DVDs. In both her academic and popular writing she has focused on issues of interspecies communication. She also runs her own publishing company, McConnell Publishing. From 1994 to 2008, McConnell was the co-host of the weekly one-hour radio show ""Calling All Pets"" produced by Wisconsin Public Radio, during which"
"to provide a human-immunity serum test, as in rabbits. The initial test of Connant is inconclusive as they realize that the test animal received both human and alien blood, meaning that either Doctor Copper or expedition Commander Garry is actually an alien. Assistant commander McReady takes over and deduces that all the other animals at the station, save the test dog, have already become imitations; all are killed by electrocution and their corpses burned. Everyone suspects each other by now but must stay together for safety, deciding who will take turns sleeping and speculating when the patient monsters will finally"
"McGonagall and Kingsley Shacklebolt. Slughorn is played by Jim Broadbent in the film adaptations of ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" and ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2"". Pomona Sprout is Professor of Herbology and the Head of Hufflepuff House. She is described as a dumpy little witch with flyaway grey hair who wears a patched, frayed hat and shabby robes, often covered in dirt due to the time she spends tending plants in the Hogwarts greenhouses. Sprout is introduced in ""Philosopher's Stone"", but she plays no active role until ""Chamber of Secrets"", in which she teaches"
"of the sentient animals, many scientists have arrived to study them, and they constantly pester Stephanie for information. Stephanie attends an event hosted by the mayor of her town in an effort to acclimatize her neighbors to her bond, but Trudy and several other immature children consider him a pet and almost anger Stephanie into a fight. Lionheart calms Stephanie, and they depart peacefully. It is revealed that only one other live human, Dr. Scott MacDallan, has bonded with a treecat, whom he addresses as Fisher. Stephanie and MacDallan arrange to meet, and they discuss the intrusion of scientists and"
"at Unseen University, but continues to be startlingly lucid and eloquent, although Drumknott describes him as seeming ""unusually talkative"". The only discernible manifestation of his drunkenness: It takes him 15 seconds longer to solve the ""Ankh-Morpork Times"" daily crossword (""Unseen Academicals""). He did keep a pet, a sixteen-year-old wire-haired terrier called Wuffles. It is said that Wuffles is the only living creature Lord Vetinari actually cares about (unless Ankh-Morpork is considered a living creature, think of her as ""Morporkia"" (a nod to ""Britannia""). Wuffles has been described as very elderly in two books that take place many years apart. In"
"dog called Derryn. The humans are two university students, and their landlord, who clash with each other and the Ferals. They include the uptight, neurotic landlord Joe who is determined to remove the ferals from his garden; the affable science student Leonard, and medical student Robbie, who attempt to shield the ferals from eviction, but are sometimes exasperated with their antics. There were also the 'Bogans From The Bush' as Modigliana liked to call them, Keith, a koala and Kylie, a kangaroo. These two characters often clashed with the Ferals, thinking they were above them due to their status as"
"goat) professor at the university, who is beginning to suffer from discrimination. He tells Elphaba a conspiracy is afoot to stop Animals from speaking, and she wants to let the Wizard know, for he would surely stop it (""Something Bad""). Later, Fiyero Tigelaar, an Arjiki prince from the Vinkus, has arrived at Shiz and gets the other students thinking his philosophy of just ""dancing through life"". They all decide to have an orientation party at the Ozdust Ball that evening. Boq, a Munchkin who has developed a crush on Galinda, tries to invite her to the party, but she convinces"
"Mongrels (TV series) Mongrels is a British puppet-based situation comedy series first broadcast on BBC Three between 22 June and 10 August 2010, with a making-of documentary entitled ""Mongrels Uncovered"" broadcast on 11 August 2010. A second and final series of ""Mongrels"" began airing on 7 November 2011. The series revolves around the lives of five anthropomorphic animals who hang around the back of a pub in Millwall, the Isle of Dogs, London. The characters are Nelson, a metrosexual fox (voiced by Rufus Jones, performed by Andy Heath); Destiny, an Afghan hound (voiced by Lucy Montgomery, performed by Richard Coombs"
"brings the scales to Mallinger for identification, Mallinger behaves suspiciously and tries to take all of them. Quennell describes his theory about a killer eagle, but Mallinger dismisses it outright. Quennell is unaware that the entomologist has a pet eagle, which is tormented by the sadistic Granger. Explorer and naturalist Frederick Britewell (William Wilde) returns from Africa with some moth chrysalids for Dr. Mallinger and the handsome young adventurer soon becomes a victim of Clare, who is the real murderer; Clare is a ""were-moth"" and transforms at night to drink the blood of young men. Britewell becomes her latest victim"
"see Tarafdar scurrying through Prof. Shonku's papers without permission. While Prof Shonku could have snatched the papers from Tarafdar's hands, decency prevents him from doing it, and all he manages to do is excuse himself for the day. Tarafdar pays a few further visits to Prof Shonku, but is not taken into the laboratory by Prof Shonku. A few days later, Prof Shonku finds a Macaw in his garden, and decides to keep it as his pet. The Macaw along with having a colourful plumage, has a special ability, it speaks clear Bengali, and Prof Shonku can have quite a"
"in 2000 where he is currently a Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences. He studies animal sensory systems, brain organization, and behavior in diverse species including star-nosed moles, water shrews, naked mole-rats, alligators and crocodiles, snakes, earthworms, and electric eels. His studies often focus on predators that have evolved special senses and weapons to find and overcome elusive prey and he is considered an expert in extreme animal behaviors. He studies specialized species because they can reveal general principles about brain organization and sensory systems. But he also believes ""there is unappreciated beauty and elegance in the behaviors and diverse forms"
"Maximal High council (which includes Bantor, Air Hammer, Corahda, Torca and Battle Unicorn) to take the threat of Unicron seriously, but they doubt his claims. Optimus Primal is detained, but Snarl frees him. A new character named Snarl was part of the 2003 ""Dinobots"" lines. According to ""Ask Vector Prime"" the Dinobots, including Snarl, battle the Destructicons Bludgeon, Scourge, Dreadwind, and Smokejumper in Viron 403.0 Beta, which makes them part of the ""Robots in Disguise"" universe. Snarl is a native of the Jungle Planet in """", where he is a student under his mentor Backstop. Snarl transforms into a white-blue"
"a strange case by her superior Denzel Morone: several instances in which the Humanity Test has been successfully applied, but the ""infants,"" if they could be called that, are feral monsters. Knowing that there is no way the specimens could have (or should have) passed the test, and also aware of her own limitations and inexperience, Sondra seeks advice from Bey Wolf, her distant relative. Bey Wolf resides on Wolf Island, a private resort he chose for the name and the isolation it provides. Having retired, he is pursuing his own research in animal Form Change, a fairly taboo subject."
"and the bumbling Bocoe and Decoe—and his larger, armed robots. Eggman plans to take over the world, catching the attention of the unnamed nation's President, so Knuckles, Rouge, and federal agent Topaz work to stop him. The other anthropomorphic residents soon join the crusade and, when Eggman is defeated, they are all hailed as heroes. However, the unfazed Eggman awakens a creature named Chaos from a huge gem called the Master Emerald. The animals fight a losing battle to retrieve the Emeralds until Chaos absorbs all seven and becomes giant, but an echidna girl named Tikal, who entombed herself and"
"Art Adams and Mike Mignola. Sam is a laid-back but enthusiastic, brown-coated anthropomorphic Irish Wolfhound, described as a ""canine shamus"". He wears either a gray or blue suit with a matching fedora, to make people more cooperative when conversing with a six-foot talking dog. A warped sense of justice makes Sam the more passionate of the pair for their police work, only held back from taking his job seriously by Max. Nevertheless, he enjoys the mannerisms and dress that come with their line of work. Sam possesses near encyclopedic amounts of knowledge, particularly on obscure topics, and is prone to"
"professor himself. They then find a magical window in space leading from the professor's bathroom to a tropical island thousands of years in the past. Back in the present, Rincewind attempts to run away from his destiny, but in fact runs towards it. With the secret assistance of Scrappy, (a parody of ""Skippy the Bush Kangaroo"", a television show from 1969 to 1970, with re-runs into the early 1980s) he eventually ends up wrongfully arrested for sheep theft and taken to Bugarup, where he is hoping to find a ship to escape on. Along the way he subsequently ends up"
"phocomeli, as well as conjoined symbiotes. At the same time, former domestic animals like dogs and cats have undergone mutations that have greatly enhanced their intelligence. Many of these former pets and zoo specimens have allied themselves into ferocious tribal units of their own. Bruno Bluthgeld's dog Terry is capable of imitating simple human speech, while some species of felines may have developed their own evolved languages. Walt Dangerfield, supplied with enough rations to last him for at least several more years, as well as a vast treasury of books and musical recordings, has become a disc jockey in orbit."
"has a fondness for tartan, and her handkerchief, at least one hat, dressing gown, and dress robes are patterned with it. In the films, McGonagall often wears a Scottish brooch of a specific Scots style set with Cairngorm citrines and Scottish agate. In the first book, after seeing Harry fly masterfully his very first time on a broom, she recommends him to fill the position of Seeker on the Gryffindor Quidditch team and sends him a broom, even though first-year students are normally prohibited from playing the sport or owning brooms. Despite the fact that she can often be heard"
"with Animals"" department on the campus of University of China, Illinois, where he witness the Dean's plans to decompose caged animals to petroleum. Kei-ko, a gorilla with a speech-generating device, sings a swan song. Leonard bargains with the Dean to give the gorilla to his son, but Baby Cakes refuses to take Kei-ko, complaining that she is not really magical. Frank tries shaving his body, but the hair grows back, sending him to the woods in a panic. Leonard encounters Frank there and asks him to act as Baby Cake's new pet, bringing Baby Cakes back to high spirits. Pony"
"she dispensed advice about behavior problems and information about animal behavior research. She retired from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May 2015. McConnell was born in Phoenix, Arizona. One of her sisters is the poet Wendy Bean Barker. McConnell is a trained ethologist and Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist (CAAB), and received her PhD in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988. Her doctoral dissertation, ""Acoustic structure and receiver response in mammalian signal systems"", won the Warder Clyde Allee Competition. Patricia McConnell Patricia Bean McConnell (born November 16, 1948) is an Adjunct Professor of Zoology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,"
"being suggested by Dylan Cuthbert, one of Argonaut's programmers. Cuthbert stated on a Reddit Ask me Anything that the name is a reference to Connor MacLeod of ""Highlander"" with a different ""spacey"" spelling used. Fox McCloud is an anthropomorphic fox with orange-brown fur, with golden-brown or white highlights. He has a stereotypical bushy white-tipped tail. His eyes are inconsistently shown to be either green or blue. He will occasionally wear large tanker boots over his legs when fighting on the ground. Fox's outfit has changed in every game he appears in, but generally includes an orange or green jumpsuit under"
"and only retains his human mind while transformed by drinking the Wolfsbane Potion prepared for him by Snape. Hermione discovers before Harry and Ron that Professor Lupin is a werewolf after Professor Snape gives Lupin's class an assignment on werewolves. She also notices that Professor Lupin's boggart is a moon. Dumbledore, one of the few wizards who are sympathetic towards his condition, made arrangements for Lupin to attend Hogwarts as a child, where he became close friends with James (Prongs) Potter, Sirius (Padfoot) Black, and Peter (Wormtail) Pettigrew. Until the climax of ""Prisoner of Azkaban"", Professor Lupin believes Sirius to"
"watch over him, with Dr. Webster offering to get him special consideration for the task from his instructors at the university. Left with little choice in the matter, Alex agrees. Over the next several days, the hunchback undergoes a series of observational tests, including speech therapy with Dr. Diane Girard (Cindy Williams). Despite his unusual behavior, he learns quickly, and with time he and Alex eventually become friends. During a session with Dr. Webster, the creature is asked to choose his own name. After settling on ""Bob Maloogaloogaloogaloogalooga"", he explains that after his father deserted them and his mother died"
"art organisation Grizedale Arts. A shaggy, large black mongrel, born in the laboratory where inhumane experiments were performed on him and his companion, Snitter. Snitter escapes with Rowf, only to find that living in the great outdoors is quite challenging. Rowf is a downtrodden fellow, quite cynical and increasingly feral in his ways, since he has had a hard life and never met a decent human. As a result of the experimentation, he has gained an abnormal fear of water. Toward the end of his travels, his time with Snitter and his encounter with real-life naturalist Peter Scott has him"
"a cat-to warn the other three Heads of House. When on her way to meet the Heads of House, she meets Snape, who questions her about Harry's whereabouts. Not realising that Snape is a re-doubled agent acting for the good side and not knowing that he has important information for Harry, she attacks him, engaging in a fierce duel. With help from Professors Sprout and Flitwick, she succeeds in driving Snape away. McGonagall then takes charge of the school again and proceeds to secure it against Voldemort to ensure Harry can fulfil his mission from Dumbledore. She also organises the"