 Leon, the chameleon
550,000 wild points
Leon,
the chameleon is a fashionista ! This small and elegant lizard has a
love for dressing up. With numerous outfits in his possession, he has
an ability to change colors and blend in with his surroundings no
matter where he hangs out in the lab that day. His obsession
for changing outfits is so outrageous that during the holidays he kept
switching colors every two minutes just to match the holiday light
decorations in our lab! But despite his extravagant obsession , Leon
is a rather shy celebrity. Let's just say he hates paparazzi and being
the center of attention. He just prefers hanging out in a corner
watching flies passing by...His special eyes can rotate and focus
separately to observe two different objects simultaneously! In effect,
this special ability gives him a full 360-degree arc of vision around
his body!!!!!With his supervision he can see small insects from a very
long distance! When he gets hungry, which happens pretty often, he will rapidly extend out of his mouth the longest tongue you have ever seen and capture anything that passes by.... Once he grabbed a glass flask from the lab's desk and almost ate it!
250,000 points
Karma is a Siamese fighting fish
who has won numerous martial arts championships ocean-wide. With her
bedazzling costume and powerful moves she is ready to confront any
opponent. Jackie Chan himself once said he wished that he had Karma's
fighting karma! Most of the time Karma will hide in her dressing room,
and only come out when reporters or fans come to greet her. Karma is notorious for her aggressive manners and her need to be left alone for most of the day. Once, Karma even got upset by the presence of her own reflection.
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Salvador, the frog
450,000 wild points
Salvador,
the frog is an opera singer. A helpless romantic he serenades every
night under the moonlight. His voice is so loud that he can be heard up
to a mile away. The unique vocal sacs that Salvador has under his
throat distend during the amplification of his call making everyone in
the University listen to his arias. His favorite opera is Bizet's
"Carmen" which he recently watched at the Metropolitan Opera here in
New York. He is also widely known in the lab for his exceptional
jumping skills, with a preference to jump on unusual places such as
visitors heads. Salvador loves a good bubble bath and often hangs out
close to a sink. As an amphibian, he lives part of his life in water
and the other part of it on land.
Bella, the rat
200,000 wild points
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Spencer, the gerbil
350,000 wild pointsSpencer is a gerbil that comes from the far away desert of Mongolia! An architect by trade this smart and sociable rodent has
built countless underground housing facilities in Mongolia applying his
usual technique of constructing networks of tunnels, which include
different size chambers. He has a passion for Swiss architecture and is
a fan of the architects Herzog and Demeuron, and their project at the Beijing National Stadium.
In his free time, Spencer loves to dance. His long tail helps him
balance when he stands up on his hind legs and hops around on his large
back feet. Spencer also loves hanging out under a palm leaf on a hot
day and sometimes tans under the sun. His furry legs protect him from the heat of the sand and his
full-body fur, including the tail, prevents him from getting sunburned.
Finally, Spencer loves throwing a party as long as everybody helps him
clean-up afterwards. He is what we would call a 'clean freak'; he has
absolutely no tolerance for dirt and dust! 
150,000 wild points
Fuzz is a newly born Emperor penguin that lives on the floating ice
packs of Antarctica that are threatened to melt due to climate change.
He belongs to the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species,
even though he is pretty small at the moment since he hatched out of
his egg only a month ago! Covered by a dense layer of woolly down, Fuzz
loves hanging out under his mother's wings. Soon an overlapping coat of
feathers will grow over his down layer and Fuzz will be covered in a
greasy waterproof coating. This coating will keep the water off his
skin and help him to retain heat. When his feathers grow he will be
able to do more of what he loves the most- ice skating! The truth is
that his species is known to be most at home submerged since they can remain under the water for up to 18 minutes, diving to a depth of 1,755 ft, and yet clumsy on land...Nevertheless this
youngster is born to be an ice-skating champion and has already won everybody's hearts with his graceful double flips on ice. Fuzz is available for adoption through WWF and due to the temperature restrictions of your classroom would remain in his natural habitat in Antarctica.
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