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November 6th, 3:41pm
We're experiencing the first major cold spell of the season. The better part of our London Underground Exhibit staff and keepers have spent the last few days cleaning and preparing the brand new indoor enclosures. As previously mentioned, the new enclosures are quite the update from the old, with much better viewing for the public, and more space for each specimen. Of course, we're being very careful in how we introduce each of the animals to their new environments (lest we repeat last year's incident).
To date, both the Stamford and the Hooper have been successfully acclimated into their winter homes. Both, being of a more fair-weathered variety, were the first to move. They have now been sealed off from their outdoor enclosures, and we've high hopes that both will enjoy their new homes. (Note: We are still carefully monitoring the Stamford's diet. A keeper has been assigned to see that Mike does not put on any more excess weight. Hopefully, he'll drop a few pounds now that we're cutting back on the Bourbon creams).
The Metro Police enclosure will remain open to the outdoors, as their breed is a substantial one, and built well to handle all sorts of weather. The indoor portion of their den will be opened tomorrow, and we're all eager to see how they take to the new addition. Hopefully, the added space will see to quell the rising tensions between some of the pack members.
As of yet, we've no idea how to handle the rivalry going on between the two Holmes siblings, Sherlock and Mycroft(both specimens male). In recent months, the brothers have become increasingly antagonistic towards each other, and we're worried that a fight for dominance might soon break out. Of the two, Sherlock, the younger, is more prone to violence, but both are equally quick to goad each other. It's puzzling, as all previous studies indicate that the British Holmes prefers to live in extended family groups. Increasingly, I feel as if these two might forever change our perception of the species.
At any rate, there will be a board meeting later to discuss possible solutions, but if hostilities continue, I fear that separation may be the only answer. Hopefully, I am wrong.
Important Note: Yesterday's incident with the new Animal Tech intern, Rachel, and Jim the Moriarty has resulted in 17 stitches. While the intern is in positive spirits, she has asked to spend the rest of her internship serving in the Streets of America Exhibit. Her requisition has been accepted. No word as to what might have provoked Jim into such an attack; he's back to being as docile as ever. None of the other animals in his enclosure have come to any sort of harm, though they do keep their distance, as always. We're keeping him outdoors for viewing, as we don't want to traumatize him so soon after what appears to have been a sort of panicked attempt at self-defense. Currently, he's behaving well for the zoo guests, and as always, he remains a public favorite. For now, I think all we can do is keep a very close eye.
AN: I was a little tickled to get this request. I have never heard of the concept of a "zoo-fic", and when I saw the request, I'll admit...I was worried it was some sort of bestiality thing. Yikes!
Happily, it's nothing of the sort!
What it is, for others who do not know, is a story where, apparently, you treat the characters as if they are animals in a zoo (or that seems to be the gist, actual description I don't know). I decided to try this out as a sort of "data log" series. If people seem to like it, I'll continue on with it. Seems like a really fun little idea, to me at least.
So, disclaimer! While I have no idea who started this "zoo-fic" thing, do know that the idea is not mine.
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