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[sciencesquid]

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[heyunderoos]

[Peter snorts a little, though he doesn't flatly reject the idea.]

I guess that's fair. I just... man, what would I even do with them? Like... give them away? Keep them?

[sciencesquid]

Whatever you want. But I'm sure Chiaki would like a stuffed animal of her own. Most people would.

[heyunderoos]

You think so...? [Otto found an excellent in. Peter does like the idea of making someone he considers a friend a stuffed animal.] I wonder what her favorite animal would be.

[sciencesquid]

You could always make her another octopus. [If he gets a plushie that's so on the nose, Chiaki can have one as well!] Though I suppose... She might like cats.

[heyunderoos]

Yeah, but I wanted you guys to have your own individual plush I guess? [Peter isn't sure how to explain that much.] A cat would be a good idea though. I should probably ask her, try to ask her subtly.

[sciencesquid]

[He does get the individual plush thing. It feels more personal for a gift.]

Hmm. What's your favorite animal, anyway? It's not spiders, is it? [Is he asking for future gift reference? ...Yes, but also he wants to know.]

[heyunderoos]

Oh, uh, I'm actually a little afraid of spiders? I don't freak out at them or anything, but they're kinda not my favorite. [The irony does not escape Peter given his obvious embarrassment.] I've always thought red pandas were cool, same for lions.

[sciencesquid]

Lions? Really? [Red pandas, he can understand. They're very endearing. But lions?] Is it because of their mane?

[heyunderoos]

I mean, they're cool! [Be unsurprised a teenage boy likes a 'Cool' animal.] Their hierarchy is really interesting to read about too.

[sciencesquid]

[Otto has never considered lions to be cool. Jaguars, sure. Maybe even tigers. But the hierarchy thing, at least, has him reconsider the potential.]

Oh, you mean how they function within their pride?

[heyunderoos]

They're not as cool as hyenas, but they're pretty cool structurally I mean. The prides can pretty much have a male lion around, or it's just all the female lions scaring the male ones off. Their gender binary is also kinda interesting since some lionesses can veer into looking male with the manes whilst actually being physically female. Like it doesn't happen often but it's cool to read about. [Surprise, he has strong opinions about lions.]

[sciencesquid]

Really? I didn't know that. Do these lionesses still act typically female in every other way?

[Otto's very relieved to find out that Peter's got more interests than just Spider-Man, so he's happy to encourage this sort of thing.]

[heyunderoos]

Some of them take on like more typically male behavior for the species, roaring, defending the other lionesses, and being maybe more aggressive at times.

I was reading an article about like five lionesses scientists managed to like observe, so I guess its on the forefront of my mind.