"Hello everyone and welcome to a new episode of Animalia Ambassadoria." Began Sarah, starting the latest episode with the same greeting she always did.
"Just in case you were wondering, again, why we're all wearing crop tops and short shorts," said Abby, "we're going to celebrate the six-month anniversary of Animalia with a tour of the newly renovated Claw Coliseum, meet some of the new employees, and interview our newest members, Ariel and Ran, from Animalia Aquatica."
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"The new weight rooms not only have increasing amounts of tungsten for the weights, but also extra-reinforced treadmills, stair steppers, and power cages for the heavier members of Animalia." Said Malice.
"And as Gloria, our hippo Animalian is now demonstrating'" said Simon, indicating her on the treadmill, "they can easily handle her 700 pounds of steadily-decreasing-fat and steadily-increasing-muscles. They are currently capable of handling over half a ton of weight."
"I'm also testing some new, extra-reinforced sports underwear." Said Gloria, noticing the camera for the first time.
"Oh, why extra reinforced?" Asked Sophie.
"Because," began Gloria, hefting her massive bosom, "in the earliest days of our uplifting, the 'support' for these was either too small, or ripped rather quickly. I can see why humans, and now our males, can't get enough of these, but without proper support, we tended to end up with moderate backaches. A sport underwear company learned about our needs, they jumped on the opportunity to provide for us extra support and reinforcement. Now I have no backaches in the evening, and my mate enjoys them even more."
"And where is your mate?" Asked Jessica.
"Frank's over there, getting ready for the Ultra-Heavyweight bodybuilding competition." Said Gloria, indicating the power cage in the corner. Everyone looked and was surprised at a massively ripped, male hippo (with a pot-bellied eight pack of abs) doing squats with a massive barbell that was weighted down with half a ton of weight.
"The new, extra large barbells have extra reinforcement for weights such as this." Explained Abby to the viewers.
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"For those who don't want to do weight training," said Sarah, a few minutes later, as the group was heading to another new area in the Coliseum, "we have new energetic exercise classes."
"Aerobics, Zumba, jazzercise, and any other similar exercises are held in one of these rooms." Said Malice, indicating several new doors."
"And here is Carlos, one of the new instuctors here." Said Jessica as a Scarlet Macaw Animalian came out of the men's locker room. When he saw the group heading toward him, he gave a brief greeting.
"Can you tell us a little bit about yourself, Carlos?" Asked Sophie.
"I'm originally from Costa Rica," began Carlos, his Hispanic accent requiring the use of subtitles, "but I moved here to help spread Zumba to America. I didn't expect my parrot, Dolores, to become uplifted, but she confessed her love to me, and one thing inevitably led to another."
"Somehow, that doesn't surprise me." Said Abby.
"I'm doing well with my flying lessons and Dolores has already gotten her training license." Continued Carlos, "But now I've got to get going, my next class is in ten minutes."
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"Working out inevitably leads to getting sweaty and filthy," said Malice a few minutes later, "so the shower rooms of Claw Coliseum are naturally more powerful than standard showers."
"We also stock the showers with soaps and shampoos that work well on fur, feathers, or scales, so anyone of any species can get clean without worrying about bringing their own soap." Said Sarah.
"We also have several waterproof posters that help remind Animalians to keep themselves, and their areas clean." Said Abby, indicating a poster that said: Cleanliness is next to Godliness, so keep everything around you clean.
"There are also several saunas connected to the showers," said Jessica, indicating two doors on opposite walls in the shower room," but these are used mainly by our resident reptilian Animalians to warm up. But we're not going into them because Reptile Animalians have a habit of heat-bathing in the nude, and we need to maintain our PG-rating."
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"Breeding with the same species 'will inevitably lead to offspring', as the edict says" said Abby a few minutes later, "and those who have succeeded are going through new exercise classes to help with their pregnancies."
"I know," said Sarah, "mom is in one of those classes."
"Also," said Malice, "there are some who are modeling new maternity clothes, both for themselves and for future expectant mothers."
"I never thought that the muscle-pregnancy would look so good." Said Jessica somewhat enviously,"I hope that I can get bumpy abs on MY baby bump."
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"The Claw Coliseum also has its own version of the Octagon." Said Sophie, opening the door onto an original room.
"And it looks like Trevor and Riley didn't waste too much time getting into it." Said Malice, as she saw a wolf Animalian and a Rottweiler Animalian going at it while a female wolf Animalian was sitting in the stands not far from the Octagon.
"Don't worry," said Jamie, seeing that Abby and her friends coming closer to her, "they're using full protective gear, and they're just practicing."
"For what?" Asked Malice, anxiously.
"For the IAC Claw Coliseum Tournament." Said Jamie, "They think that winning the gold medal in the tournament will get me to commit to one of them."
"Is that good?" Asked Sarah, incredulously.
"It's better than them spouting bad love poetry to me in the hallways at school." Said Jamie, giggling somewhat embarrassingly.
"Do they have trainers?" Said Jessica, wanting to change the subject.
"They both have different retired UFC trainers helping them," said Jamie, recovering from her slight embarrassment, "so they can learn the difference between real fighting, and flailing your arms around like a windmill."
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"And now to finish our episode, we welcome Ran, the Great White Shark, and Ariel, the lake trout, from Animalia Aquatica to our little group to discuss how things are going for them so far." Said Sophie, the group having returned to their special room. Ran was there wearing a pair of tight shorts, while Ariel was wearing a special bikini that left room for her dorsal fin and tail.
"So do both of you now know how you can both breath air and water?" Began Abby.
"The scientists have determined that we both have a special flap of muscle that functions similarly to the epiglottis in most air breathers, except it seals off our lungs, both to keep food out, and to reroute water toward our gills and turn our lungs into effective swim bladders.
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"...and that's all the time we have for today. We will all see you next time in the wilds of Animalia." Said Sarah, closing the show with the same farewell that she and her friends did.