With the end of school, there were many new things either started or already in place to prevent boredom among young people and/or Animalians.
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The best example of something already in place was Camp Sun. It had gone under during the Great Recession, and thus was purchased dirt cheap by Animalia. They had decided to use it as a summer camp for young "people" and as a hunting and fishing camp during the Autumn. Not only were there many fun things that were otherwise already in other summer camps, there were other things that were rather new. Among them were hidden cameras to catch amusing exchanges between campers.
There were also several Animalian couples serving as junior councilors, with Mike and Mary being the most well known of the junior councilors. But there were more experienced councilors from other summer camps that were let go during the Great Recession who were more than glad to work at Camp Sun.
Most of the amusing exchanges were from the survival lessons that were taught by the councilors to new campers. This was because many of them were 'city-slickers' who got wilderness lore mixed up.
"Now remember," said Mike, reciting something taught by him by one of his future fathers-in-law, as several kids were eating from a berry bush, "Red and sweet, good to eat. But I swear by the summit, green will make you vomit."
"I thought it was 'Green and sweet, good to eat.'" said one camper.
"No, green means that the berries are not ripe." answered Mary.
"Excuse me then." said another camper, running off and retching in the bushes.
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Meanwhile, a Horizon scientist was reading a list of the animals in the drug lord's menagerie.
"White tigers, leucistic lionesses, panthers, two aye-ayes, a female caecilian, it looks like he was trying to create a Noah's ark of rare animals." he commented.
"It's disgusting to know what drug lords will use their money for." said another scientist. "Records show that all the American money seized would pay for health care for every man, woman, and child in America for twelve years, not counting the Chinese Yuan seized as well. And get this, there are still twenty more drug lord castles in Mexico alone!"
"I heard that the Hypocrite-in-chief is using the drug bust as a kind of PR stunt to blunt his bad reputation that he developed during his first two years." said another scientist.
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In another part of Horizon Labs, another scientist was overseeing the transport of the two coelacanths to the uplifting labs for the first part of Dinotopia Aquatica.
"Enlighten me," said another coworker, "Why are we starting with coelacanths instead of aquatic reptiles?"
"Because they form the missing link between the tetrapods and the bony fishes, and they're one of the few living fossils that we can work with." answered the scientist.
"And who is going to become the first converted Dunkleosteus?" asked the coworker.
"I didn't catch her name," replied the scientist, "but she has severe dental problems that she feels would be corrected by being a Dunkleosteus Dinotopian."
"Tell the scientists that she's not to chew metal until it is safe for her to do so, as confirmed by one of our other scientists." said the coworker.