"It's too bad that we had to move on to the next spot in the tour before Mieni Atoll's summer celebration." said Malice in their hotel room.
"I know," replied Simon, "But fortunately they're recording it for us for First Look before showing it on TV." he said, turning on the special Animalia Ambassadoria laptops they got before they left for their colony tour and double clicking the Mieni Atoll Summer Solstice Celebration Coverage on the website.
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The three day celebration of the Summer Solstice on Mieni Atoll was only halfway through it's first day and already it was generating a lot of fun and laughs.
The surfing contest was showing the difference between people who think they know how to surf and those who actually know how to surf. As it turned out there was a lot more to competitive surfing than there is in recreational surfing.
As part of the surfing competition, Kahuna Krafters, the local surfboard crafting business not only provided many of the surfboards that Animalians used, but also showed how they were able to create realistic bamboo patterns on surfboards using a spray gun, which was difficult to say the least.
Another thing that was shown was the Prince Kahuna surfing school for kids and young teens. It was amusing to see some kids saying silly things while trying to learn how to surf. This part was deemed necessary because of what was going on at muscle beach.
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What was going on at muscle beach, due to its newfound popularity, was the King and Queen of the Beach bodybuilding competition. Like most other bodybuilding competitions staring Animalians, they had to show that their muscles weren't just showy, but functional as well. While Buford and Aleta were a little late for the competition, they were able to catch up relatively quickly. They didn't win the title of King and Queen of the Beach (that went to Ran and Gaz), they were perfectly happy with third place and were more ready for the A-BC inaugural competition.
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It should be suffice to say that the number of surf nuts, beach bums, and sand dweebs was up to the usual amount, and the "rocks" (where there was a large amount of rocks and barely any shade where would-be, unwanted, Romeos or Juliets could be dumped after they were caught where they would not be wanted, usually flirting with another Animalian's bondmate) was "booked full", so to speak.
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Although originally at a loss of how to uplift seahorses due to their unique shape and lack of pelvic fins, one of the scientists came up with the idea to use Cecilia's DNA combined with Chel's own unique "bridge" DNA to uplift Triton and Thoosa. It was indeed something to see seahorse Animalians that "walked" like snake Animalians did, and was officially recorded in both Animalia Aquatica and Project Chimera. While it was planned to see how gender roles would be in uplifted sea horses, it was decided to allow Triton and Thoosa to learn more about Animalia before doing any breeding.