The November issue of Animalia Magazine was called the Normal November edition, with 'normal' being relative. There was some new articles, as well as the expected articles.
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One of them, entitled "Moby Sick!" talked about the discovery of the chunk of the whale ambergris worth $100,000 in American currency, and why ambergris was worth so much. There were also parts (including art) on what the Mieni Atoll Blob, as it was known before it was identified, was. Some of them were pretty funny while others were scientifically accurate guesses on what it was. One theory was that it might have been a tar ball left over from an older oil tanker wreck that had finally made landfall. This was proved false because real tar balls didn't stink like the Mieni Atoll Blob did. Those who thought that it was a new sea creature, either a remnant or an egg, did a drawing of what creature would create such a thing.
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There were also interviews with a few of Animalia's newest neighbors. Medusa and Medea, Animalia's newest two-headed Boomslang were interesting, not only in the reasonable difference of personality between the two heads, but because the different answers from each head was used with different colored text in the article.
There was also an interview with Venus, or New Age Venus as her stage name was now known to the public, talked about how, after being uplifted, took part in a volunteer karaoke contest at the family friendly club at the Worldsmeet Glade Hotel and Casino. Partly it was a talent scout's plan to look for new Animalian pop singers, but mainly it was a chance to smile at people singing the best (or worst, according to some opinions) according to popular karaoke songs from the 20th century. The current record holder for worst-of-the-worst was a visiting grandfather who had received bottom marks with a rendition of "The Muffin Man Song", but everyone had fun.
Venus had attracted the attention of the talent scout with a singing of Shocking Blue's Venus. She was still working on her remedial lessons, but what had attracted stardom "notoriety" was that her first concert, in Lyre and Animalia, was "enhanced" (pun unintended) by her wearing of an Animalian-style posing bikini, which not only showed off her curves and muscles, but also enabled her to demonstrate her flexibility, which would clearly be remembered by many a warm-blooded male.
There was also an interview with Ellie, who was not only the newest member of Animalia, but also a foreign exchange student from Russia. Due to not yet having a great grasp of English, Animalia Ambassadoria was having to translate for her. One of the reasons she was part of Animalia was because she had a pituitary tumor that caused both Gigantism and AES. She had been converted into a rhino because they were her favorite animal at the Russian zoo. She had already been part of a study that proved that there was some link between Regressive Hypersexuality and AES, but there was still not enough data to prove the link between the two, which one scientist theorized was linked to Congenital adrenal hyperplastia in males.
When she was finally converted, she now held the record for largest, non-Dinotopian, bustline of any teenager. This was partly the reason for her crippling shyness when she first arrived at WSA, due to being teased about it at her old schools. But thanks to Animalia Ambassadoria's help, she was finally coming out of her shell, metaphorically speaking.