Like all events in Animalia, there was plenty of laughs and fun to be had, but the majority of younger kids were more focused on the carnival games. Fortunately, these were separated from the more PG-13+ rated activities so there wouldn't be any "corrupted" children heading home. But because of the overwhelming responses on the Animalia Website, there were plans to do another comic book convention next year, but during the summer instead as part of the Animalia Summer Events. But part of the amusement was from the various mess ups and epic fails.
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"There's no reason to be embarrassed about this Adi," said Maggie as she and her class were looking at several older 'incarnations' of well-known superheroes and heroines, "It was often common to display female superheroes as well-shaped as possible at the time. It's still considered an effective marketing strategy."
"...still not right..." mumbled Adi, still warming up to Animalia, but making good progress.
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Because of how so many stupid attempts of showing off, there was a first-aid station/area where those who were injured in said attempts could receive treatment. While many of them were relatively minor, with the most serious being to pride/ego, they were often "recorded' as more serious, yet fictional, injuries.
"We've got another one." said the first guy on a stretcher as another guy was brought in.
"What's the injury?" asked Judy, already enjoying this part of the Spring Carnival.
"He had a little too much to drink, and got a little too friendly with Prisma at the Meat Market." said the second guy on the stretcher. "He got 'thumped', as it's known."
Getting 'thumped' was the term for receiving a light hit before passing out from the alcohol consumed. It was light enough to not cause any real damage, but the "worst" of it would be the hangover after recovering consciousness.
"Ah, I see." said Judy, making the appropriate notes on his "diagnostic" sheet.
Meanwhile, Prisma was looking at a video that showed the craziest things ever seized at airports by the TSA.
"So I'm not the only one?" asked Prisma, surprised at seeing a snake wrapped in a nylon sack and attempted to be concealed in an external hard drive.
"While a chill vest was something we haven't done before," said the TSA agent from Lyre/Animalia Airport, "You're certainly not the only snake we've confiscated."
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"So Madame Matryoshka is a milk snake?" asked one guy, a little confused at Chloe's markings.
"Yes," said his friend, who also happened to be in the Boy Scouts, "By mimicking the markings of coral snakes or copperhead snakes, milk snakes can protect themselves from predators."
"But why are they called that?" asked the first.
"Because of a myth that they like to suck milk from cow udders." said the second, as another Joe Schmo was scared away from Chloe due to her false claim of having venom.
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There was another really amusing thing that was also a little unnerving, but only if you have a fear of rodents.
Two guys were enjoying the comic book convention when they encountered the largest rodent Animalian they had ever seen. She was well over 8 feet tall and well into the Super heavyweight class of female Animalian muscularity. She was dressing rather modestly (for an Animalian), and the nametag said that her name was "Carrie".
After a somewhat awkward pause, one of them said, "You're a really big hamster."
"I'm not a hamster." she said, with a distinctly Brazilian accent.
"Whaaaa?!?!?!?" was all that his friend found to say before she explained.
"I'm a capybara." explained Carrie.
"It's the largest member of the rodent family." said a bystander who was passing.
"I was brought here by accident." continued Carrie.
"What?! How?!" asked the first one.
"It's a long story." said Carrie.
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There was plenty to do at the Spring Carnival, and plenty to learn about, but it was starting to wind down. But the good thing was that it could be considered preparation for the 2019 IAC.