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Seventh Year - Lesson 5

Peruvian Vipertooth

The Peruvian Vipertooth is the smallest of dragonkind.  They are only fifteen feet in length.  Though small in size, they are the fastest in the air.  They are smooth-scaled with a copper coloring.  Along its spinal ridge are black markings.  The Vipertooth has short horns but it is the fangs, which are particular venomous, that pose the greater threat.

The Vipertooth feeds readily on goats and cows.  However, they have developed an extreme liking for humans.  In the late nineteenth century, the International Confederation of Wizards sent a team of exterminators to thin the ranks of the Vipertooth, due to alarming numbers of them, and the great risk to the human populations.

The eggs of the Peruvian Vipertooth are copper, with the same black markings it will bear once hatched.

Romanian Longhorn

Romanian Longhorns have scales of a rich dark-green.  They also have long, glittering golden horns.  They use the horn to gore prey before roasting it.  They favor goats as their diet.

Unfortunately for Longhorns, their horns, when powdered, are highly valued as potion ingredients.  They have been nearly decimated because of this.  To help save them, the horns are now defined as a Class B Tradable Material.  More important, the native territory of the Romanian Longhorn is now the world's most important dragon reservation.  Wizards from all over the world study a variety of dragons at close range.  Additionally, the Longhorn has become the subject of an intensive breeding program.  Whether this is because wizards fear losing this dragon, or whether they fear losing access to powdered Longhorn horn, is unknown.

Romanian Longhorn eggs are a light green when laid, slowly darkening to the color of the dragon's hide.

Seventh Year - Assignment 3

Direct your answers to your professor at comc@starpaw.com.  Clicking on this link will fill in year and assignment number.

All answers must be in your own words.  

Remember, making your answers interesting and/or amusing may result in bonus points at the end of the term.

1.  How would you know if the Dragon you are facing is an Peruvian Vipertooth?

2.  Where are you likely to meet an Peruvian Vipertooth in the wild?

3.  How likely are you to be eaten if you meet an Peruvian Vipertooth and do not have a working wand?

4.  How would you know if the Dragon you are facing is a Romanian Longhorn?

5.  Where are you likely to meet a Romanian Longhorn in the wild?

6.  How likely are you to be eaten if you meet a Romanian Longhorn and do not have a working wand?

7.  Find or create a picture of an Peruvian Vipertooth.  Alternatively, write a description of what it would be like to come upon an Peruvian Vipertooth if you were the host of a Dragon Nature Show.  The description must be at least 3 decent paragraphs long.

8.  Find or create a picture of a Romanian Longhorn.  Alternatively, write a description of what it would be like to come upon an Romanian Longhorn if you were the host of a Dragon Nature Show or a writer of books of such adventures.  The description must be at least 3 decent paragraphs long.

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