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'''Wogglebugs''' were insects native to the [[Land of Oz]]. [[Professor Wogglebug]] was a magically-enlarged, educated Wogglebug. | '''Wogglebugs''' were insects native to the [[Land of Oz]]. [[Professor Wogglebug]] was a magically-enlarged, educated Wogglebug. | ||
In the [[925th Universe]]'s [[Land of Oz (925th Universe)|version of Oz]], Wogglebugs were green and resembled praying mantises, except that they had hands instead of pincers on their forelimbs. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|A Series of Queer Events]]'') Most were small and non-sapient. Describing the mating practices of ordinary, non-sapient, non-magnified wogglebugs, the Professor once explained that they “tend[ed] to cuddle, maybe bite a bit, and then, when the time is right, the female of the species decapitate[d] the male so that her young [could] feast on their remains”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lovie Dovie Stuff (short story)|Lovie Dovie Stuff]]'') | In the [[925th Universe]]'s [[Land of Oz (925th Universe)|version of Oz]], Wogglebugs were green and resembled praying mantises, except that they had hands instead of pincers on their forelimbs. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|A Series of Queer Events]]'') Most were small and non-sapient. Describing the mating practices of ordinary, non-sapient, non-magnified wogglebugs, the Professor once explained that they “tend[ed] to cuddle, maybe bite a bit, and then, when the time is right, the female of the species decapitate[d] the male so that her young [could] feast on their remains”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lovie Dovie Stuff (short story)|Lovie Dovie Stuff]]'') [[Doctor Know (925th Universe)|Doctor Know]] created Professor Wogglebug as a lengthy project spanning decades, having initially gotten the idea when he caught sight of “a nest of wogglebug eggs in the corner of his worn-down laboratory” while pondering the matter of how to find or make himself a replacement as lecturer at the [[Royal College of Oz]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There]]'': ''[[Tetra-None Hepta-Oct and Doctor Know-It-All Talk it Out (short story)|Tetra-None Hepta-Oct and Doctor Know-It-All Talk it Out]]'') | ||
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