On the one hand, he is all about the natural order and predators eating prey and stuff, and he appreciates that Levitas wants to learn. But Levitas is an alien and he obviously promises every creature he invites into the classroom that they will be totally safe from harm, so he feels guilty sticking them in a room with a large (even when shrunken down) carnivorous lizard.
BUT - he, too, will try to put all this aside.
ALSO although the otter is too young to have done those things much, he still really emphasizes the fun parts of all those things, especially the shellfish part. One might get the impression that life is a big game, talking to him.
Re: BIOLOGY
On the one hand, he is all about the natural order and predators eating prey and stuff, and he appreciates that Levitas wants to learn. But Levitas is an alien and he obviously promises every creature he invites into the classroom that they will be totally safe from harm, so he feels guilty sticking them in a room with a large (even when shrunken down) carnivorous lizard.
BUT - he, too, will try to put all this aside.
ALSO although the otter is too young to have done those things much, he still really emphasizes the fun parts of all those things, especially the shellfish part. One might get the impression that life is a big game, talking to him.