Click the Faerie...no the preserved one....

  Faeries have been noted in history since man first looked out into the unknown forests, caverns, and waters. Every culture has their accounting of Faeries, without ever having interacted with one another. Depiction differs greatly from region to region. But one thing is always accountable, their mischievous and often questionable moral practices. This of course is the by product of our imaging, much the way one gives their horseless carriage a gender and name, sometimes going so far as to believe it has personality traits beyond its means. In such a way, Faeries have been giving the same social mannerism. In some examples, as with Nix, Elves, gnomes, dwarves, and selkie, work has shown their ability to learn human dilate, and mimic it to their advantage. Much like teaching a parrot to say I love you for a treat, these larger Fae are capable of advanced puzzle solving, and being able to communicate their wants and needs.

Let it be stated here, while Faeries are a beautiful mimicry of us, they are in no way human. Like the animals of the Galápagos Islands they have evolved with great diversity and variation for adapting to their environment. This has been proven by the cataloging of urbanized faeries. Like the pepper moth, industrial melanism has caused great changes to the species affected while introduced into the polluted environments of our cities. In no way are these urbanized faeries new species but the success adaptations of wild faeries. In rare cases of captive reproduction, it has been recorded pupa which hatched had no resemblance to the parent(s). Also there is no evidence to prove hybrids exist.

  Some debate continues over the theory of creationism or evolution when it comes to Faeries or Laughterism Vs. Evolutionism. While it is still in question of where in the evolutional tree these creatures fall, it can be historically recorded they have not had the need to adapt or change up to this century. Examples of divergent, convergent, and parallel evolution are all present with man infringing on their natural habitat and the introduction of soot and filth of our cities.

  You might wonder about the term Laughterism Vs. Evolutionism. Much like Creationism, Laughterism is the belief of spontaneous Faerie life. In the studies and work of  J. M. Barrie, it is mentioned a Faerie was born of a child’s first laughter. Much akin to woman being created of Adams Rib, there is no proof of this given, or obtainable. Several case studies have been done monitoring new born and their first laughter, control groups used to provide different forms of stimuli to the infants while under watch with viewing goggles. In not a single case was the spontaneous creation of  faerie observed. Those who follow the Belief of Laughterism would debate that the birth of the new Faeries would not necessarily be at the place of the child, but the laughter necessary to the event regardless of the actual location of the "birth"

  With that work of Doctor Windbrain, it has been noted that Faeries do in fact reproduce through sexual reproduction leaving the Theory of Laughterism as the least likely of Origins. It has also been theorized that Faeries predate man. Fossils have been found to support this, as has observation of how adaptive Faeries are.

  In the Research of Faerie Pupa by Lady Mcharris, She did observe that music affected the hatch rate of the pupa and the gender. She noted that a "pleasing" tone caused them to develop faster and hatched predominantly female, while harsh unpleasant noises such as factory sounds, screams and crying produced prolonged gestation times and  predominately males clutches. In looking at finds such as hers, you can see where one might of concluded to Laughterism.

  It is through continued study and questioning that we discover the truth of the world about us. Hence the importance of our works.

Many in the field often become disheartened early on by the inability to obtain specimens to study and preserve. But dear reader, take heart in the fact that everyone is a novice at one time and practice and practical know how does pay off. Today, I am going to share, small tricks and tactics I have learned over my many years on how to ensnare a Faerie.