Other domes

Nora peered into the smaller cages. The type of creatures that lived down here was incredible! Most of them looked to be either reptiles or amphibians, larger than the ones you'd see on the surface, but there was a tiger in one of the pens! It was smaller than the ones she's seen in zoo's, but the most prominent thing about it was it's fur; it was not orange and black like a classic tiger or black on white like it's Siberian cousin, but orange on green! Nora stared at it for minutes on end. It was fascinating. What kind of environment could possibly give it such a unique colour? Aside the fur, another difference she noticed were its long, almost comically, whiskers, but this Nora felt she could explain; it's likely that it helps with "feeling" it's surroundings in the dark. She cursed her forgetfulness that she didn't bring a camera down with her, otherwise she's have something more to show to her collegues back home.

Morloks blocked her way to some of the pens, but she also saw toads the size of ovens, lizards with more eyes than feet, and bats that waddled upright on two feet like birds. A genuine ecological treasure trove.

But that's enough gawking. Nora had things to do.