Oscar has one particularly endearing habit: he howls at sirens. Whenever an ambulance or fire truck drives by within hearing range, his ears perk up for a second then he tilts his head back and lets loose a series of unearthly howls that can last up to half a minute. We've tried to get him to howl on command but have been entirely unsuccessful as he will take his cue from one source only.Now it's unclear why exactly he behaves this way but one possible explanation is that he is demonstrating unequivocal support for his friends. Even friends that come in the bright-red-metallic-can-put-out-fires variety. If you hear someone giving a cry for help then one natural reaction would be to let them know where you are if they need to find you and also stress that you feel similarly and have their back.
But all in all this is one of the Professor's lessons for which I don't really care if there's a method to his madness: just hearing him deliver his notes brings a smile to my face every time.
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