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They are noisy ami obnoxious. animal i am doing il loo." This

y Thoy shout and clmor; limy yoll and directly a (Toots the play of the loam.

joor. Thoy may ho wild and crazy. The! benefits ol being at homo are

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bill thoy are the definition of school noticed, especially when the noise

\ spirit. Not just anyone has enough rallies the opponents. Jim Sammy

\ K- I Cougar pride to he a member of loves to play when the animals are

% those raucous painted faces that in the house. "We can tell when the

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opponents hate, "the animals." animals have the crowd going.

The animals began as a group I tearing so much support behind us

who wanted to do more at the pumps us up and helps us play.”

games than just sit and watch, hill The unique ways they get the

kruppa was one of the first animals. crowd’s attention makes the

They learned fast the way they animals very effective. Musical

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W COUld impact the fans. "Il fell good instilments, megaphones, and stage

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to he a real part of the game and pounding are just the beginning.

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watch how we could gist the crowd Kans now expect the characteristic

worked up.” The animals soon "whoosh" (free throw made by the

began to help the cheerleaders with Cougars), "hoink" (opponent dribble

chants and cheers, and il is obvious before a free throw), and "whoop,

that they now control the whole whoop, whoop" (an opponent

atmosphere. I,aura Kauffman has mistake). The animals’ favorite

V attended games with and without pasttime is stage jumping. Il shows

the animals. "They really get the the extreme to which the animals

crowd involved. It is so much easiei will go to please the crowd,

to stand and cheer when I he

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animals jump off Mia

at,ago and dive In front, of

Mm bloaahont t,o applaud

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perform Miotr lialfMmo

ahoor, Hoturnlng to Mm

at,age, Mmy attempt a

atunt of their own, piling

on top of eaeh other In

tim ahapo of a pyramid,

Bnrnettmoa they /ml,natty

at ay Up for more than

two nooondn before

collapsing In a heap.

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