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Introduction The Weewoo has long been a companion of choice for countless pets around Neopia, particularly those with a penchant for the literary arts. For many of us, it’s the White Weewoo we are most familiar with, owing to its role as the mascot for this very publication. As a result of this, some may be surprised to learn that the unpainted Weewoo is actually a tan colour, and does not hail from Wintery, Faerie, or Medieval lands, but instead can be found exclusively on Krawk Island. And therein lies the mystery central to this article: How is it that the Weewoo came to be on Krawk Island, when its short, round, dense body and tiny wings can surely only lend themselves to flying the shortest of distances, if at all? While nobody knows for certain, the learned scientists and historians at the Neopian Historical Society have settled on three possible explanations, or hypotheses, which I will endeavour to unpack here. Hypothesis #1 – Krawk Island was not always so insular This hypothesis posits that, over time, Krawk Island has drifted away from other continents, (or become disconnected from other land through the submersion of an ancient land bridge). Weewoos wouldn’t have needed to fly long distances to reach Krawk Island in this scenario – they could simply have walked. Then, when Krawk Island became insular, they were trapped on the island, where they remain to this day. Hypothesis #1 accepts that Neopian continents are capable of drifting gradually over time. The geothermal activity evident during a...

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