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Peruvian Vipertooth
XXXXX - Peru
Swan-sized bird with red and gold plumage, golden beak, and golden talons.
The XXXX rating given to this gentle creature does not indicate ferocity,
but rather the rarity of successful attempts to domesticate it
(FB).
The Moutohora Macaws have a phoenix for a mascot. His name, appropriately enough, is Sparky (QA8).
See Fawkes's page for more.
The Moutohora Macaws have a phoenix for a mascot. His name, appropriately enough, is Sparky (QA8).
See Fawkes's page for more.
Native to Cornwall,
these mischievous creatures are a bright electric blue in colour. They are
very rude (CS6,
FB).
A kind of fish, shaped like a ball with two long, rubbery legs and webbed
feet. If you happen to spot a plimpy with its legs tied in a knot, you
will know that merpeople are around
(FB).
"plim" Eng. a dialect word for becoming plump
[NSOED]
These annoying little creatures are native to
Russia. They love
to follow people around, infusing them with a sense of hopelessness until
the human collapses, at which point the pogrebin attempts
to devour them. The Pogrebin resembles a grey rock with a small hairy body
and it hides by crouching down and pretending to be nothing but a harmless
stone (FB).
Found in Dorset,
England and in southern
Ireland, this
short (about two feet high when fully grown), shaggy creature walks on two
cloven-hoofed feet and feeds on grass. Its small arms end in four fingers.
The porlock lives to guard horses and will be found with a herd or curled in the straw of stables, although it is so distrustful of humans that it is seldom seen (FB).
The porlock lives to guard horses and will be found with a herd or curled in the straw of stables, although it is so distrustful of humans that it is seldom seen (FB).
Porlock is a town located along the north coast of
Devon, on the edge
of Exmoor National
Park. According to
What's On Exmoor,
"A large group of feral goats lived in
this coastal area until about 1910 and their milk, skins and meat were
traded at Porlock Weir..." Perhaps it is this bit of history that
suggested the Porlock to Rowling.
What's On Exmoor,
"A large group of feral goats lived in
this coastal area until about 1910 and their milk, skins and meat were
traded at Porlock Weir..." Perhaps it is this bit of history that
suggested the Porlock to Rowling.
A long-tongued custard-coloured little furball that makes a calming purring
noise. These pleasant creatures are often kept as pets, particularly by
wizarding children; Ron Weasley used to
own one until Fred used it for
Bludger practice. As
scavengers that will eat anything from leftovers to
spiders, they are very easy to care
for. There was a nest of dead puffskeins under the sofa of the
drawing room of
number twelve,
Grimmauld Place (OP6).
Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes sells
miniature puffskeins called Pygmy Puffs
(HBP6).
If you immediately thought of "tribbles" from
STAR TREK when you read about the "custard-colored furballs" in
the Magical
Menagerie, you're not alone. See the original series episode
"The Trouble with Tribbles" written by David Gerrold for
more information on that subject. As a matter of fact, David Gerrold got
the idea for Tribbles from "flat-cats" in a short story by
Robert Heinlein.
Sold by Fred and George in
Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes,
Pygmy Puffs are miniature puffskeins,
"round balls of fluff in shades of pink and purple," that sell so
quickly they "can't breed them fast enough."
(HBP6)
Ginny convinced
her mother to buy one for her, and she
named it Arnold.
Arnold is frequently seen
riding around on Ginny's shoulder in the
Gryffindor common room,
often with a hopeful Crookshanks trailing
behind (HBP14).
