Harry Potter Animals: Characteristics and Trivia

Author: John Stephens
Date Of Creation: 28 January 2021
Update Date: 19 May 2024
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Dear readers, who doesn't know Harry Potter? The film-adapted literary series celebrated 20 years in 2017, and, to our delight, animals have great prominence in the world of witchcraft, that is, they are far from having a secondary role in the plot. We at PeritoAnimal think about our Harry Potter fans and animal lovers to prepare a list of the top 10 Harry Potter animals. There will always be new things to learn about the wizarding world and I guarantee you will be surprised.

To learn more about 10 Most Fantastic Animals from Harry Potter, read this article from start to finish and see if you can remember all the creatures.


Hedwigs

We start with one of Harry Potter's creatures which is an animal that exists outside the realm of fiction. Hedwig is a snow owl (vulture scandiacus), known as the arctic owl in some places. Now you may be wondering if this lovely Harry Potter pet character is male or female. A curious fact is that: despite the character being female, the snow owls used in the recordings were male.

Completely white snow owls with majestic yellow eyes are easy to recognize. Males are completely white while females and chicks are lightly painted or have brown stripes. They are very large birds, which can be up to 70 cm long. Proportionately, their eyes are huge: they are about the same size as human eyes. They are in a fixed position, which commonly forces the snow owl to turn its head to look around, at an angle that can reach up to 270 degrees.


Fun Facts About Hedwig

  • Hedwig was given to Harry Potter by Hagrid as a birthday present when the little wizard turned 11 years old. Harry named her after reading the term for the first time in his book on the history of magic.
  • She dies in the seventh book, in the Battle of the 7 Potters, after trying to protect her best friend, but under different circumstances in the book and the movie. Why? Well, in the film it is Hedwig's intervention that allows the Death Eaters to identify Harry, while in the book, when Harry casts the "Expelliarmus" disarmament spell, which they see as their hallmark, it is that the Death Eaters discover which of the seven is the real Harry Potter.

Scabbers

Enter the list of Harry Potter animals is Scabbers, also nicknamed Wormtail. His real name is Pedro Pettigrew, one of the animagos from the Harry Potter saga and servants of Lord Voldemort. In Harry Potter's list of animals, an animagus is a witch or wizard who can change into a magical animal or creature at will.


Scabbers is Ron's mouse, which once belonged to Percy. He is a large gray rat and is probably part of the Agouti rats, according to the color of his fur. Scabbers looks like he's been sleeping all the time, his left ear is lumpy, and his front paw has an amputated toe. In Prisoner of Azkaban, Scabbers bites Ron for the first time and then flees. Later in the film and book, Sirius, Harry's godfather, reveals that he was actually Peter Pettigrew in his animagus form.

Curious fact: there is also in the book a certain attachment to Ron and a brief act of bravery when Scabbers bites Goyle on his first trip to Hogwarts Express before falling asleep again.

Canine

Fang is Hagrid's shy dog. He appears in the first book in the saga. In the movies he is played by a Neapolitan Mastiff, while in the books he is a Great Dane. Fang always accompanies Hagrid into the Forbidden Forest and also accompanies Draco and Harry during detention for the first year after Draco insists on taking the dog with them.

Draco: All right, but I want Fang!

Hagrid: Okay, but I warned you, he's a coward!

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curious facts

  • Fang is bitten by Nobert the Dragon in book 1.
  • During the OWL exams, Professor Umbridge forces Hagrid to stop and Fang is stunned trying to intervene (the dogs' loyalty is unparalleled).
  • During The Battle of the Astronomy Tower, the Death Eaters burn down Hagrid's house with Fang inside and he saves him in an act of courage in the flames.
  • The saying that dogs are like their guardians here is clear: like his guardian, Fang is imposing and rude, but in fact, he's also adorable and kind.

Cute

fluffy is a three headed dog that belonged to Hagrid, who bought it from a Greek friend in a pub in 1990. It makes its first appearance in the first Harry Potter book. Fluffy has been a part of the school of sorcery ever since Dumbledore gave him the mission to monitor the Philosopher's Stone. However, Fluffy has a great frankness that is falling asleep at the slightest hint of music.

curious facts

  • Cute is the magical clone of the Greek mythological animal Cerberus: the guardian of the underworld. Both are three-headed guardians. This refers to the fact that Hagrid bought it from a Greek friend.
  • in the first harry potter movie, to make Fofo more believable, the designers gave him a different personality for each head. One is a sleeper, the other is intelligent, and the third is vigilant.

aragog

Aragog is a male acromantula that belongs to Hagrid. She makes her first appearance in the second book of the saga and tries to send hundreds of puppies to eat Harry and Ron. Among the animals of Harry Potter she is the scariest creature. Acromantula is an extremely large spider species, similar to a giant tarantula.

Although extremely intelligent and capable of formulating a conscious and coherent dialogue, like humans, the acromantula is considered an animal of the Ministry of Magic. There is only one small problem. He can't help but devour every human being within his reach. Acromantula is native to the island of Borneo, where it lives in the forest. She can lay up to 100 eggs at a time.

Aragog is barely raised by Hagrid and lives in the Forbidden Forest with his family. He dies in the sixth book.

curious facts

  • It seems that this creature was not born naturally, but the result of a sorcerer's magic makes it a magical creature in the Harry Potter books and movies. Talented creatures are usually not self-taught.
  • Aragog had a wife named Mosag, with whom he had hundreds of children.
  • A new species of spider very similar to Aragog was discovered in Iran in 2017: scientists named it 'Lycosa aragogi'.

Basilisk

Basilisk is a magical creature from the Harry Potter story. It is an animal that has similarities to a giant snake released from the Chamber of Secrets by the Slytherin heir. He makes his appearance in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Basilisk is nicknamed the king of snakes by the witches. It is a rare, but not unique, creature. It is usually created by dark wizards and has become one of the most dangerous creatures in the world of magic.

Some specimens can measure 15 meters, their scales are bright green, and their two large yellow eyes can kill any being that simply looks at them. Its jaws have long hooks that inject deadly poison into the prey's body. Basilisks are uncontrollable and impossible to tame unless the master speaks Parseltongue, the tongue of snakes.

curious facts

  • A Basilisk's poison can destroy a Horcrux.
  • Basilisk is a legendary mythological animal, but different from Harry Potter snake, this would be a small animal, a mixture of cock and snake with overwhelming powers of petrification. Coincidence?

fawkes

Fawkes is the Albus Dumbledore's Phoenix. It is red and gold and about the size of a swan. He makes his first appearance in the second book. At the end of its life, it ignites to be reborn from its ashes. Fawkes was the inspiration for the name of the resistance group The Order of the Phoenix. This animal is also known to heal wounds through the shedding of tears, as well as the ability to carry loads that can reach a hundred times its weight.

curious facts

  • Two of Fawkes' feathers were used to make two separate wands. The first of them chose Tom Riddle (Voldemort) as their wizard and the second chose Harry Potter.
  • Fawkes totally disappears after Dumbledore's death.
  • Georges Cuvier (French anatomist) always compared the phoenix to the golden pheasant.
  • There is never more a phoenix at the same time. Their life expectancy is at least 500 years.

Buckbeak

Buckbeak is a hippogriff, a hybrid, half horse, half eagle, creature that is part of our list of Harry Potter animals. Related to the griffin, it looks like a winged horse with the head and forelegs of an eagle. Buckbeak belongs to Hagrid before being sentenced to death in volume 3. In 1994, he escaped execution thanks to Harry and Hermione and the powers of the time-turner, they escaped with Sirius on their backs.

curious facts

  • For your safety Buckbeak was returned to Hagrid and renamed Assaulter after Sirius' death.
  • He participated in two battles in the war against Voldemort, where he showed special loyalty to Harry, defending him from all dangers.
  • Hippogriffs they are certainly the most sensitive and proud creatures.

Thestral

another of Harry Potter animals it is the Thestral, a very particular winged horse. Only those who have seen death are able to see it. Their appearance is quite frightening: they are scrawny, dark and have bat-like wings. The Thestral have an exceptional sense of orientation, which allows them to wander through the air anywhere without getting lost: they take the Order of the Phoenix to the Ministry of Magic in the middle of the night in Book Five.

curious facts

  • Despite their bad reputation, Thestrals do not bring bad luck, they are actually very benevolent.
  • They are hunted by the magical community.
  • They are the creatures that pull the carriages of Hogwarts when the students arrive.
  • Hagrid would be the only Briton to train a Thestral.
  • We still don't know why Bill Weasley can see them (he rides a Thestral during the Battle of the Seven Potters).

Nagini

Nagini is a giant green snake that is at least 10 feet long and belongs to Voldemort. Nagini is also a Horcrux. She has the ability to communicate with her master in Parseltongue and alerts him at all times, albeit from a distance, like Death Eaters. This snake's fangs create wounds that never close: its victims end up without its blood. She dies beheaded by Neville Longbottom at the end of the last book.

curious facts

  • Nigini's name and character would be inspired by Naga, Hindu mythological immortal creatures, guardians of treasure, who have a snakelike appearance (nāga means snake in Hindu).
  • Nagini is the only living being for which Voldemort shows affection and attachment. In many ways Voldemort may remind us of the dictator Adolf Hitler, but when you think he has created a very special bond with his dog Blondi, the similarities are even greater.
  • Rumor has it that Harry's snake allegedly released at the zoo in volume 1 may be Nagini. These are just rumors.

Here ends our list of Harry Potter animals. Can you remember yourself imagining these magical creatures while reading the books? Do movie versions reflect what you imagined? Feel free to share what you think, your memories and your favorite among the Harry Potter animals here in the comments. If you like the combination of animals and movies, also check out our list of the 10 most famous cats in cinema.