~Mammals

-arguably most complex
-5500 species
-neocortex, a part of the brain that monitors sensory perceptions, motor commands, spatial reasoning, and language. This makes mammals some of the most intelligent species on the planet.
-endothermic vertebrates
-hair, mammary glands, neocortex
-all mammals but 5 give live birth
-range from 3.5 cm long to 30 m long
-every continent
-carnivorous, omnivorous, and herbivorous

~Body System

-Systems - circulatory, respiratory, nervous, muscular, skeletal, digestive
-we can't replicate reproductive

~The Transformation

-Snufflifors transforms a book to a mouse
-Block:
Spell: Book to Mouse
Incantation: Snufflifors (SNUFF-lih-fors)
Wand Movement: Point wand at book
Concentration: Medium-High - focus on natural instincts and actions of mouse
Willpower: Medium

-concentrate on making creature go through motions of breathing
-focus on lungs and exchange of carbon dioxide and gases
-Lapifors transforms a medium sized object into a rabbit

-Block:
Spell: Object to Rabbit
Incantation: Lapifors (LAP-ih-fors)
Wand Movement: Circle wand around the target
Concentration: Medium-High - focus on natural instincts and habits of rabbit
Willpower: Medium-High

-you can try to make it sniff a carrot

~Origins

-Lapifors by Tansia Tuft in 1897 (also created Ranafors)
-Snufflifors by Hesper Black (nee Gamp) in 1889 while experimenting with Gamp's Law
-Lapifors is often used with the Rabbits to Slippers transformation
-Snufflifors often used with with Mouse to Snuffbox
-Both have been used for animal experimenting
-Lapifors gives a cuddly companion

~Assignments

-Mandatory quiz
-Mandatory essay