Lesson 1- Introductions and the Ministry of Magic

• X-Boring
• XX-Harmless, may be domesticated
• XXX-Competent wizard should cope
• XXXX-Dangerous, requires specialist knowledge, skilled wizard may handle
• XXXXX-Known wizard killer, impossible to train or domesticate
• Beast- doesn't have high intelligence (Grogan Stump- 1811)
• Being- understand and cooperate with law, not Merpeople and Centaurs (vampire)
• Spirit- ghosts/ beings past on

• Werewolf Register in 1947
• Ban on Experimental Breeding in 1965
•  Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (52nd)
•  Order of Merlin, Second Class

• X classification, brown and identical on both ends,don't move much
• Live in damp ditches, blind (maybe) with no teeth
• Decompose within 3-7 minutes of death
• Herbivores- have taste buds (maybe)
• Secrete mucus- green and sticky (potion thickener and emulsifier- Wiggenweld potion)
• Can be summoned using the Summoning Charm (only creature)
• 10 inches long

Horklumps

• Bright, pink mushrooms; X classification; covered in black bristles
• Have mutated to different colours, maybe become immune to poisons (eg- Basilisk venom)
• Scandinavia and Northern Europe; breed quickly, Gnomes eat them, while they eat worms
• Nocturnal creatures, create a whistling noise
• Streeler venom removes them
• Using in Healing and Herbicide Potions
• Horklump juice- magical properties with other ingredients; stress the creature and collect its sweat

• Tree guardians, hand sized, resemble a stick, 2 razor sharp fingers each hand, XX classification
• Can be aggressive, distracted by food
• Eat wood lice (Roly-Poly), over 5000 different types; fairy eggs (favourite)
• 20-30 eggs are great as a distraction
• Hollow bones, lightweight; the bones create a new creature once the old one dies
• Gender doesn't change, oldest is 400 years
• 200-450 AD enchanted sticks started to live on their own
• Neutral to wandmakers that have come to their tree before
• Know if a tree is sick, can contract the disease so move away
• Weak immune system, healing charms can save them

• Small humanoid creatures with wings; vain creature, love their wings
• Fight over mirrors and love to groom themselves
• Live in forests, eat leaves (don't like Bowtruckles)
• Lay eggs on underside of leaves, guarded heavily
• Up to 50 eggs, larvae are bright
• 6-10 days the spin a cocoon, hatch a month late to be fully grown
• Larvae wings are pale green, adults are different colours
• Males point at female wings and node, the female nodes back and they mate (or she buzzes and he leaves)
• Three by three foot space per fairy
• Fairy wings grow back in 4 weeks
• Wings used in Girding potion (endurance), larger the better

• Brown, potato looking, 1 ft tall, Europe and North America
• Eat Horklumps, earthworms and vegetation
• Low intelligence, live in tunnels (1/2-1 mile deep)
• Grab its head and swing until dizzy, then through away (other will see this and leave after 5-6 other thrown)
• Jarvey will eat 1-2 gnomes, the others will leave
• Unknown is gnomes have magic or not

• Small, pale green water demons with horns; XX classification
• Found in lakes (fresh water), sometimes eat humans (unlikely), but mostly fish and algae
• Like catfish, largemouth bass, tilapia, and carps
• Can be kept for short time periods in large tanks with lots of plants to hide
• Make homes out of plants, live births (twins are possible- male/female or 2 females (1 infertile))
• Have magic- create yellow sparks and move things
• Last attack was in 1679, wizard continually harassed the colony
• Most famous attack is Uric the Oddball (went crazy and fell into a lake)

• XX classification; 6-8 inch, live in swampy marshland, dark brown to green; found in GB and Ireland
• Simple form of humour- tripping people for example
• Eat leaves, algae, fish/frog eggs and water bugs (can trap water bugs with small baskets)
• Live born (1-10 babies at once); stay in the nest for 3-5 days (it is then demolished by the parents)
• It is believed they have magic as strong as house elves (but not sure)

Jobberknolls

• Small, blue birds found in North America and Northern Europe; any climate (adapt well)
• Feather colour depends on food eaten (darker food, brighter colour); eat beetles and flies
• Great memory; make no sound until death (scream everything they have ever heard)
• Lay 2 eggs every two months; white with blue spots (blue changes depending on the mothers colour)
• Both male and female sit on eggs (17-21 days); male cares until 2 weeks old (the babies then leave)
• Mate for life and they die within 72 hours of each other
• Start breeding when 4 months old; feed young with creamy substance (second stomach made) called lait (french for milk)
• Silencing charms should be placed before they die; need large areas to live in (10 high by 15 long)
• Feathers used in memory and truth potions (shed naturally)

• African bird (orange, lime green, pink or yellow); their call drives people insane (monthly silencing charm needed)
• 12-15 inches tall; plume 2 inches tall; tail 2-3 inches tall
• Feet and shanks are bright orange with 3 toes and a hackle
• Eat small seeds (finch/parakeet feet is favourite) can get magical seeds which brighten colours
• XXX classification; need a licence to own
• Application- intent (to sell feathers mostly)
• Interview- why you want it, how you care for it and silencing charm proficiency
• If accepted a licence comes 30 days later if not you can reapply 60 days later
• Silencing charm- Silencio (Latin for silence) if done wrong it swells in size and becomes louder
• Feathers- make quills and plucked easily (only 2-4 feathers every 3 months) can be sold if good
• Eggs- patterned, used for decoration (1 egg a week) green eggs are not sold or taken from the bird (they are fertile); 21-28 days to hatch (101-103 Fahrenheit); delicacies in Europe (can be eaten  when cooked)
• Babies (fwicks) are grey to black in colour; when 28-30 days old they become bright (squeakers) and start to sing; becomes an adult when first egg is laid (males grow long feather)