Care Of Magical Creatures 201 Notebook
My notes for year 2 care of magical creatures
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Lesson 2 - Flobberworms And Horklumps
Chapter 2
Only 2 X rated Creatures
Flobberworms
- Invertebrate
- Up to 10" long
- Brown
- Identical on both ends
- Live in damp ditches
- Move very little
- Anatomy
o No distinction between ends has been found
o No teeth
o Cannot id eating and waste removal holes w/out observation
o Internal
~ Little known
~ Decompose 3-7 minutes
~ Spells reveal only solid mass
~ Protective layer?
· Skin breaks easily
· Secures organs within body
- Feed on vegetation: refuse iceberg lettuce à tastebuds
- Uses
o Flobberworm Mucus
~ Sticky, sickly green color
~ Used in potions as thickener (ie Wiggenweld Potion)
~ Emulsifier
o Culinary Arts – flobberworm fritters
o Spread on roof beams à Protection from termites?
- Can be summoned with summoning charm
Horklumps
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- Bright pink mushrooms covered in black bristles; mutants green or yellow – developed to be more resistant to venom (mutants immune to basilisk venom)
- Originally in Scandinavia; now throughout Northern Europe
- Eat earthworms
- Bread quickly, take over gardens
- Eaten by gnomes à horklump invasion leads to gnome invasion
- Nocturnal
- Removal via streeler venom
- Uses
o Healing potions
o Herbicide Potions
o Juice has magical properties when combinded with other ingredients
~ Collecting
· Dig up
· Shake to remove dirt from roots
· Place in sealed jar with small air hole
· Stressed b/c no food or soil, sweat out juice
· Place juice in phial
· Replant to not cause harm