Chapter 621 Want to try the specialties of Hogwarts?
After the first project was completed, Hogwarts entered December, and the weather suddenly became cold. Strong winds and blizzards swept across the Scottish Highlands, pouring a cold draft into Hogwarts Castle.
At this time, it is undoubtedly a kind of happiness to lean on the thick stone wall, feel the warmth brought by the fireplace, and listen to the roar of the wind outside. The life of Durmstrang's students must be very difficult, because their ghost ship
The boat doesn't look like it can shelter from wind and rain. Whenever a strong wind blows, the boat will bump and rise with the water in the black lake, and the sails will fly in the wind. Such a living environment is not good. Ordinary people
You'll be vomited within half a day of going up. Although Durmstrang's students are tough, their tolerance is limited. So they will stay in Hogwarts Castle as long as possible before going back to the cabin together before going to bed.
inside.
Madame Maxime's giant horses were very picky and only drank single malt whiskey. When the weather turned cold, Hagrid also increased the supply of whiskey, filling the entire stable with the smell of alcohol. The smell was so strong that he came to take lessons.
All the students will be tipsy.
Of course, Hagrid very thoughtfully provided the students with a sober-up helper: the Blast-Ended Skrewt.
Now these fried-tailed snails are not creatures like shrimps. Each of them is six feet long, with a thick gray protective layer. Their erected legs have become extremely powerful, and their tails can breathe fire. In addition,
Upper spines and suckers…
Tom thinks this creature is simply a magic tank.
"If Dumbledore had the help of these things, maybe the mysterious man would have hated himself in Azkaban." Tom said half-jokingly. A terrifying magical animal like the Blast-tailed Skrewt cannot be matched by a normal wizard.
species, when you encounter it in the wild, the best strategy is to run away.
"I hope Hagrid won't throw this kind of thing into the Forbidden Forest." Hermione glanced in the direction of the Forbidden Forest with pity.
Hagrid was currently moving some large wooden boxes filled with pillows and blankets.
"We are going to try to explore whether the blast-ended snails hibernate. Come, let's put them into the box together, then close the lid and see what happens." Hagrid said as he directed the little wizards.
Go and bring the Blast-Ended Skrewt into the wooden box.
Tom was nearby, but he thought it was unreliable. Animals do hibernate, and hibernation occurs in mammals, arthropods, terrestrial shellfish, amphibians, reptiles and other species. But Tom instinctively felt that hibernation was a problem.
Tailed snails do not hibernate.
The reason is also very simple. Who has ever seen hibernating animals showing no signs before hibernation? They don’t even eat extra to reserve energy! Why don’t you hibernate!
Hibernation is not about finding a hole, lying down, and then falling asleep - this is what bears do, but bears are not true hibernation, but a state close to sleep. Hibernation is an extremely complex state that requires a long period of time
Be prepared. Animals cannot hibernate immediately if they want to.
Seeing the snails jumping around, Tom felt that they were a little far away from hibernating.
Hagrid may be trying to induce hibernation through passive hibernation, by changing the photoperiod, food and external temperature, but this is still useful for hamsters, but for snails, I can only say that Hagrid is happy...
Sure enough, the snails didn't appreciate it. They turned the box into pieces, ran rampant in Hagrid's pumpkin patch, and had a serious conflict with Buckbeak. But these crawling creatures couldn't hurt the flying Buckbeak.
Buckbeak's claws and beak are also difficult to inflict real wounds on a Blast-Ended Skrewt.
The students, who were already not very interested, fled, ran into Hagrid's hut, and locked themselves in the room.
Tom looked at this chaotic scene and sighed. Hagrid obviously studied with Newt last semester, so why is he still so unskilled this semester? Things like Blast-Ended Skrewts are really suitable for little wizards to learn from.
?
But he couldn't stand aside and watch Hagrid's jokes.
He motioned for Hermione to come closer to him.
"Use the levitation spell to make these big guys float first! This will make it easier for us to control them!" Tom shouted to the students around him who were still willing to clean up the mess.
"Three, two, one, Wingardium Leviosa!" Sixty-seven floating spells hit a particularly vicious Explosive-Tailed Skrewt at the same time, causing it to levitate immediately.
Tom also deliberately dropped it, making it belly up. Sure enough, this fierce snail threatened to plummet after breaking off the ground. Although its tail swung wildly and sprayed out sparks, even though it
The spikes on its back were all arched, and even though it was mobilizing every muscle in its body, it still couldn't break free from the floating spell cast by several wizards.
"Tie it up with rope!"
Without Tom shouting, the little wizard who was still around conjured up ropes and tied the snail tightly.
Everyone followed the same method and quickly subdued the Blast-Ended Skrewts one by one. These guys were surprisingly easy to deal with after they were on their backs.
"Interesting creature." Rita Skeeter didn't know when she appeared on the edge of the fence in Hagrid's vegetable field. She leaned on the fence and watched the farce, feeling a little regretful in her heart: Why were no students seriously injured? What if he or
She was injured, and she had good news material.
After Hagrid and other students subdued the last squid together, they looked at Rita Skeeter.
"I'm Rita Skeeter, a reporter for the Daily Prophet, may I know the names of these charming animals?" Rita smiled brightly, and the big gold teeth in her mouth were shining.
"They are Blast-Ended Skrewts." Hagrid dragged the Blast-Ended Skrewt hard and put it together with his companions.
"That's it...where did you get them? Do they have any special effects? By the way, is the hippogriff the one that seriously injured a student before?" Rita
He took out a shorthand notebook and parchment from his handbag, and seemed to be planning to conduct an interview on the spot.
"This is our food. It tastes very delicious. Do you want some special Hogwarts dishes?" Tom walked out and took the initiative to change the subject. Because he knew that if Rita continued to ask like this, Hagrid would
I'm afraid I'm about to be sent to Azkaban.
Tom figured out with his toes that the origins of these skrewts were shady - what serious wizard would cultivate such a thing?
"Ha, Tom Yoder! So these things are food - wait, you said this is food?!" Rita was very happy when she saw Tom, but she suddenly heard something extraordinary.
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Blast-ended snails, food? Are you serious?
Rita looked at those weird-shaped snails with a dull look on her face. Even in Britain, these things are quite evil!
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