Forbidden Forest question

[Annemehr]

> [Carol]:
> | <snip> The Acromantulas, at least the adults, seem to
> | have been killed at the Battle of Hogwarts, and if I were the new
> | headmaster, I'd make sure that the whole colony and its burrow 
were
> | destroyed. (Ordinary spiders, though, you just have to live 
with.) 
> 
> [Lee]:
> Well, I think the dome was destroyed completely since that was sort 
of the
> place Voldemort was waiting for Harry.  However, even though they 
are
> unfriendly and all that, I hope some survived...you know, that 
preservation
> of a species thing.  After all, who likes rattlesnakes?  But we 
wouldn't
> want them all destroyed because, whether we like it or not, they 
are God's
> creatures and serve a purpose.
> 

Annemehr:

I'm not worried about preservation of the species per se.  
Acromantulas are not native to Scotland, and presumably there are 
plenty more where they come from.  Still, I can't imagine that 
*every* one was killed in the battle of Hogwarts, even if the dome 
was destroyed.  It seems like quite a few of the little juveniles 
ought to have been able to scuttle away under tree roots and into the 
brush.

I like to think so, anyway.

I actually do like rattlesnakes.  They are cool.  True, I don't want 
a pet one, but I appreciate their existence.

Even mosquitos and wasps, I would not wish to eradicate.  Even they 
seem to go about their little lives with whatever purpose such little 
selves can have.

We have to get down to the particularly nasty viruses and lethal 
bacteria before I just have to trust in God's plans in the matter. ;)

Annemehr