Super Animagi?

[Zarleycat at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24073

I had a thought while reading some of the recent post regaring the 
difference in Animagi transformations (changing oneself into one, 
particular animal) and being transformed by another wizard into an 
animal (Draco's enforced change into the ferret).

Do you suppose there exists the possiblity of a higher/more difficult 
level of Animagus transformation where a person can change themselves 
into whatever kind of animal they want?  In other words, the Super 
Animagus would have the ability to select whatever animal form would 
be most useful for the task at hand; today it's a dog, tonight it's a 
bat, tomorrow it's a fish.  I suppose you could use your wand to 
transform yourself into various types of animals, but, IIRC, I don't 
think we've seen any evidence of this in canon.

I remember seeing the cartoon (Disney?) version of "The Sword in the 
Stone."  There is a scene where Merlin is dueling with a witch, who's 
name I forget, and they both keep changing their animal forms, the 
better to attack each other.  Merlin wins when he changes into a 
virus and make the witch sick.  Seems to me like a useful skill.


Marianne