Animal Transfiguration Vs. Animagi

[dasienko at email.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24887

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., kdemcak at h... wrote:
> Here's something I was just mulling over... we've seen several 
> instances in the books of non-Animagi wizards turning themselves 
> into animals (Krum as shark in GoF, for instance).  Plus we know 
> that it's possible to turn another person into an animal (say, 
> Malfoy as the ferret in GoF as well).  Obviously there's a big 
> distinction between an Animagus and the latter, but what makes an 
> Animagus so special compared to the former?  

In QTA, It states that if you transfigure into a bird , then you get 
the mindset of a bird. So, when you transfigure  then you actualy 
become that animal. So then, IMO, when you become an animagus you 
"transform" yourself into a hybrid man/animal you have the outward 
characteristicsof the animal, yet you maintain your "Humanity" ( 
wizardarity?).