Snake! (was: Handicapping the Next Big Battle)

[coriolan_cmc2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 31790

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:
>  Pippin wrote:
> 
> > > The boa constrictor in Book One: last seen heading for Brazil, 
> but 
> > > bound to turn up again, IMO.
> > 
> 
> 
> How about this?  Maybe the Boa Constrictor has already shown up 
> again.  Nagini and the Brazilian Boa are one in the same!  

Nope. Check out what Voldy has to say about his comeback in GoF 
(Chap. 33)

"....poor wizard though he is, Wormtail was able to follow the 
instructions I gave him, which would return me to a rudimentary, weak 
body of my own, a body I would be able to inhabit while awaiting the 
essential ingredients for true rebirth ... a spell or two of my own 
invention ... a little help from my dear Nagini,"  Voldemort's red 
eyes fell upon the continually circling snake, "a potion concocted 
from unicorn blood, and the snake venom Nagini provided ... I was 
soon returned to an almost human form, and strong enough to travel."

Note the reference to snake venom, which implies that Nagini is a 
poisonous snake.  Boas are not poisonous.

Which begs the question which kind of poisonous snake is he? IIRC, 
Most of the poisonous ones don't get as long as 12 feet. Rattlers, 
for example, rarely exceed seven feet (and live only in America).  I 
think some species of cobras can get that long - and of course Nagini 
could be a "fantastic" breed of reptile beyond those known to 
Muggles. 

   - CMC