[HPforGrownups] Re: Snake! (was: Handicapping the Next Big Battle)

[Amy Tucker]

No: HPFGUIDX 31812

CMC wrote:
> 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.

Don't you think that Nagini would *have* to be magically enhanced somehow,
if not an entirely magical creature? Any snake, no matter whether they are
poisonous or not, are not going to do well in a climate as cold as
Scotland's. *Especially* some sort of variety of tropical poisonous snake.
The snake's blood would run too cold, and it would be very sluggish if not
entirely immobile. I think Nagini is more than likely a magical
snake-creature we have not been told about in the previous volumes. But
anyway. That's just my 2cents. Any and all dissention is welcome.