Peter Pettigrew's brain as Scabbers

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 26442

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Maribel " <maribelpotter at h...> wrote:
> Hello to everybody,
> 
> I was reading "Quidditch through the ages" and I have this 
question, 
> hope you have some thougths about the possible answer.
> 
> According to it, a wizard's brain who become animagi become the 
size 
> of the animal in which he transforms, also says if it is a small 
> animal the brain will be small as well, and soon they're going to 
> forget things.

Let me begin my quoting the relevant section: "No spell yet devised 
enables wizards to fly unaided in human form. Those few Animagi who 
transform into winged creatures may enjoy flight, but they are a 
rarity. The witch or wizard who finds him- or herself transfigured 
into a bat make take to the air, but, having a bat's brain, they are 
sure to forget where they want to go the moment they take flight."

I made a similar error earlier - it was pointed out to me that Mr. 
Whisp is differentiating between two different groups - Animagi, who 
can transform at will into animals, and those "find [themselves]
transfigured," like Draco when he found himself turned to a ferret. 
The former group would retain their cognitive abilities (so Rita 
Skeeter could remember all that she said and heard as a beetle), 
while the latter would not (so Draco would have at best a cloudy 
recollection of his time as a ferret)

   - CMC