Dumbledore Animagus?/Wizard Paintings

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No: HPFGUIDX 42542

I'm not caught up, so I apologize if this is a repeat of anything in 
the last 100 messages or so.

1.  Is Dumbledore an animagus, and if so what form?  I agree that he 
ought to be, and that a bumblebee makes sense from etymology (which 
is, interestingly enough, only one letter different than entymology, 
assuming I'm spelling correctly).  However, if that were the case, 
it would have been very easy for JK to slip little hints and 
foreshadowings in.  So-and-so swats at a bee that seems to be very 
interested in their conversation, someone hears a buzzing nearby but 
it flies away before they see it, like that.  But she didn't.  Or at 
least I don't remember anything like that.  Anyone prove me wrong?

2.  My theory on why wizard paintings come to differ greatly from 
the people they originally resembled: not only are they at best only 
a near copy of the sitter, they've had independent life for who 
knows how many years.  I mean, Hogwarts is a thousand years old; 
some of the paintings are likely almost that old.  So they've 
learned, over the years, how to move around, mingle with other 
paintings, simulate life-like activities (drinking chocolate 
liquers).  I imagine, if you are a painting, Hogwarts is just about 
the best place to be.  So many friends, so much to do, interesting 
people to talk to.  Much better than, say, being a portrait in the 
Malfoy's house.

Ginny, off to slog through the onslaught of messages in the vain 
hope that I'll actually catch up and post a timely reply for once