Swinging a pole cat?!

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 41239

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "zeff8" <zeff8 at a...> wrote:
> Hi all.
> Yesterday I began listening to book 3, on audio Cd for the 2nd 
time, when
> something heard something odd.
> During the first day of school back at Hogwarts, Our benevolent 
Haggrid
> walked into the mail hall, swinging a dead pole cat.
> 
> Now thats odd..Now I am sure many of you know what a "pole 
cat" is.. A
> skunk. 

Er, no. Actually a European polecat is the wild ancestor of a 
ferret. It can put out a disagreeable odor, but from what I 
understand, it is nowhere near as persistent or foul as skunk 
smell. I'm sure it was inconsiderate of Hagrid to bring it into the 
castle, but not as bad as setting off a dungbomb.

Pippin