Winged animagi

[christi0469]

No: HPFGUIDX 36144

"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 may takew to the air, 
but, 
> > having a bat's brain, they are sure to forget where they want to 
go 
> > the moment they take flight". So, unless I'm reading this 
completely 
> > wrong, bat Animagi are not the only ones who can fly.


Eloise wrote,

> Now that's another interesting point. If you have the brain of the 
creature 
> you transform into, how do *any* animagi function effectively in 
their animal 
> forms? How, in fact, do they remember how to transform back again? 
How can 
> Rita Skeeter understand a word that's said to her?


  Hopefully, "the witch or wizard who finds him-or herself 
transfigured into a bat" is an example of one wizard forcefully 
transforming another into a bat, which would be different from an 
Animagical transfiguration. Otherwise it would seem to be a BIG plot-
hole. None of the Animagi we've seen show any signs of reduced brain 
capacity.

Christi