Why Can't Hagrid Do Magic?

[Grey Wolf]

No: HPFGUIDX 43928

Steve (bboy_mn) wrote:
> The point being that spiders kill people but they aren't known to
> petrify them, so how could the spider have done it [the 
> petrifications done by the basilisk] ?
> 
> Sorry, if I created a misunderstanding. 
> 
> bboy_mn

I have to point out that many spiders, especially in fantasy worlds, do 
in fact have several types of venon available to them (really always 
the same, but used in different quantities). The most obvious one is 
She-lob form LotR, but there are many more. These spiders can inject 
enough amount of venon to paralize indefinetely the victim without 
actually killing it, so if the victim is not actually *stoned* (which 
no spider that I know can do), it is reasonable to imagine that it 
could have been the handiwork of a spider.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf