[Oop Spoiler!] Intriguing creatures: Mystery or Discrepancy?

[Katherine Welsh]

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> However, this is an apparent inconsistancy, as in previous books we
> are led to believe that Harry has seen death before, when his mother
> died, protecting him as a baby. Would it not stand to reason, then,
> that Harry should have always seen the Thestrals? Or is this 
Rowling's
> way of subtely telling us that Harry had not witnessed her death, 
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> Cedric was the first person he actually saw die?

Perhaps he has to not only see death, but be old/mature enough to 
understand.  In that case, what he saw as a baby wouldn't "count."

Katherine