Heir of Slytherin ... or NOT???

[Tom Wall]

No: HPFGUIDX 58044

Grey Wolf wrote:
He didn't take the basilisk 
with him for purely logistic 
problems: taking a 20 metre 
long snake that must weight 
over a ton, can kill with a 
stare, is very poisonous and 
is extrictly regulated since 
ancient times (maybe) across 
Europe isn't going to be an 
easy job.

Tom adds:
Agreed that transporting the basilisk wouldn't be an easy task, no 
matter what the case.

That said, I'm wondering what the true length of the creature is - 
not having the books with me, I can't be sure, but didn't the 
American version say that the basilisk's *skin* was 20 feet long?

If the skin is 20 *feet* long, is it possible that the basilisk 
itself was 20 metres long?  Does anyone know about the proportions 
between snake-skins and actual snake sizes?

-Tom