Nagini

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No: HPFGUIDX 84049

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mtwelovett" <mbush at l...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Janet Anderson" <
> norek_archives2 at h...> wrote:
> > I am almost sure that the snake Harry released from the zoo was a 
boa 
> > constrictor from Brazil, and Nagini is a poisonous snake 
(possibly a cobra, 
> > but definitely producing venom) and her name suggests that she 
comes 
> from 
> > India.
> 
> 
> Very good point,  I had forgotten the reference in either GoF or 
OOP about 
> milking Nagini, and you are also correct about the Boa 
Constrictor.  So I 
> guess that negates the two snakes being the same. I had envisioned 
Nagini 
> being more of a constrictor size, than what I think of for 
something like a 
> cobra, but I know very little about snakes, so don't know how big a 
Cobra 
> could get really. 
> Mtwelovett

The king cobra is the world's longest poisonous snake. The king cobra 
is unique among snakes in that it makes a nest for its eggs, scraping 
up leaves and other debris in which to deposit them, and remains in 
the nest until the young hatch. It averages 3.7 m (12 ft) in length 
but is known to grow to 5.5 m (18 ft). It is a thin snake, olive or 
brown in color, with bronze eyes. It is found in the Philippines, 
Malaysia, southern China, Burma, and the Malay Peninsula. 

The other cobra of Asia is known variously as the common, Asian, 
Indian, or spectacled cobra (due to the eyeglass-shaped pattern on 
its skin). It seldom reaches a length of more than 1.8 m (6 ft). The 
hood of the Asian cobra is, proportionately, much larger than that of 
the king cobra and is usually yellow to brown, with a black-and-white 
spectacle pattern on top and two black and white spots on the lower 
surface. This snake causes thousands of deaths each year in India, 
where it is regarded with religious awe and are seldom killed. It 
ranges from the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea to China and 
Malaysia.

Lynnette, who thinks Snape IS a good guy, even though he does not 
seem like a "nice" guy!