Fawkes and the basilisk

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 81252

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" 
<catlady at w...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister"
> <gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
>  
> > How did Fawkes manage to attack the basilisk and blind it without 
> > looking at the creature's eyes and getting killed as a result?
> 

Catlady:
> Closed his eyes and navigated by sound? FB doesn't say that 
phoenices
> have sonar like bats, but it doesn't say they don't.

Geoff:
That thought had crossed my mind but to use sonar to navigate in on 
the basilisk's eyes would not be feasible, I think. Bats use sound to 
avoid obstacles of any variety; I don't think it could be used to 
locate a specific target.