[HPforGrownups] Re: Fawkes and the basilisk

[Robert Shaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 81258

Geoff:
> >
> > > 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?

> 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.
>
Bats also use their sonar to catch nocturnal insects, even when
the insects dodge.

However bats need their strange faces to make the sonar work.
Fawkes doesn't have a bat's face.

He might have magical superhearing, but that doesn't really fit
well with the rest of the phoenix.

More likely, I suspect, phoenixes don't die easily. That makes
sense, given their other powers. Fawkes could be immune to
petrification, and most other lethal magics. If he is killed then
setting the corpse on fire may well bring him back to life.

--
Robert