Was Harry in Danger from the Basilisk?

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Steve <asian_lovr2 at yahoo.com> wrote:

'...ONLY MUGGLE-BORNS...' you say, and you know this for a fact, or is
it really an assumption on your part? Is there anyplace in the book
where it is cleary stated that Penelope (Percy's girlfriend) is a
muggle-born? 

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Sorry, but I think it was either random luck, or the Basilisk was sent
to a specific location by someone with prior knowledge of a person's
presences there. Most likely a combination of the two.

Can't prove it, but I just don't see the Basilisk as a very selective
killing machine.



Griffin782002:

A Basilisk might have a brain the size of a walnut, but it is not a common serpent. And I am afraid that fellow members don't have read any books about Zoology. Snakes can pick up the scent of their injured victim and them consume it. Some snakes, if not all, can see the heat a living organism radiates. What if the Basilisk can judge from the smell of a person whether he or she is a Muggleborn or not? Or perhars by visual indications?

And as far as brain size is concert, there are parrots with which you can have a proper chat.

Well, I don't think we have any proof for this. It is just a thought. 


Griffin782002