Mundungus and Crookshanks?

[sophierom]

No: HPFGUIDX 91485


In rereading OotP, I was struck by JKR's description of Mundungus 
Fletcher: 

"He had short, bandy legs, long straggly ginger hair and blood shot, 
baggy eyes ..." (UK ed., 26)

Crookshanks also has lots of ginger hair and is described as "a bit 
bowlegged" (POA, Am. ed., 60). Also, in OotP, as soon as Mundungus 
starts talking to Harry, Crookshanks, described as a "bandy-legged 
ginger cat," brushes against Harry's knees. (UK ed., 78) In 
addition, the name includes "crook," which is basically Mundungus's 
occupation.

I found the similarities in their descriptions to be interesting. 
Could their be some sort of relationship between these two 
characters? Since one is supposedly an animal and the other is 
supposedly a human wizard, I'm not sure what the relationship could 
be.  But the descriptions do make me wonder.

Naturally, I could be reading too much into the descriptions. Also, 
I have to admit that I cheated in my above quote of Mundungus's 
description ... he was also said to have the "doleful look of a 
basset hound" (OotP, UK ed., 26). Still, Mundungus has an animal 
look about him, and he is in close contact with Mrs. Figg, the cat 
woman. 

This has probably been written about before, but in my cursory 
search of the recent archives, I couldn't find anything. Does anyone 
have any thoughts on the possible relationship between these two 
characters? Or, could you point me to any posts that have already 
discussed this? 

Can't wait for Book 6 so I'll stop obsessing over details! 

Best,
Sophierom