Is Nagini really a horcrux?

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No: HPFGUIDX 133429

I'm skeptical about this. It never really says outright that she is. it 
just says that Dumbledore believes that she is. In fact it doesn't say 
outright that living things can even be horcruxes. Again, it is just 
Dumbledore's belief. As a practical matter, what would be the advantage 
of a living horcrux? It seems like you would have to make sure it 
didn't die. A non-living horcrux just seems like a better choice to me. 
Just put it in a piece of jewelry or something and stash it somewhere. 
Then you don't have to worry about it dying, you don't have to feed it, 
you don't have to do anything. A living horcrux just sounds like a lot 
of unnecessary trouble to me, with no real advantages.


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