Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them by Newt Salamander

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Alla wrote:
> 
> This post appears because of Potioncat. Please thank her if you like
> it and blame her if you do not. <g>

Potioncat blushes. Thanks Alla! Glad to have inspired. Now, just a 
few comments before I rush off to the local library to get a copy of 
FBaWTFT.

 
> 3. Here are the creatures mentioned in "Fantastic beasts" (I tried
> not to miss anybody, sorry if I did)...<snipping list of beasts>
 Hippocampus,...

Potioncat:
Hippocampus? Really? That's a part of the brain. JKR is having fun 
with us. 
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Here's a bit of info from Wikipedia:
The hippocampus is a part of the brain located inside the temporal 
lobe (humans and other mammals have two hippocampi, one in each side 
of the brain). It forms a part of the limbic system and plays a part 
in memory and spatial navigation. The name derives from its curved 
shape in coronal sections of the brain, which resembles a seahorse 
(Greek: hippo=horse, kampos=sea monster).
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(Appropriate that whales have this organ too.)

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>Alla: 
> 5. Please feel free to bring up any question about this book, which
> is worth discussing.


Potioncat:
Fantastic Beasts....fantastic beasts...Oh, yeah, Snape!

He disputes the imformation about Kappas (is it Kappas?) Most of us 
thought he had made a mistake. But, given his "improvement" on the 
potions from the potions text, do we think he's correct on this issue?


Thanks Alla, for starting this new discussion.