GoF CH 1-3 post DH look

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 181750

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mcrudele78 at ...> wrote:

> I don't think there are owls available in all parts 
> of the world. I could easily imagine wizard inhabitants of the 
> tropics having other bird species as their post carriers.


zanooda:

That's what I used to believe, too :-). I thought owls don't live in
tropical countries, that's why wizards there have to use other birds
as messengers. However, later I found out that owls are very
wide-spread and live on all the continents of the world, except
Antarctica, and also on large islands. 

If Sirius went to hide in Africa - there are like 40 species of owls
living there, including the Barn owl - a lot to choose from :-)!

http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?location=Africa

I'm not sure that this link works, but, anyway, owls live everywhere,
which came as a surprise - they seemed so "un-african" to me :-)! Even
in Africa owls are believed to be linked to witchcraft - I'm not sure
that parrots and toucans are :-)!