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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie  Kurumi smiled from her seat as he said that he was happy to be there - although she couldn't help but feel that that wasn't entirely true. Something about his tone set her off a bit.
She was bouncing in her seat even MORE when he confirmed her suspicion about him being the Head of the Magical Creatures Department in the Ministry of Magic. She KNEW that she had seen him while on her tour of the Ministry and Merlin did she have a lot of questions for him...but those were going to have to wait as the lesson had started and she followed him to their next location, throwing her bag over her shoulder.
"Mr. Aldredge," Kurumi said, hand shooting up into the air. "Kurumi Hollingberry, fourth year Gryffindor." Usually these substitute teachers wanted to know who they were for future reference, so better safe than sorry. "A hippogriff is a magical creature with the front legs, wings, and head of a giant eagle and the body, hind legs and tail of a horse. Their eyes are a brilliant orange and really stands out against the steal coloring. The Ministry has given them a rating of XXX, which means that competent wizards should cope with them. They demand respect and are very proud creatures, so not following proper etiquette when approaching them could be the last thing you do." Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana Ohh, Hippogriffs. Now this was a new one. Sierra hadn't taken a lesson on them yet. Then again, they hadn't had very many Care of Magical Creatures classes... She did, however, at least know something about them. She was a pureblood, after all. "Well, they're a mixture between an eagle and a horse," she said, raising her hand. "Their front legs, wings, and head are those of an eagle, and their body, hind legs, and tail are those of a horse."
She lowered her hand. Oh, she nearly forgot about the Ministry rating. "Oh, I think they're classified as being XXX--which means competent wizards should cope," she added. Quote:
Originally Posted by HaRoHeGiNeLu Ellie had been running just a tad late. But she was in time to join the back of the class before they started relocating. She took the opportunity the voyage gave to catch up to Arya.
"They're half bird, half horse!" she answered. Crazy, odd things, Hippogriffs were. And Ellie really never planned on seeing one up close. She kind of wanted to keep it that way, too, so...hopefully...this Ministry man's question was totally unrelated to the lesson.
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Originally Posted by Katergirl Angelina with the all the other student falled Mr. Aldredge down a path. Once they stopped Angelina researched the black tarp covered in a rectangular-shaped box, with her eyes in wonder.
For the question she didn't know what the Ministry of Magic classified it by, but she knew what they looked like. She raised her hand and said, "For me I'd explane a hippogriff to look somewhat like a horse with wings and a beak like a bird." Quote:
Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart " All I know is that it is half eagle and half horse, Sir. I don't know much more." said Justin Quote:
Originally Posted by anolan807 Minerva had come across a book about them, but she couldn't remember all of what it had said. She put her hand up. "Sir I remember reading that they are a big animal that you have to show respect to get respect. They are bird shaped in the head, but the body is a huge and shaped like maybe a horse." Quote:
Originally Posted by HazelStone101 Jayden raised her hand..."Sir, A Hippogriff is a magical creature that has the front legs, wings, and head of a giant eagle and the body, hind legs and tail of a horse. It is very similar to the Griffin, with the horse rear replacing the lion rear. They are classified as XXX which means only competent wizards should cope." Quote:
Originally Posted by LilFox06 What? They were meeting hippogriffs? How cool was that? Maybe Destiny was right, this lesson was worth getting excited about.
Carter's hand shot up. "They have an XXX rating... like Leprechauns and Fire crabs. Which means... as long as we don't do anything stupid we should be fine." In fact... he was pretty sure that was the exact definition of what that rating meant.
"Oh. And they also have a dance named after them." Being muggleborn though he wasn't quite sure what was meant by "Do the Hippogriff". Perhaps, because he was bringing it up, the Ministry man would demonstrate it. Quote:
Originally Posted by alchemist_18 So, the man was the Departement Head of Magical Creatures.. Hmm...
He asked them about hippogriff.. Raven had ever seen it before. She raised her hands and answered the question
"A hippogriff is a magical creature that has the front legs, wings, and head of a giant eagle and the body, hind legs and tail of a horse. It is very similar to another mythical creature, the Griffin. Ministry classified it as XXX. It means, Competent wizards should cope it." Her cousin, Dmitri was worked for Magical Creatures in Russia. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Potter Weasley William raised his hand." The HippoGriff's head like a gaint eagle" Willaim said to the head of the MagicalCreaturse Department." It has the body. hind legs and tail of a horse which is related to the mythical creature, the Griffin" William sad to him." The Hippogriff has cruel eyes, steel-like beak.and brilliant orange eyes" William explained to the head of the Magical creatures department.
The Minstry classification of a Hippogriff is XXX." Willaim told him. This classification means Copetent Wizards should cope" Willaim explained to him. Quote:
Originally Posted by KP1 Ryan raised his hand,''A hippogriff is a creature that has the "body, hind legs, and tail of a horse; but the front legs, wings, and head of what seemed to be a giant eagle, with a cruel, steel-colored beak and large, brilliantly orange eyes. The talons on its front legs were half a foot long and deadly looking." Quote:
Originally Posted by MUDBL00Dpride Aaron listened to whoever the man was yes, of course he'd been paying attention the whole time, a big smile crossed his face, he knew hardly anything about Magical Creatures, but he sure knew that they looked awesome.
When the man asked what a Hippogriff was, Aaron's hand shot up in the air and he spoke before thinking. 'Hippogriffs are like... cool and sweeeet!' He nodded happily, 'you know with their horsiness and eagle-y stuff.'
At least he'd gotten the horse and eagle part right. Right? Quote:
Originally Posted by cheeseStrings Janice raised her hand and answered.
"Hippogriffs are classified as dangerous by the Ministry of Magic, although they're actually really nice inside. It's just that they're just to proud of themselves, so they could over-react to an insult.
"They look like, err, oversized chickens with long wings," she paused for a while before remembering its full details, "With the big beak and razor-sharp talons. And they like meat, preferably ferrets..." Quote:
Originally Posted by hjhm Ministry person, eh? And his name is Atticus Aldredge. Seems like a fine man too, well, most minister people look like that right? All formal and whatnot?! And his father is not an exemption to that too. This guy works under Magical Creatures though. Must be cool too. Jonathan doesn't fancies animals that much but studying about magical creatures is sure fun.
He should have more pets other than his owl.
Hippogriffs... Jonathan knows about them. They're quite magnificent creatures too. Jonathan raised his hand to answer "They're known to be proud creatures so one must behave properly when approaching such magical creature... and proper etiquette as well" so he heard "Hippogriffs has so many different animals parts..." he continued. Well, it's true. "They have the head of an eagle... tail and hind legs of the horse, and have this orange-colored eyes..." it is orange right?
Oh and he almost forgot... Hippogriffs are classified by the Ministry of Magic as...
"XXX" he said, "they are competent wizards should cope." which leads his answer back to his previous answer about wizards showing them proper etiquette and respect. Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubbles So, he wasn't a professor. What was a ministry person doing in school. Had their CoMC professor been arrested and can't make it to class? Nah, that couldn't be true. She seemed too nice to do anything bad or against the law.
Kennedy took a minute to think about the question and then raised his hand. "A hippogriff is a creature that has features of a giant eagle and a horse," he said. He didn't have to explain how an eagle and a horse looked like, that was like basic animal knowledge people should know about. "It is classified as a level XXX by the Ministry of Magic." Would they get to see one 'cause he wanted to see it. Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldenSnake Ha! Knew it. He was a Ministry person!
Victoria then turned her attention to the question. So they're talkinga bout hippogriffs huh? Victoria urged to meet on... a real, live, hippogriff. "Well...a hippogriff has a head of an eagle, a body of a horse-like creature, and wings." Victoria replied in her best answer form.
"And as for the Ministry ratings, I believe they gave this creature three X's - only for experienced wizards or witches." Victoria went on.
Excellent! They all appeared to have at least some knowledge on hippogriffs, most of which was correct. Either they'd already had a lesson on the creatures or they were looking them up on their own - whichever it was, Atticus was pleased all the same.
"Correct, yes! The hippogriff, classified by the Ministry as one that competent wizards and witches can cope with, has the head, front legs, and wings of an eagle and the body, hind legs, and tail of a horse, along with very striking orange eyes and steel-colored beaks."
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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Alyssa raised her hand and answered, "Sir, a Hippogriff is a magical creature. It has a head of a giant eagle and a body of a horse. It has a Ministry of Magic classification of XXX which basically means that they can be tamed but that it should only be attempted by experts or by a competent wizard or witch. When approaching a Hippogriff, one must maintain eye contact at all times and give it respect by bowing to it. If it bows back, that means that it is allowing you to approach it." Quote:
Originally Posted by CJP Thrilled there wasn't a lecture, Maddy bounced down the path with the other students after Atticus. She gathered arround the black box as they pondered what could be inside. At first she thought it might be a boggart, until the professer said Hippogriff. Maddy considered everything she knew about these creatures. "Hippogriffs are very proud creatures and have huge egos, its best to approach them with caution and let them come to you. Its also important that you don't tease them, cause they may attack you." Quote:
Originally Posted by RoseMalfoy Desiree followed the rest of the students along the path, eyeing the black box curiously. Until the professor, or rather the ministry man filling in for the professor, Mr. Aldrege, told them they were Hippogirffs!
Desiree was actually kind of excited. She'd never seen one up close before.. But when Mr. Aldrege asked what they knew, she realized the answer was.. not much.
But she knew enough and so she raised her hand, "Sir like most people said, it's a creature that's both bird and horse." she paused "You have to respect the hippogriff, because they're really proud creatures. If you bow and be polite, they aren't dangerous really" she said with a small smile remembering something her mom had told her.. surprising really, since her mom didn't even like animals. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessiqua
Zhenya raised her hand, "A Hippogriff is half eagle and half horse. The eagle of the creature is its front legs, wings and head, and the horse of the creature is its hind legs, tail and body. The ministry of Magic classifies them as XXX which means that wizards who are competent can handle them. There are a few things that wizards must maintain when handling them though, which is how they approach and how they communicate with them. They have to bow to them and maintain eye contact, and wait for the Hippogriff to bow back at them before they can be approached. And I think that's why they are classified XXX, because an incompetent wizard probably won't know how to approach them and would be hurt... maybe killed. Especially if they insult the creature. Because they are such proud creatures, they can't be insulted or they will attack. But they can be really loyal if you can build a good relationship with them. I think I read that Harry Potter had a good relationship with Buckbeak. They eat small animals, insects and birds," she explained. Then she took a few breaths. She could sure talk!
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Originally Posted by nups21 Hippogriffs? Ira had read about them...
She raised her hand up and answered, "[B]Sir, Hippogriff is a creature having head of eagle and body like a horse...Actually I think that they look a bit like dinosaurs, at least from the pictures. I have not yet seen a live one."
"They are known to be very proud creatures and are easily offended. I have heard that one must bow to them and maintain eye contact. But they are also very loyal and protective to their owners." Ira had read about the loyalty of hippogriffs during the Battle of Hogwarts.
"Isn't there a saying about hippogriffs too? You can take a hippogriff to water but can't make it drink."
Ahh, these were already trying to answer the next question. A good lead in, yes?
"I see most of you also know about a hippogriff's temperament - how they're very proud and very easily offended. So for this next question, tell me, step-by-step, exactly what you must do to avoid being attacked by a hippogriff when you approach one."
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