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SPOILER!!: Lobalug Answers Quote:
Originally Posted by HOPEendures  Jezzabelle raised her hand," Lobalugs are creatures that are 10 inches long with a rubbery spout and a venom spout." Yeah she did her Care of Magical Creatures reading very well. Quote:
Originally Posted by Starbreeze Lobalugs were one of those creatures that were often sought and killed for their vemon sac. This was extremely useful to both wizards, in potions, and merpeople, as weapons. Eino had actually used it before in a potion and it didn't smell very pleasant from what he could remember. "Lobalugs are characterized by their vemon sac, which they use to defend themselves by, well, expelling the vemon." Eino said with his hand high in the air. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lislchen Squinting against the sunlight, Lewis hastened to copy down what the CoMC professor had written. Why was there suddenly a part about Hippocampus as well? He hesitated for just a second but then resumed his copying. There was obviously a good reason the professor had included it. And as long as they weren't going to cover Shrieking Eals he was good.
Once again raising his hand at the next question, Lewis replied, "Well, Lobalugs have like a venom sac so they can shoot venom at their enemies." He REALLY didn't want to be the reason for a Lobalug to feel the need to shoot its venom at him. He REALLY didn't. Quote:
Originally Posted by Random Gal nicki rasied her hand "Lobalugs have a venom spout...." nicki said sweetly she thought she needed to get more of her anwsers out well at least the part she knew anyway. Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermione Lily Potter Lily got excited to know that her answer was brought up as the next question. If only I could have gotten a few points for being the only one to bring it up... Lily though to herself. Oh, and characteristics. Lily raised her hand, "Lobalugs are typically found at the bottom of the north sea." After answering Lily wondered, I wonder if there are any lobalugs in this lake? but she wasn't quite ready to ask that yet. Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy ♥ "Lobalugs have venom sacs which they use to shoot their enemies," Amelia said after raising her hand. Quote:
Originally Posted by natethegreat Nate started to write down the notes. Nate raises his hand, and says "Is a simple creature, ten inches long comprising a rubbery spout and a venom sac. It uses its venom sac as a weapon, contracting it and expelling the venom in the direction of an attacker if threatened. A Grindylow is a small, horned water demon that lives in the weed beds at the bottom of lakes.It has green teeth, pointy horns and long fingers, which are used to strangle their prey. They attack witches, wizards, and muggles although merpeople are known to domesticate them." Quote:
Originally Posted by fanficfanatict Selina rose her hand, "Um... don't merpeople use Lobalugs as weapons?" Which was sort of a scary thought. Creepy little creatures helping even creepier little creatures. The venom sac that everyone else in the class was mentioning was just weird and creepy. But her father had always warned her merpeople, merpeople are no fun, they use their lobalugs on everyone.
"Yes! Very good." William had managed to tone down his enthusiasm about the magical creatures into more subdued..... enthusiasm about students' correct answers.
"Lobalugs are small creatures, about ten inches long as you all said, usually found at the bottom of the North Sea. But we are north enough here that they're found in Hogwarts lake. They DO have a venom sac and they ARE used as weapons by the merpeople. But this venom is also extremely valuable and useful in potions, so the collecting of it is a strictly regulated activity."
He paused, wondering if Lafay would find him less childish if he brought her a live lobalug? Hmm, food for thought.
SPOILER!!: Grindylow Answers Quote:
Originally Posted by sarahb Isabelle took out a piece of parchment and copied down notes quickly. She didn't want to miss anything. SPOILER!!: notes Merpeople
-are sentient beings
-refused to be classified as ‘beings,’ preferring the status of ‘beast’ like Centaurs
-society is based around organized communities
-have a great love of music
-language (Mermish) sounds like screeches above water
-have grayish skin and long, wild, dark green hair. Their eyes are yellow, as are their broken teeth, and they wear thick ropes of pebbles around their necks. Their powerful, silver fish tails allow them to swim expertly, while the upper parts of their bodies resemble those of humans. Merpeople are also very tall, and during the second task, Harry encountered one in the lake near Hogwarts who was seven feet tall with a long green beard and a choker of shark fangs, carrying a spear
-keep grindylows as pets
-use lobalugs as weapons
-[at least] one tribe domesticated a hippocampus
-Sirens of Greece are the earliest recorded Merpeople and most aesthetic
-Selkies of Scotland and the Merrows of Ireland are less pleasing to the eye.
-all share a love of music though
-MoM classification: XXXX
Hippocampus
-beast with the head and forequarters of a horse, and the tail and hindquarters of a giant fish, making it somewhat similar in appearance to an over-sized seahorse
-generally found in the Mediterranean, a blue roan specimen was caught by Merpeople off the coast of Scotland in 1949 and domesticated.
-classification: XXX
Isabelle shot her hand up in the air. Of course she was going to answer Professor Smexyness' question. "Professor, grindylows are water demons that live in the weeds at the bottom of lakes like the Black Lake," oh yeah. Isabelle answered well for her favorite teacher in the whole entire world. There was no way she was going to be failing his wonderful COMC classes. Yep she would catch every word he said. Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva put up her hand "Professor grindylows have green sharp pointed teeth." Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow "I've heard that Grindylows are quite a dark creature." Ella said quietly, shruddering at the thought of them and continuing. "I guess you can get away from them if you can escape their grip. They have quite long fingers that pull you down to the depths of the lake...or at least that is what I've been told." Quote:
Originally Posted by EW_FAN Harvey thought for a moment and then put up his hand "Grindylows are pale green in color" he answered the question.. he had read about Grindylows somewhere while looking for something else and this information had got stuck in his head for some reason.. Quote:
Originally Posted by lazykitty Sky honestly didn't know anything about lobalugs and very little about grindylows. So she stuck with what she did about one of the creatures… "Grindylows have tentacles that they use to pull people into deep water so they drown," she answered, cringing at the unpleasant thought. Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Kurumi had been busy taking notes up until now and her hand had finally caught up with Professor Williamson when he asked for characteristics. She listened for a moment as student after student raised their hand and answered. Raising her hand as well, Kurumi offered up an answer - and hopefully one that hadn't been said already. "Grindylows are considered dark creatures because there have been instances where they have eaten humans, although they usually pose no threat." Quote:
Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Alyssa was sad that she had missed out on the opportunity to answer the question about the Merpeople so she decided that she wasn't going to wait too long to give her answer. She raised her hand and answered."Professor, A Grindylow has long fingers which although though they have a hard grip, that grip is still breakable." 'One characteristic, Lyssie' Alyssa reminded herself. Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubbles Kennedy thought about the lobalugs and thought to himself. He didn't know much about them, so he would offer his answer for Gryndylows instead. He raised his hand before speaking. "Gryndylows are known to mostly eat fish, algae, and small sea creatures, but they also eat humans." It was a very creepy truth.
He wondered if a small Gryndylow could eat a person his size. Wouldn't that be hard to digest and fit inside its stomach? Maybe their digestive system used a potent acid to break down foods. Eh, that was the best theory he could think about. Quote:
Originally Posted by nups21 Ira raised her hand up and answered, "Professor, grindylows are considered dark creatures as they are known to eat human flesh.." Ira shuddered at the thought. She better not swim in the lake! Quote:
Originally Posted by sevensnared The thought of grindylows made Hades to grin to himself. He still remember his first year, how he had to serve detention for three months for releasing a captured grindylow. He didn't do it on purpose, but to consider that it belonged to the professor he disliked... He lost count how much trouble he gave that man. "Merpeople domesticate grindylows and even keep them as pets," answered Hades after raising his hand and waving like a boy desperate for attention.
And moving on to grindylows! William had some notes for the class on them too, even though he had a feeling the class was starting to find him just as boring as Scabbers with all their notes.
"Note taking is optional," he pointed out awkwardly, "but I assure you, ALL of the information I am sharing with you at present WILL be highly useful before the end of the day."
Just a hint, kiddos, just helpful hint. He flicked his wand where the silver text from earlier was still hovering, adding on two more sections to it.
Quote: Grindylows- small, horned water demons that live in the weed beds at the bottom of lakes in Great Britain and Ireland
- has green teeth, pointy horns and long fingers, which are used to strangle prey
- are violent and aggressive towards wizards and witches and Muggles, although merpeople have been known to domesticate them and keep them as pets
- the trick to combating them is to break their grip; their abnormally long fingers are strong but very brittle
- mostly eat fish, algae, and small sea creatures
- have been known to eat humans; thus the status of “dark creatures”
- classification: XX
Lobalugs- aquatic creatures found at the bottom of the North Sea
- simple creature; ten inches long comprising a rubbery spout and a venom sac
- uses its venom sac as a weapon, contracting it and expelling the venom in the direction of an attacker if threatened
- merpeople use it as a weapon
- collecting their venom for use in potions is strictly prohibited
"You all have covered pretty much everything there is to know about these two creatures..." Williamson glanced at the lists. "But how does one defend oneself against the lobalug or the grindylow? Specifically, what spells would you use against them?"
He looked toward the older students for leadership on this question.
SPOILER!!: Answers About BOTH Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Laura looked at the Professor and smiled. "They both love swimming and going under water." Laura had no idea if this is what the Professor meant but well Laura wanted to answer the question. Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimalia Kimalia raised her hand, just to give one trait on how each may attack enemies. "A Lobalug has a venom sac used as a weapon, and a Grindylow may use its long fingers to strangle people." Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana Sierra glanced up at the mile-long list of notes that had suddenly appeared at the front of the room. Did they have to copy them down?! Wasn't all of this in the textbook anyway?! She frowned and quickly made a copy of the list, hoping WWW didn't suddenly give them another mile-long list. Honestly, the man's hotness was slowly dwindling thanks to his annoying excitement over his subject area.
She looked back up at him when the next question was asked. Were they meant to discuss one or both? Well, since he'd asked about both, that's what she'd talk about. "There's one characteristic they have in common," she said, raising her hand. "They're both used by merpeople. So in a sense, both have lost the ability to act on their own free will when it comes to merpeople." Quote:
Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom "They're both MEAN," Alex replied as he raised his hand. "Grindylows like to scratch people with their nails, and Lobalugs use their venom against people," he explained. Alex had heard that a few years ago, Grindylows had actually gotten IN THE SCHOOL and had attacked students! How awful! He was so glad he wasn't there for that. SO glad. Quote:
Originally Posted by jujune29th "Merpeople get along with them!" Sophie said after raising her hand. "Well, at least they have Grindylows as pets or something, and use Lobalugs more like weapons or... or something." she almost frowned when she finished. Oh well, hopefully they would understand her.
"Very good comparisons about both creatures, you lot," he nodded toward the handful of students who had made ONE remark about BOTH creatures. "They all DO share a connection with the merpeople, a menacing one too."
But then he frowned at the next two students' answers.
SPOILER!!: Frankie and Team Ronmione Quote:
Originally Posted by Frankie Autumn loved this class, it was by far her favorout... though more on the magical creatures than history. She Put her hand up eager to get more praise and some points!
"Professor, the grindylow is a horned pale green water demon and is found in lakes all over britain, it is agressive towards wizards and muggles, but merpeople have been known to demesticate them, they have extremly long fingers which while good to grip break easily. As for the Lobalug it is around 10 inches long and has a rubbery spout and a vemon sac, when the lobalug is threatened it blasts the attacker with poison, intrestingly the merpeople use these as weapons so they must have been able to domesticate them to some degree, Some potions contain the poison of the Lobalug but it is closely watched at the ministry." Autumn finished hoping she didnt ramble on to much. Quote:
Originally Posted by Team ronmione Luckily Adam had read some of his books material. He raised his hand an answered, "A lobabug is classified as triple XXX, which means Wizards an Witches should be able to handle one. It has venom within it an whenever it feels threatened or attacked it will spit out it's venom at the attacker.I believe it's also used in potions."
Now, onto describing a Grindylows characteristics. "Grindylows have strong fingers, but I think on contact they can easily fall apart even though their fingers exceed strong grip.It also likes to eat fish an can be aggressive to muggles an wizards."
William did not like taking points, not even when he HAD to, but if he didn't take them then surely Scabbers would.
"Er... I asked for one answer per person, about ONE of the two creatures," he frowned. "While I appreciate your enthusiasm, I need to know that everyone here can follow our rules and directions, if not for their own safety, then at least for the safety of their classmates. Five points each from Ravenclaw and Gryffindor."
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Originally Posted by The Giant Squid Barty was tired of hearing everyone talk about all the boring creatures of the lake and not about him, the largest and most important one.
He raised a large tentacle up and this time deliberately smacked the back of the head of the Care of Magical Creatures man, making a very wet, squid-like sound at the same time. The sound of a squid clearing its throat.
"And?" he prompted the W man loudly. "And? Merpeople, grindylows, and lobalugs all interact with the Giant Squid how?" Williamson sighed heavily and turned to the rest of the class, stumbling forward unexpectedly as a spongy, wet THING slapped the back of his head and drenched his shirt.
Whoa whoa! "Bar--- Mr. Henry!" he exclaimed, half-surprised and half-pleased. Wow. THE SQUID HAD TOUCHED HIM! He had been touched by a squid. He was SO HONORED!
"Yes of course, of course Mr. Henry, I hadn't forgotten you! I was saving the best for last!" he beamed at their friendly visitor and nodded toward the class. "As Mr. Henry, our resident giant squid reminded me, how do merpeople, grindylows, lobalugs, and all the other residents of the lake interact with the Giant Squid?"
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