"They cure ague," Alice informed Theo indirectly, raising her hand anyway, even though she was more elaborating on his answer than actually speaking to the professor. She gave a bit more, though, just so that it didn't seem like she was taking Thinsley's, because she was clever enough not to need to bounce things off of HIM, thanks. "Ashwinders are classified by the Ministry as XXX, which means competent wizards can cope, so that's why we can deal with them in class, right?"

Also, who'd want to harvest the hairs of a pygmy puff? She gave curious looks to Nessie while listening to everyone else's thoughts (because lolol she was NOT getting near one of those hairballs, k?).