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Ross thought about it for a second the answered "Does it mean that they have been domesticated at a extent but the ones that are still wild will probably fear all wizards"
"In a way...yes" Sophie answered.
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Tomasina Riddle Lucas raised his hand. "Well I am sure that the poor dears were doubly scared. I mean not only did they have their own fear of being paraded around to sense someone else's fear. They had to deal with someone else's fear. I'm sure they developed complexes about witches and wizards over the years." he said hoping that was the answer she was looking for.
Sophie nodded, "The indeed were scared."
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PhoenixRising Dominic sighed thoughtfully when the Professor told of how wizards and witches used to hunt clabberts. How depressing!
Hand in the air again, the fourth year spoke of the affect this may have had on the clabberts, even if he thought it was pointless since he could in no way know what Clabberts could be thinking. "Well, naturally we don't actually know the effect this had on Clabberts, but I would think they would be very untrusting of wizards and witches. Perhaps think we're superior."
"That's right. Which also means they might not trust us."
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MuggleBornWitch3 Anna thought about the professor's question a moment and then raised her hand. "This couldn't have been good for the clabberts, Professor," she said. "Anytime a human takes a creature out of its natural environment, there is a huge chance that you will unintentionally harm or even kill the creature. I've read where the clabbert feeds mostly on small lizards and birds. There can't be too many opportunities for the clabberts to obtain that type of food when a human has them pretty much imprisoned. Also, I don't think this would end up being very useful to the wizards. If imprisoned, a clabbert is likely to feel threatened by the wizard...so their postule would flash just by being around the wizard alone," she said.
"Exactly. And do you think they knew what to feed the clabberts? Of course not. They started to die out. Also they started to lose their ability to hunt and look after themselves. Living in the wild became a challenge."
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HPobsession33 "Well if the pustles tell you if danger is coming, wouldn't it help them to survuve?" she said. "Like tell them if a predator is coming, so they can run away."
"Yes...but no. They witches and wizards used to use the clabberts. Soon they saw their owners as dangerous, so they were always flashing red. Eventually they became useless to the humans and were tossed back to the wild.
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LisaPotter1125 Astrid raised her hand and guessed, "Professor, I think that any time people are hunting and domesticating creatures for their own needs, that in endangers the survival of that particular species. It also might have changed the way that they lived. Did they have to go into hiding, the poor little dears?"
"Good answer. 3 points for you. They started to hide. Became endangered. At one point, there were no more clabberts to be found." Sophie said sadly.
"A point to everyone who answered." She said. "The International Confederation of Wizards started to fine those who kept clabberts in sight of muggles. Why do you think that is?" Sophie asked.