Hearing the next question, Daichi thought it was time to try and answer this one. He raised his hand in the air as he tried to recall what kind of food the hippogriff eats. "They eat insects, birds and small mammals like a ferret, right?..eh...sir?"

Was he suppose to say professor or sir to him? oh well..

What do hippogriffs eat? Jonathan wasn't sure about this one since he didn't read that much about these creatures but basing from what he just have read in different books "They practically would eat anything." he said raising his hand again to answer. "From insects to mammals" he could be wrong but really, hippogriffs are known to eat a lot of things. So maybe those 'a lot of things' just means 'anything' at all.

Just out of curiosity though, are they going to meet a hippogriff after discussing it? Because it would be really cool if they did...... and dangerous too.

What did they eat?. Selina was not exactly sure. Only one thing came to mind, but she was sure that other animals were eaten as well. What they were though she did not know, "Well I know for certain that a ferret is on the list of what they eat."

Minerva put up her hand nervously. She had never been afraid of anything until then. This was a new territory for her. "Sir, I read that they eat insects and birds."

Food. Victoria thought immediately as he asked the quesion. It was almost like an instinct. Seriously, what does hippogriffs eat? Victoria tried to recall what she had read in those textbooks. "Hippogriffs eat insects - " which Victoria had doubts about. "- birds, and other small animals like ferrets."

Hmm. What do Hippogriffs eat? Sierra hadn't had too much experience with Hippogriffs. She wasn't known to be a very friendly person, so she had a feeling any sort of bowing she'd be capable of doing wouldn't be good enough to please a hippogriff. She'd likely just come across as moody, so it was best to sometimes just keep her distance.

Having said that, though, she at least knew facts about the creatures, and therefore the things they liked to eat. She was a pureblood, after all. "I believe they like birds and small mammals, although they also burrow for insects," she said, raising her hand.

Maddy did not know exactly but she had an educated guess. "Im pretty sure they are omnivores" oh right, hope they understand this muggle term, Maddy thought. "So that means they'll probly eat meat and things like berries. Well most large birds eat things like dead rodents, so reakon this one would too"

Zhenya raised her hand, "Sir, the Hippogriffs eat a diet composed mainly of insects, birds and small mammals, like ferrets," she explained briefly.

Every time someone said hippogriff it got Kennedy all excited. He really wanted to see one. He's never seen a large magical creature and he was REALLY looking forward to it. His hand flew into the air at the next question. "Hippogriffs mainly eat insects and other small mammals," he said.

Tiffany was very interested in this fascinating creature, the hippogriff. She raised her hand."Sir, hippogriffs mainly eat insects and birds and some kind of small mammals." Smiling, she sat down.

Harvey didnt know much about this creature having not read anything, but he decided that he WOULD read the books in the library for extra knowledge. So he listened to his classmates' answers.

They had to bow? Presley woud really rather curtsy. It was more...natural. She was a girl after all. She raised her hand, still focused on that tidbit. "Sir? Do you have to bow or could I curtsy instead?" She realized that she probably sounded like a stupid ditz, but she had to know. Otherwise she'd probably end up trying to cursty, even if the hippogriff got mad at her.

Then she realized he'd asked a question. "Don't they typically eat just insects and plants, and sometimes small animals?" She refocused on the class and the matter at hand.

"Well, hippogriffs are pretty big creatures. I would imagine a hippogriff would attack and eat most any creature that is not bigger then it since they are rather agressive hippogriffs. Tamed hippogriffs can survive on smaller animals such as birds and rodents and even bugs.", Nathan responded with his hand raised high.

Annabeth raised her hand, "Well I supposed, they would eat things like birds, mice, rats and maybe insects." she said, she loved Hippogriffs they were such proud birds.

Justin raised his hand and then answered, " Sir, Hippogriffs eat pretty much any small animals that it can catch along with insects as well. "

"Don't they eat died ferrets?" Angelina asked.

Hmm... what do they eat?

Though he wasn't sure, he thought he could take a stab at it. Part eagle, part horse, right? He put up both hands.

"Sir, I really have no idea, but as it's half horse and half eagle, I'd assume it would eat a bit of both animals' diets?" At least, that made sense in Keefer's head. "So my guess would be small mammals or rodents, maybe a squirrel or rat. I can also see how it might eat vegetation sometimes, or even some insects as a snack."

Like he said, total guess.

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Hmmm...all this Hippogriff stuff was new to Auggie.

The Gryffindor wasn't totally lost; he had read about the creatures in his textbook for this class but he was still much less knowledgable about the beasts than the majority of his classmates it seemed. As he took notes, August listened and then looked up as the Ministry official asked them what they believed Hippogriffs ate.

"Sir, do they eat plants and roots they can find on the forest floor?" he bagan and then thought about how they could also fly. "Would they maybe also eat small birds out of the sky?" They did have rather sharp beaks he rememebered from the diagram he had seen before.

Atticus shook his head. "They don't eat plants or roots, no," he said. "They do eat birds though." He nodded.

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Maddy did not know exactly but she had an educated guess. "Im pretty sure they are omnivores" oh right, hope they understand this muggle term, Maddy thought. "So that means they'll probly eat meat and things like berries. Well most large birds eat things like dead rodents, so reakon this one would too"

"They're carnivores, actually," Atticus corrected. "So no to the berries, but yes to the birds and rodents."

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They had to bow? Presley woud really rather curtsy. It was more...natural. She was a girl after all. She raised her hand, still focused on that tidbit. "Sir? Do you have to bow or could I curtsy instead?" She realized that she probably sounded like a stupid ditz, but she had to know. Otherwise she'd probably end up trying to cursty, even if the hippogriff got mad at her.

A question! And a good one to ask, too. Atticus thought for a moment before responding. "I haven't seen anything that says you can't curtsy," he answered. "However, I'd recommend that you still bow, just to be on the safe side." Plus, hippogriffs couldn't curtsy, whereas they could bow. No need to do something that they couldn't do, yes?

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Hmm... what do they eat?

Though he wasn't sure, he thought he could take a stab at it. Part eagle, part horse, right? He put up both hands.

"Sir, I really have no idea, but as it's half horse and half eagle, I'd assume it would eat a bit of both animals' diets?" At least, that made sense in Keefer's head. "So my guess would be small mammals or rodents, maybe a squirrel or rat. I can also see how it might eat vegetation sometimes, or even some insects as a snack."

Like he said, total guess.

That was good logic, Atticus would give the boy that. "They do eat small mammals and insects, correct, but they don't eat much vegetation since they're carnivorous creatures."

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Kurumi's hand shot back up in the air once more. Merlin had she missed this subject. "Sir, hippogriffs are carnivorous creatures that eat mostly insects, birds, and small mammals such as rats and ferrets." Kurumi lowered her hand and attempted to not bounce too much where she stood. She was pretty sure that someone had mentioned their diet earlier when he had asked them what they knew about hippogriffs, but most students probably hadn't heard the answer seeing as everyone was overly excited about having a proper lesson.

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Kourtney hesitated for a few moments. She really only knew a few things that the creature ate. Raising her hand, she began. "I believe....that hippogriffs can eat mammals, like ferrets....they also eat rats, but they can eat things like worms as well."

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Since the majority of the class already spoke the answer for the previous question, Evelyn had kept her hand down and just stared at cookie girl the thing that was covering the other thing. Did he really have hippogriffs under there? They were being extremely quiet if there was any.

With the next question, the Slytherin actually raised her hand a little. "Pretty much anything they can see." Right? SNORT! "I mean like, bugs, and small animals and such..."

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Raising his hand,Ryan said''Sir,Hippogriffs eat small mammals,possibly Lizards,dead rats and ferrets.''Ughh,How could anyone eat that,Then again it was an animal so it liked weird things.

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For a while Beezus pondered on what those kind of animals actually ate. Well..with their characteristics, though very proud doesn't mean they would go hunting down huge animals right? So maybe .. raising her hand for the first time she said, "Sir." Yeah. And she was also a little shy right now due to the fact that she thought he was actually a Professor. "Hippogriffs eat small animals like bugs and ferrets and birds and.." Well. He should get the picture.

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Alyssa raised her hand, "Sir, Hippogriffs usually burrow for insects but they have been known to eat birds and small mammals".

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William raised his hand.The Hoppogriff eats onsects, birds and small mammals like ferrets" William told the head of the Magical Creatures Separtment.

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"Well, meat obviously. Dead ferrets?" Janice answered after raising her hand.

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Hearing the next question, Daichi thought it was time to try and answer this one. He raised his hand in the air as he tried to recall what kind of food the hippogriff eats. "They eat insects, birds and small mammals like a ferret, right?..eh...sir?"

Was he suppose to say professor or sir to him? oh well..

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What do hippogriffs eat? Jonathan wasn't sure about this one since he didn't read that much about these creatures but basing from what he just have read in different books "They practically would eat anything." he said raising his hand again to answer. "From insects to mammals" he could be wrong but really, hippogriffs are known to eat a lot of things. So maybe those 'a lot of things' just means 'anything' at all.

Just out of curiosity though, are they going to meet a hippogriff after discussing it? Because it would be really cool if they did...... and dangerous too.

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What did they eat?. Selina was not exactly sure. Only one thing came to mind, but she was sure that other animals were eaten as well. What they were though she did not know, "Well I know for certain that a ferret is on the list of what they eat."

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Minerva put up her hand nervously. She had never been afraid of anything until then. This was a new territory for her. "Sir, I read that they eat insects and birds."

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Food. Victoria thought immediately as he asked the quesion. It was almost like an instinct. Seriously, what does hippogriffs eat? Victoria tried to recall what she had read in those textbooks. "Hippogriffs eat insects - " which Victoria had doubts about. "- birds, and other small animals like ferrets."

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Hmm. What do Hippogriffs eat? Sierra hadn't had too much experience with Hippogriffs. She wasn't known to be a very friendly person, so she had a feeling any sort of bowing she'd be capable of doing wouldn't be good enough to please a hippogriff. She'd likely just come across as moody, so it was best to sometimes just keep her distance.

Having said that, though, she at least knew facts about the creatures, and therefore the things they liked to eat. She was a pureblood, after all. "I believe they like birds and small mammals, although they also burrow for insects," she said, raising her hand.

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Zhenya raised her hand, "Sir, the Hippogriffs eat a diet composed mainly of insects, birds and small mammals, like ferrets," she explained briefly.

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Tiffany was very interested in this fascinating creature, the hippogriff. She raised her hand."Sir, hippogriffs mainly eat insects and birds and some kind of small mammals." Smiling, she sat down.

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"Well, hippogriffs are pretty big creatures. I would imagine a hippogriff would attack and eat most any creature that is not bigger then it since they are rather agressive hippogriffs. Tamed hippogriffs can survive on smaller animals such as birds and rodents and even bugs.", Nathan responded with his hand raised high.

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Annabeth raised her hand, "Well I supposed, they would eat things like birds, mice, rats and maybe insects." she said, she loved Hippogriffs they were such proud birds.

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Justin raised his hand and then answered, " Sir, Hippogriffs eat pretty much any small animals that it can catch along with insects as well. "

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"Don't they eat died ferrets?" Angelina asked.

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Every time someone said hippogriff it got Kennedy all excited. He really wanted to see one. He's never seen a large magical creature and he was REALLY looking forward to it. His hand flew into the air at the next question. "Hippogriffs mainly eat insects and other small mammals," he said.

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Then she realized he'd asked a question. "Don't they typically eat just insects and plants, and sometimes small animals?" She refocused on the class and the matter at hand.

Atticus nodded at each of the correct answers. It was good to see that most knew this much about hippogriffs. He figured most of them would know the answer to the next question too. "Excellent job, all of you. A hippogriff's diet generally consists of things like birds, small animals such as ferrets and rats, and insects.

"Now, I have one more question before I call the hippogriff herd. If you owned a hippogriff, what would you be required by law to do everyday?"

Gideon was simply listening to rest of the discussion seeing as it seemed to be rushing at top speed and when ever he had thought of an answewr, several of his classmates had gotten to it before him keeping him quiet. At the lastest question, he was pretty sure of a reasonable answer so he tried once more, raising his hand before speaking.

"They would need to cast a disallusionment charm on them, wouldn't they...since a hippogriff is not a creature to be seen by muggles especially when in flight," he replied lowering his hand back to his side as he finished.

Tori's first instinctual answer to that question was, 'Feed it every day,' but she somehow had a feeling that the Ministry man was looking for something more... specific.

"I think you would have to cast a disillusionment charm on it every day, sir," she answered politely. "To keep it invisible and out of sight of Muggles."

*blink blink*

He's going to call a hippogriff herd after this? Victoria almost jumped out of her seat in excitement. YES! YES! She's finally going to see a real, live hippogriff! And hopefully they'll be able to touch one too, yes?

Oh. But first they have to answer this question. Right, okay. "Errr..." Victoria was pretty sure she had heard of one. "I think...I think that you'll have to put a disillusionment charm on it to keep the sight from muggles." Victoria replied at last.

Okay...NOW Kurumi was bouncing in place. He was going to call out a hippogriff...soon...for them to meet?! Could she just volunteer now, please? She had cookies...lots of cookies the the Ministry official of course, not the hippogriff. Well, that was a lie. She had tuna fish cookies that she gave to Walnut, so those were made of meat and probably things that he could enjoy should the hippogriff so desire.

Oh, wait, right. There was a question. "I suppose first you would need to prove that you were competent enough to be able to keep a hippogriff," she said with her hand high in the air, perhaps waving just the slightest bit with enthusiasm. There was a reason for those ratings after all. "Wizarding law demands that all hippogriff owners cast a Disillusionment Charm on the creature daily to prevent non-magical people from seeing them."

But...non-magical they were not...so they could see them...and SOON! Kurumi's hand went back down and she stared at the man with a wide smile on her face.

Alyssa got really excited when she heard that they were going to actually see a hippogriff, that she almost forgot to answer the question. But then she remembered and so raised her hand and said,"Sir, those who own hippogriffs would have to cast a disillusionment charm around it to prevent muggles from seeing it. The charm would basically make it invisible especially if it decided to head for the skies and fly."

Minerva gasped. Did he just say call it. She had no clue why anyone would want to own one or what you needed. She just felt a little panic at the thought of this creature coming close to them. It will be her first magical creature other then the elves if you call them creatures Minerva wasn't sure.

GAAAAAAAAH!

Kennedy straightened his shoulders when the professor-man said there was a hippogriff herd. He couldn't contain his excitement anymore. If he had a tail it'd be wagging SO fast it'd be considered a fan. "By law you would be required to cast the Disillusionment Charm on it so muggles won't see it," he said.

That was a smart idea. He knew that if he hadn't found out he was a wizard he would have thought a hippogriff was some weird mutant monster that turned people into zombies...Well, maybe not the last part, but something along those lines.