Manticore

The Manticore is one of the Wizarding Worlds most dangerous creatures. It is a sentinet beast, capable of intelligent speech, but has not been classified as a being due to it's violent tendencies. A manticore has a human-like head, a lions body, and a scorpions tail with a ball at the end with poisnous darts. When the Manticore flings it's tail, the darts detach. It uses this as a way to catch it's prey. The darts poison is fatal, but you will rpobably die from the Manticore devouring you before you die from the poison. A Manticores skin repels all known charms, so is effectivley hard to subdue a manticore with magic.

The Manticore originated in Greece, where it may have been a wizard bred species. It is unsure. If it is then this is a reason why the Ban on experimental breeding is so important. It is the greek counter-part of the Egyptian Sphinx. The Manticore is also native to the forest of Asia, especially Indoneshia, Malaysia and India.