Changes: Bat

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"A thousand live bats fluttered from the walls and ceiling while a thousand more swooped over the tables in low black clouds, making the candles in the pumpkins stutter. The feast appeared suddenly on the golden plates, as it had at the start-of-term banquet."

— Description of the Halloween feast in 1991^[src]

The bat is a flying mammal native to many parts of the world. They are nocturnal and/or crepuscular and feed on a range of food from insects to fruits.

The Magical Menagerie in Diagon Alley sold bats; there was one on display near the front door on August, 1991. In 1991 at the Halloween feast, the Great Hall was decorated with over a thousand live bats. The Quidditch team the Ballycastle Bats's team mascot is Barny the Fruitbat. Bat spleens are used as a Potion ingredient. Vampire bats are covered on the Ministry-approved fifth-year Defence Against the Dark Arts curriculum.

Types of Bat

Behind the scenes

In the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, there is a minigame where the player must catch twenty bats while riding Buckbeak before a timer runs out.
In the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Avifors is used to transfigure creatures such as Dugbogs into a flock of bats.
A semi-frequent joke within the series is Severus Snape's resemblance to a bat. One such example is in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Ron wonders if Snape could have beat Harry and Dumbledore to the Forbidden Forest and Harry comments "Not unless he can turn himself into a bat or something." Ron replies "Wouldn't put it past him." In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, during a Defence Against the Dark Arts class, it was stated that he looked "just as much like an overgrown bat as ever."

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 The [[Magical Menagerie]] in [[Diagon Alley]] sold bats; there was one on display near the front door on [[August]], [[1991]]. In [[1991]] at the [[Halloween feast]], the [[Great Hall]] was decorated with over a thousand live bats. The [[Quidditch]] team the [[Ballycastle Bats]]'s team mascot is [[Barny the Fruitbat]]. [[Bat spleen]]s are used as a [[Potion]] ingredient. [[Vampire bat]]s are covered on the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry]]-approved fifth-year [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] curriculum.
+==Types of Bat==
+*[[Mortis Bat]]
+*[[Spectre Bat]]
+*[[Vampire bat]]
+*[[Fruit bat]]
 ==Behind the scenes==
 *In the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)|video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', there is a minigame where the player must catch twenty bats while riding Buckbeak before a timer runs out.
 *In the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)|video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', [[Avifors]] is used to transfigure creatures such as [[Dugbog]]s into a flock of bats.
-*A semi-frequent joke within the series is [[Severus Snape]]'s resemblance to a bat. One such example is in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] wonders if Snape could have beat [[Harry Potter|Harry]] and [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] to the [[Forbidden Forest]] and Harry comments "Not unless he can turn himself into a bat or something." Ron replies "Wouldn't put it past him." In ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', during a [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] class, it was stated that he looked "just as much like an overgrown bat as ever."''
+*A semi-frequent joke within the series is [[Severus Snape]]'s resemblance to a bat. One such example is in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] wonders if Snape could have beat [[Harry Potter|Harry]] and [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] to the [[Forbidden Forest]] and Harry comments "Not unless he can turn himself into a bat or something." Ron replies "Wouldn't put it past him." In ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', during a [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] class, it was stated that he looked "just as much like an overgrown bat as ever."
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