Changes: Knarl

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"The Knarl (northern Europe and America) is usually mistaken for a hedgehog by Muggles. The two species are indeed indistinguishable except for one important behavioural difference: if food is left out in the garden for a hedgehog, it will accept and enjoy the gift; if food is offered to a Knarl, on the other hand, it will assume that the householder is attempting to lure it into a trap and will savage that householder’s garden plants or garden ornaments."

— Newt Scamander, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them^[src]

The Knarl is a magical beast that greatly resembles a hedgehog in its physical appearance.^[1]

Description

KnarlAndHedgehogs — A Knarl between two hedgehogs. The hedgehogs have a lighter face

It resembles the hedgehog so much so that there is only one known (behavioural) difference between them: when food is left out for a hedgehog it will appreciate and enjoy the gift; a knarl will see it as an attempt to lure it into a trap and hence savage the garden of the householder who left the food. Muggle children have often been blamed for damage committed by a Knarl.^[1]

Diet

Knarls eat wild daisies. A potioneer will often have to remove Knarls from a daisy patch in order to pick the flowers. Casting a well-aimed Stunning Spell at the Knarl will work well and will not do any permanent harm to the animal.^[2]

Uses

Knarl quills have magical uses. Fred and George Weasley once paid Mundungus Fletcher six Sickles for a bag of knarl quills, to experiment with for possible use in their Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes products.^[3]

History

They were featured in the Care of Magical Creatures O.W.L. during the 1995–1996 school year, where students had to locate it amongst a group of hedgehogs.The trick was to offer each creature some milk.^[4] Given how Hedgehogs are lactose intolerant and milk is thus poisonous to them, the Knarl being more intelligent, may be actually be aware of this fact.

Appearances

The Harry Potter Wiki has 24 images related to Knarl.

Baby Knarl WU — A baby Knarl as seen in *Harry Potter: Wizards Unite*

PAS Knarl — A knarl as seen in *Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells*

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First appearance)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Wonderbook: Book of Spells
Wonderbook: Book of Potions
Pottermore
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells

Notes and references

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
↑ Wonderbook: Book of Potions
↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 9 (The Woes of Mrs Weasley)
↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31 (O.W.L.s)

Care of Magical Creatures

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Hagrid's Hut · Forbidden Forest · Care of Magical Creatures Classroom · Magical Creatures (club) · The Paddock
Professors	Silvanus Kettleburn · Rubeus Hagrid · Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank (substitute teacher)
Textbooks	The Monster Book of Monsters · Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
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Magical creatures by classification
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XXX	Ashwinder · Billywig · Bundimun · Crup · Doxy · Dugbog · Fire crab · Fwooper · Glumbumble · Hippocampus · Hippogriff · Hodag · Jarvey · Knarl · Kneazle · Leprechaun · Lobalug · Mackled Malaclaw · Moke · Murtlap · Niffler · Nogtail · Pixie · Plimpy · Pogrebin · Red Cap · Salamander · Sea serpent · Shrake · Streeler · Winged horse
XXXX	Centaur · Demiguise · Erkling · Erumpent · Golden Snidget · Graphorn · Griffin · Hidebehind · Kappa · Kelpie · Merperson · Occamy · Phoenix · Re'em · Runespoor · Snallygaster · Sphinx · Tebo · Thestral · Thunderbird · Troll · Unicorn · Winged horse · Yeti
XXXXX	Acromantula · Basilisk · Chimaera · Dragon · Horned Serpent · Lethifold · Manticore · Nundu · Quintaped · Wampus cat · Werewolf

[FBR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

[WBP-2] Wonderbook: Book of Potions

[OOTP9-3] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 9 (The Woes of Mrs Weasley)

[OOTP31-4] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31 (O.W.L.s)

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+{{Spoiler|WU|HM|PAS}}
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 {{Creature infobox
+|image = [[File:Knarl Book of Spells.png|250px]]
-|name=Knarl
+|name = Knarl
-|image=[[File:Knarl Book of Spells.png|250px]]
+|skin = Brown
-|bgcolor1=
+|eyes = Black
-|bgcolor2=
+|hair = Brown
-|sentience=
+|feathers =
-|skin=
+|related =
-|eyes=
+|native = *Northern [[Europe]]
-|hair=
+*[[North America]]
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+|alias =
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+|height =
-|native=North Europe<br/>
+|length =
-North America
+|wingspan =
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+|mortality = Mortal
-|height=
+|distinction = *Almost identical to the [[hedgehog]]
-|length=
+*Savages gardens
-|wingspan=
+*Herbivorous
-|distinction=
-|affiliation=
+|affiliation =
-|class=[[Beast]]<br/>[[XXX]]
+|class = [[Beast]]<br/>[[XXX]]
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-The '''Knarl''' is a creature that greatly resembles a [[hedgehog]], so much so that there is only one known (behavioural) difference between them: when food is left out for a hedgehog it will appreciate and enjoy the gift; a knarl will see it as an attempt to lure it into a trap and hence savage the garden of the householder who left the food. [[Muggle]] children have often been blamed for damage committed by a Knarl.
+{{Quote|The Knarl (northern Europe and America) is usually mistaken for a hedgehog by Muggles. The two species are indeed indistinguishable except for one important behavioural difference: if food is left out in the garden for a hedgehog, it will accept and enjoy the gift; if food is offered to a Knarl, on the other hand, it will assume that the householder is attempting to lure it into a trap and will savage that householder’s garden plants or garden ornaments.|[[Newton Scamander|Newt Scamander]], {{FB}}|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)}}
+The '''Knarl''' is a [[magic]]al [[beast]] that greatly resembles a [[hedgehog]] in its physical appearance.<ref name="FBR">{{FB|R}}</ref>
+==Description==
-They were featured in the [[Care of Magical Creatures]] [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L.]] during the [[1995–1996 school year]], where students had to locate it amongst a group of hedgehogs. The trick was to offer each creature some [[milk]].
+[[File:Knarl.jpg|thumb|Appearance of the Knarl]]
+[[File:KnarlAndHedgehogs.png|250px|thumb|A Knarl between two [[hedgehog]]s. The hedgehogs have a lighter face]]
+It resembles the hedgehog so much so that there is only one known (behavioural) difference between them: when food is left out for a hedgehog it will appreciate and enjoy the gift; a knarl will see it as an attempt to lure it into a trap and hence savage the garden of the householder who left the food. [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] children have often been blamed for damage committed by a Knarl.<ref name="FBR">{{FB|R}}</ref>
+==Diet==
-[[File:KnarlAndHedgehogs.png|thumb|left|250px|A Knarl between two [[hedgehog]]s. Telling them apart from sight alone is virtually impossible.]]
+Knarls eat wild [[daisy|daisies]]. A [[potioneer]] will often have to remove Knarls from a daisy patch in order to pick the flowers. Casting a well-aimed [[Stunning Spell]] at the Knarl will work well and will not do any permanent harm to the animal.<ref name="WBP">{{WBP}}</ref>
-Knarl quills have [[magic]]al uses. [[Fred Weasley|Fred]] and [[George Weasley]] once paid [[Mundungus Fletcher]] six [[Sickle]]s for a bag of knarl quills, to experiment with for possible use in their [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes]] products.<ref name="op9">{{OOTP|B|9 (''The Woes of Mrs Weasley'')}}</ref>
+==Uses==
-Knarls eat wild [[daisy|daisies]]. A potioneer will often have to removes knarls from a daisy patch in order to pick the flowers. Casting a well-aimed [[Stunning Spell]] at the Knarl will work well and will not do any permanent harm to the animal.<ref name="W:BoP">{{WBP}}</ref>
+[[Knarl quill]]s have [[magic]]al uses. [[Fred Weasley|Fred]] and [[George Weasley]] once paid [[Mundungus Fletcher]] six [[Sickle]]s for a bag of knarl quills, to experiment with for possible use in their [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes]] products.<ref name="OOTP9">{{OOTP|B|9}}</ref>
+==History==
+They were featured in the [[Care of Magical Creatures]] [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L.]] during the [[1995–1996 school year]], where students had to locate it amongst a group of hedgehogs.The trick was to offer each [[creature]] some [[milk]].<ref name="OOTP31">{{OOTP|B|31}}</ref>  Given how Hedgehogs are lactose intolerant and milk is thus [[poison]]ous to them, the Knarl being more intelligent, may be actually be aware of this fact.
 ==Appearances==
+{{Imagecat|Images of Knarls}}
-*{{GOF}}
+[[File:Baby_Knarl_WU.png|thumb|A baby Knarl as seen in {{WU}}]]
-*{{OOTP}}
+[[File:PAS Knarl.png|thumb|right|A knarl as seen in {{PAS}}]]
+*{{OOTP}} {{1st}}
 *{{HBP}}
 *{{FB|R}}
 *{{WBS}}
 *{{WBP}}
+*{{PM}}
+*{{HM}}
+*{{WU}}
+*{{PAS}}
 ==Notes and references==
 {{Reflist}}
 {{Care of Magical Creatures}}
 {{Creatures by classification}}
+[[de:Knarl]]
+[[de2:Knarl]]
 [[fr:Noueux]]
 [[ru:Нарл]]
 [[pl:Szpiczak]]
+[[pt-br:ouriço]]
 [[Category:Beasts]]
+[[Category:Care of Magical Creatures]]
+[[Category:Creatures from Europe]]
+[[Category:Creatures from North America]]
+[[Category:Foundables]]
 [[Category:XXX Creatures]]