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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 was a magical beast that greatly resembled a hedgehog in its physical appearance.[1]
Description
It resembled the hedgehog so much so that there was only one known (behavioural) difference between them: when food was left out for a hedgehog, it would appreciate and enjoy the gift; a knarl would 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 were often blamed for damage committed by a Knarl.[1]
Diet
Knarls ate wild daisies. A potioneer would often have to remove Knarls from a daisy patch in order to pick the flowers. Casting a well-aimed Stunning Spell at the Knarl woulf work well and would not do any permanent harm to the animal.[2]
Uses
Knarl quills had 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 have been actually be aware of this fact.
Appearances
- 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
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 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)
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