Hagrid's Little Cuties

Chapter 673: Hagrid's Little Cuties

It seemed that most people thought Care of Magical Creatures was useless. Hagrid found that hard to accept, and even harder to accept was the fact that Harry, his closest friend, thought so too.

To prove them wrong, Hagrid had recently been doing everything he could to improve the quality of his Care of Magical Creatures lessons.

Besides the giant from the first lesson, Silvan had also seen a Chimaera, a human-headed Manticore, and today, Hagrid had even brought in an Acromantula.

These magical creatures were indeed rare. Many wizards might never encounter even one in their entire lives.

But that was precisely the problem. These creatures were simply too rare, and there was no need for most wizards to learn about them. Even if they happened to encounter one, a solid grasp of theory would be unlikely to help much.

Hagrid had racked his brains only to prove that Harry and the others were right: Care of Magical Creatures really was useless.

Of course, if someone simply liked magical creatures, the class was still quite good. After all, aside from Hagrid's lessons, it was hard to find such a quiet Acromantula anywhere else.

"These little cuties are native to the jungles of Kalimantan Island. They like darkness and generally build enormous hemispherical web nests underground, with the largest member of the colony acting as the leader."

Hagrid seriously introduced the Acromantula's basic information, but Silvan simply could not connect a spider the size of a cartwheel, covered from head to toe in stiff black hairs, with the term "little cutie."

"Especially their venom—" Hagrid continued, forcefully prying open the Acromantula's chelicerae as though the creature before him was not a terrifying monster, but a steamed crab that could be handled however he pleased.

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