Magical Magic Creature Spotlight: Jarvey

[sweettalkeress.livejournal.com]

Jarvey

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The Jarvey, found in Britain, Ireland, and North America, is basically a large talking ferret. However, while it can talk, it isn’t really as intelligent as humans and can’t carry on a true conversation—instead it spouts rude phrases with very little rhyme or reason. Jarveys eat Gnomes primarily, but they’ll also go after smaller animals.

It begs the question as to exactly how Jarveys learn to talk in the first place—have they just lived among humans for so long that they’ve been able to pick up handfuls of words and phrases, like parrots? Or do the words actually mean something to them that they don’t mean to humans? Do Jarveys learn only English words and phrases, or have they ever spoken other languages? Clearly Rowling has never thought this through, and that’s another blow to this book’s credibility as even a faux-educational document.

No picture this time because it’s pretty obvious what a ferret looks like.

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[the-bitter-word.livejournal.com]

No picture this time because it’s pretty obvious what a ferret looks like.

Draco Malfoy?

[sweettalkeress.livejournal.com]

It begs the question as to whether Moody could have turned Draco into a Jarvey rather than an ordinary pet ferret. Of course, he might have had to have been a plain animal rather than a speshul magik one to justify being slammed on the floor.

Crap, now I'm imagining an AU where Draco turns into a ferret (or whatever) and everyone decides they like him better that way and he becomes someone's family pet. He might have been better off than how he ended up in the books themselves!

[sweettalkeress.livejournal.com]

Well...technically not all ferrets everywhere are domestic. The Black-Footed Ferret, for one, is actually a wild species that lives in the prairies like normal weasels. But yeah, most ferrets are commonly thought of as pets. Logically there should be something about that in the book itself, but nooooo....

[oryx_leucoryx]

As swythyv explained in her fic, a wizarding pirate is a marauder.

[oryx_leucoryx]

Hydraulic Forces - written as gift for Pennswoods, SSHG exchange. It incorporates many of her recent theories.

[danajsparks.livejournal.com]

----It begs the question as to exactly how Jarveys learn to talk in the first place.

Maybe Jareys are the result of some wizard's attempt to breed talking ferrets.

[condwiramurs.livejournal.com]

I'd ask why on earth someone would want a talking ferret, but then again these are wizards we're talking about. Logic is not their strong suit.

[sweettalkeress.livejournal.com]

Heh, imagine if a real-life ferret could talk. "C'mon, let's play! Pleeease will you play with me, Owner?! Come on! I wanna play! I wanna play now!"