What is a bowtruckle in real life?

In real life, a Bowtruckle, the twig-like tree guardian from Harry Potter, is inspired by stick insects (order Phasmida) and possibly leaf insects, which are masters of camouflage, mimicking twigs and leaves to hide, though Bowtruckles are fictional guardians that eat insects and guard wand-wood trees. Stick insects and leaf bugs are the closest real-world counterparts due to their remarkable ability to blend into foliage, just like the shy but protective Bowtruckle.
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What kind of creature is a Bowtruckle?

'The Bowtruckle is a tree-guardian creature found mainly in the west of England, southern Germany and certain Scandinavian forests. It is immensely difficult to spot, being small (maximum eight inches in height) and apparently made of bark and twigs with two small brown eyes.
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Are Bowtruckles real?

Bowtruckles and Leaf Insects

In the real world, we have our own insect that looks like a bunch of twigs, or what we like to call stick insects. While most of them are brown, their nymphs are actually a bright green color similar to the bowtruckles found in the Fantastic Beasts series.
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What is a niffler based on?

A Niffler from Fantastic Beasts is inspired by several real-world animals, primarily the long-beaked echidna (for its cute, furry appearance and snout), the platypus (for its bill-like snout, bristly fur, and burrowing), and the honey badger (for its tenacious, thieving attitude and ferocity). Its mole-like digging and underground habits also echo the star-nosed mole, while its tendency to hoard shiny things is like a magpie or bowerbird.
 
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Are Bowtruckles harmless?

It was generally a peaceful creature, but it would defend its home rather aggressively, attempting to gouge out an attacker's eyes if anything threatened its tree or itself. It was also adept at dodging most types of charms.
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How do you befriend a Bowtruckle?

In order to distract a Bowtruckle and gain access to their tree, it was necessary to offer them woodlice or fairy eggs. Magizoologist Newt Scamander was particularly taken with one Bowtruckle he named Pickett.
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Do nifflers bite?

A Niffler is a treasure-hunting creature with a long narrow snout. They are very attracted to shiny things, which makes them wonderful for locating anything metallic or shimmery, but they might bite if a person is wearing any jewellery.
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Is Grindelwald based on Trump?

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Depp's charismatic leader at the center of the new "Fantastic Beasts" sequel isn't modeled on President Donald Trump. But the stars of "Crimes of Grindelwald," which J.K. Rowling was writing during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, say there are some similarities.
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Do echidnas still exist?

Echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus) are solitary mammals with many peculiar quirks. Out of the four species that exist today, three are the rare long-beaked echidnas, only found in New Guinea. The fourth is the short-beaked echidna, widespread in Australia yet still difficult to spot.
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Is there LGBTQ in Hogwarts Mystery?

In Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, it is possible for the main character, Jacob's sibling, to date characters of the same gender as them, as part of a romance mechanic. Regardless of the chosen gender for the main character, the following may happen: Jacob's sibling admitting to Jae Kim that they fancy Penny Haywood.
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What is the rarest mythical creature?

There's no single "rarest" mythical creature, as rarity depends on cultural focus, but obscure ones like the skin-detaching Manananggal (Philippines) or the horse-man hybrid Nuckelavee (Scottish) are very rare in folklore, while unique beings like the bird-dog Chamrosh (Persian) or the two-headed Gandabherunda (Hindu) are less known globally, often tied to specific, less-recounted regional tales. 
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What does a FWOOPER look like?

The Fwooper is an African bird with extremely vivid plumage; Fwoopers may be orange, pink, lime green, or yellow. The Fwooper has long been a provider of fancy quills and also lays brilliantly patterned eggs.
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What does a skrewt look like?

What do they look like? Newly hatched Skrewts look like pale, slimy deformed shell-less lobsters. They have legs sticking out at odd angles. They are about six inches long and smell strongly of rotten fish.
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What is a thestral?

A Thestral is a rare, skeletal, winged horse in the Harry Potter universe, characterized by its bat-like wings and reptilian features, but it is only visible to those who have witnessed and accepted death, making them seem ominous but actually being intelligent, loyal creatures used to pull Hogwarts carriages and for fast travel.
 
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How did Voldemort get Nagini?

Voldemort met Nagini after his first fall, likely in the Albanian forest where he hid as a spirit, finding her as a massive, mystical snake, potentially a Maledictus witch (a woman cursed to turn into a beast) who was drawn to him or whom he possessed, and their bond deepened when he turned her into his final Horcrux by murdering Bertha Jorkins in 1994, using her venom to regain his body.
 
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What did Dumbledore mean by "Remember My Last Petunia"?

When Dumbledore sent a Howler to Petunia saying "Remember my last, Petunia," he was reminding her of the letter he left with baby Harry, explaining that her taking him in sealed an ancient protection spell, binding her to keep Harry safe as long as he called her home, a protection that would prevent Voldemort from harming him. It was a desperate reminder, after the Dementor attack, that her own family's safety depended on Harry staying with them, honoring her sister Lily's sacrifice.
 
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What Grindelwald is a Slytherin?

Grindelwald is mentioned by Ron Weasley, who erroneously states he was sorted into Slytherin House at Hogwarts.
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Who is LGBTQ in Harry Potter?

The main confirmed LGBTQ+ character in Harry Potter is Albus Dumbledore, revealed by author J.K. Rowling to be gay and to have had a romantic past with Gellert Grindelwald, a relationship explored further in the Fantastic Beasts series. While the books themselves are largely cishet (cisgender/heterosexual), Dumbledore's sexuality and the queer-coding of characters like Nymphadora Tonks and Luna Lovegood have sparked much fan discussion, though these remain interpretations outside Rowling's explicit statements. 
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Who was Dumbledore's true love?

In 2007, Rowling was asked whether Dumbledore ever found true love. She replied that she always thought of Dumbledore as being homosexual, and that he had fallen in love with the corrupt wizard Gellert Grindelwald; Rowling did not explicitly state whether Grindelwald returned his affections.
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How is Luna Lovegood related to Fantastic Beasts?

Luna married fellow naturalist Rolf Scamander, grandson of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them author Newt Scamander, considerably later in life than Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny, who all married and started families in their early-to-mid twenties.
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When did Hermione get pregnant?

Hermione Granger got pregnant with her and Ron Weasley's first child, Rose, sometime after the Second Wizarding War, likely around 2005, with their son Hugo arriving around 2007, though the exact timing isn't in the main books but established in supplemental materials and fan discussions. She had her children later in life, well after the war concluded, a common theme in fanfiction where pregnancies occur during or immediately after the war. 
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What was Newt's Niffler name?

Newt Scamander's Niffler, famous for causing chaos in New York and producing four offspring, is named Teddy, though he's often just called "the Niffler," with his babies later named Pumpkin, Pumpernickel, Persimmon, and Pistachio. 
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How is Hermione a witch if both her parents are muggles?

Muggle-borns inherit magic from a distant ancestor; they are descended from Squibs who have married Muggles and whose families had lost the knowledge of their wizarding legacy. The magic resurfaces unexpectedly many generations later.
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