Blast-Ended Skrewt

The Blast-Ended Skrewt was a magical hybrid beast bred by Rubeus Hagrid in the autumn of 1994 by cross-breeding Manticores and Fire Crabs. Whether Hagrid used magic or somehow got the two different species to mate remains unknown. Newly hatched Skrewts looked like pale, slimy, deformed, shell-less lobsters or scorpions. They had legs sticking out at odd angles. They were about six inches long and smelled strongly of rotten fish. Sparks flew out of their rear ends every so often, which propelled them forward a few...

Native to

Hogwarts Castle

Distinction

Resemble pale, slimy, deformed shell-less lobsters or…