Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Fire Crab

Fire Crab
Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter - Magic
Type	Magical Creature
Features	turtle with crystals on its shell
First Appearance	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Overview

Fire Crabs appear only once in the books, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and then only in passing. They are not described in the principal books and play no real role in the story.

Extended Description

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Fire Crabs are mentioned only in passing in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, where a story written about Hagrid by Rita Skeeter suggested that the Blast-Ended Skrewts that he was raising looked to be unauthorized cross-breeds between Fire Crabs and Manticores.

From Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, we learn that fire crabs are commonly mistaken for turtles with jewel-encrusted shells. Fire crab shells can also be used as cauldrons.

Analysis

Questions

Study questions are meant to be left for each student to answer; please don't answer them here.

Greater Picture

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