A Bowtruckle is a small wizarding tree-dwelling beast in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. They have two long, sharp fingers on each hand and a flat-faced stick body of bark and twigs. They find it easy to camouflage into their natural habitat.[1]
About[]
Bowtruckles look like they are made of bark and twigs, a tiny stick which can grow up to eight inches in height. They have two small brown eyes and long, sharp fingers. They are native to western England, southern Germany, and certain Scandinavian woods. Bowtruckles, called tree-guardians, protect the wood of their home tree..[1] They are drawn to trees of wand-quality wood, normally a Wiggentree.[2]
It is a very peaceful and shy animal unless provoked, like if somone threatens the tree they live on..[1] In order to take wood or leaves from their home, they need to be given a distraction like fairy eggs[3] or woodlice otherwise they will leap down upon the woodcutter and gouge their eyes. A group of Bowtruckles are called a branch.[1]
Bowtruckles are easy for wizarding governments to hide per the International Statute of Secrecy because they are able to camouflage on their own.[4]
Notes and sources[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts (Bowtruckle)
- ↑ The Tales of Beedle the Bard: Albus Dumbledore's notes on Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 13
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Introduction (Magical Beasts in Hiding)