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Care of Magical Creatures

There is a row of newly built cages outside of Hagrid's hut. You don't remember seeing their occupants in any textbook, though...

The foxlike creature in the first cage is downright cute, with reddish-brown body and large, friendly eyes. It has six fluffy tails and a curly tuft of fur on top of its head. _ _ _ _ _ _ (9)

Aside from its round body and piggish snout, this furry creature looks very much like a monkey. Its fur is a light creamy color, turning to brown on its feet and the tip of its long, prehensile tail. _ _ _ _ _ _ (6)

This bizarre creature is spherical, with a metallic body. A round central eye with a tiny pupil stares unblinking at you. Three screws protrude from its head, and its arms resemble gigantic horseshoe magnets. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (1)

Unlike the other cages, this one holds multiple organisms: six small pinkish creatures with ovoid bodies. There are some cracks on their carapaces; one is missing enough shell to reveal some sort of yellow internal organ. You make a mental note to ask Hagrid if the creature is injured. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (6)

This curious organism would be entirely spherical, if not for the pair of suspicious, angry eyes that it now regards you with. The top half of its... head? body? is red, and the lower half is white. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (1)

Hagrid has installed a makeshift aquarium for this creature, which resembles a translucent blue jellyfish. Two large red crystalline orbs bulge from the sides of its head, and a smaller one is embedded in the center of its forehead. Two long tentacles hang from its main body. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (10)

The bipedal birdlike creature in this cage has two heads. One of them turns to gaze at you curiously and wakes the other from its nap. Its tiny wings don't look good for flying, but it runs around the enclosure at great speed. _ _ _ _ _ (6)

An adorable yellow rodent sits in the next cage. Its long ears have black tips, and it has a long, jagged tail. Its face is friendly, with beady eyes and red cheeks. Two parallel brown stripes run across its back. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (2)

This serpentine beast flicks its tongue out to smell the air as you approach. As it slithers quietly along, you notice that its body is entirely purple aside from a yellow stripe around its neck, underbelly, and rattle on its tail. _ _ _ _ _ (5)