Bat (Harry Potter)

The bat is a flying mammal native to many parts of the world.
==Description==
They were nocturnal and/or crepuscular and feed on a range of food from insects to fruits. Bats were particularly vulnerable to the Knockback Jinx, if a need to dispatch an aggressive one arose.It was also a possible corporeal form of the Patronus Charm.
==History==
Bats could be found in the Forbidden Forest, nesting high in the trees.The Magical Menagerie in Diagon Alley sold bats; there was one on display near the front door on 1 August, 1991. Bat spleens were used as a potion ingredient. Vampire bats were covered on the Ministry-approved fifth-year Defence Against the Dark Arts curriculum, at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. - Chapter 15 (New Seeker)
In 1991 at the Hallowe'en feast on 31 October, the Great Hall was decorated with over a thousand live bats. Live bats were again part of the Hallowe'en feast festivities in 1993. Later that school year, in June of 1994, bats fluttered through the windows of Hagrid's Hut. A swarm of bats flew through the Forbidden Forest later that night, and Buckbeak the Hippogriff caught one, crunching noisily on it.The House-elf Dobby's ears were described as being "bat-like."
==Types of bat==
*Mortis Bat
*Spectre Bat
*Vampire bat
*Fruit bat
==Behind the scenes==
*A semi-frequent joke within the series is Severus Snape's resemblance to a bat. One such example is in , Ron wonders if Snape could have beat Harry and Dumbledore to the Forbidden Forest and Harry comments "Not unless he can turn himself into a bat or something." Ron replies "Wouldn't put it past him." In , during a Defence Against the Dark Arts class, it was stated that he looked "just as much like an overgrown bat as ever".
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==Notes and references==
Category:Bats
Category:Folio Bruti Entries
Category:Forbidden F Forest
Category:Hallowe'en
Category:Known Patronus Forms