Animal Communication

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= Communicating with animals =
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Some wizards and witches had the magical ability to talk to and communicate with animals.
== Contents ==
* 1Types
** 1.1Parselmouths
** 1.2Other
* 2Appearances
* 3Notes and references
== Types ==
=== Parselmouths ===
Parseltongue was the language of snakes. It appeared that it could be learnt like any other language, as evidenced by Albus Dumbledore. However, a wizard or witch known as a Parselmouth could understand it naturally and speak back to snakes, often not even realising they were no longer speaking the human tongue. This ability was extremely rare and hereditary. Salazar Slytherin was an infamous Parselmouth, and his descendants, such as Lord Voldemort, inherited this trait. Harry Potter also acquired this ability when part of Voldemort's soul bonded with him the night he tried to kill Harry. When the piece of Voldemort's soul inside him was destroyed, Harry thought he would lose the ability, but 22 years later in 2020, he used Parseltongue to open the secret room of Delphini.
=== Other ===
Other wizards, like Rubeus Hagrid and Newt Scamander for example, had an innate ability to communicate and bond with all kinds of animals. Animagi had also demonstrated being able to subtly influence animals while assuming their animal forms, as in the case of Peter Pettigrew, who demonstrated an affinity with rats while in his rat form. Argus Filch demonstrated a high degree of communication with his cat, Mrs Norris, even though he was a Squib.