Rarely Known Care of Real Magical Creatures

Care of Magical Creatures, also known as Creature Care, and formerly called Beasts class, was an elective course at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that could be chosen by students in their third year. Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry introduced this course in 1927.In the class, students learnt about a wide range of magical creatures, from flobberworms, hippogriffs, unicorns and even thestrals. Students were taught about feeding, maintaining, breeding, and proper treatment of these creatures and many more.The witches and wizards who succeeded in achieving an O.W.L. in the subject could later become Magizoologists. Some well-known Magizoologists were Newt Scamander, his grandson Rolf Scamander, and his wife Luna Lovegood.
==Class information==
Care of Magical Creatures was a subject taught only to those in their third year or above who chose to take it as an elective course.In a student's fifth year, they took an Ordinary Wizarding Level examination in the subject, where they sat both a written portion and a practical portion, where they demonstrated their knowledge of the subject. On their Care of Magical Creatures practical, they had to identify a Knarl hidden among a dozen hedgehogs, demonstrate correct handling of a Bowtruckle, feed and clean out a Fire Crab without sustaining serious burns, and choose from a wide selection of food the diet they would give a sick unicorn.It is unknown how many of Harry Potter's fellow students chose to continue Care of Magical Creatures in their N.E.W.T. year; however, Harry, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger left the subject after completing their O.W.L.s.As of the late 20th century, many Hogwarts students had earned good grades in this class, something Albus Dumbledore attributed to the use of as a textbook.
===Staffing===
Silvanus Kettleburn taught Care of Magical Creatures until 1993, when he retired "to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs". He was succeeded by Rubeus Hagrid, whose lessons became controversial after Draco Malfoy was injured by a Hippogriff, Buckbeak. After Malfoy was injured, Hagrid was more restrained and cautious in the creatures he showed to the class for the remainder of the 1993–1994 school year, although Hagrid occasionally brought creatures that were illegal to class.Hermione Granger attempted to organise Hagrid's classes in order to make him a better teacher and prevent him from being fired. In his second year of teaching the subject, Hagrid introduced his fourth-year class to Blast-Ended Skrewts during his lessons, a species of illegally bred creatures. Hagrid went on to teach this subject until at least the 2010–2011 school year.During the 1994–1995 school year and also the 1995–1996 school year, for a short time, Hagrid was substituted by Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank, who gave lessons on unicorns and Bowtruckles.
==Class location==
Care of Magical Creatures classes typically took place outside of Hagrid's Hut, but some lessons occasionally took place in the Forbidden Forest, such as the Thestral lesson.
==Known professors==
Rubeus Hagrid.jpg|Rubeus Hagrid (1993–?)
==Grades==
===Passing grades===
*Outstanding [O]
*Exceeds Expectations [E]
*Acceptable [A]	
===Fail grades===
*Poor [P]
*Dreadful [D]
*Troll [T]
==Known O.W.L.s==
GOF promo Angelina Johnson.jpg|Angelina Johnson
File:Hbp harry potter1.jpg|Harry Potter
Hermione Granger Half Blood Prince.jpg|Hermione Granger
Ron Weasley Half Blood Prince.jpg|Ron Weasley
File:Percy-weasley.jpg|Percy Weasley - It is said that both Percy and Bill Weasley earned twelve Ordinary Wizarding Levels, meaning they must have earned an O.W.L. in this subject.
==Behind the scenes==
*As revealed in , J. K. Rowling had originally devised this class to be called "Beasts", and to be compulsory from the first year. This "Beasts" class appears to exist in and may be linked to this original idea.
*The year in which creatures are covered seems to depend on the teacher. During Silvanus Kettleburn's tenure, salamanders were covered with Fred and George Weasley in their fourth year, while Rubeus Hagrid taught about salamanders in Harry Potter's third year. Hermione Granger stated that a person like Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank probably wouldn't have covered Thestrals until reaching N.E.W.T.-level, whereas Rubeus Hagrid taught about Thestrals in Harry's fifth year.
*In , the class is not available until Year 4. If players take Jacob's sibling to the O.W.L. through an optional side quest, they will definitely gain at least an A, even if they fail to answer every question and care for any creatures.
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