Na edição trouxa de " Animais Fantásticos e Onde Habitam ", Newt Scamander oferece alguns insights fascinantes sobre o assunto. processo de detecção de animais mágicos
Dissecação (e presumivelmente vivissecção)
I look back across the years to the seven-year-old wizard who spent hours in his bedroom dismembering Horklumps
Observação cuidadosa
I have visited lairs, burrows, and nests across five continents, observed the curious habits of magical beasts in a hundred countries, witnessed their powers, gained their trust and, on occasion, beaten them off with my travelling kettle.
Atração à magia
Chizpurfles are small parasites up to a twentieth of an inch high, crablike in appearance, with large fangs. They are attracted by magic and may infest the fur and feathers of such creatures as Crups and Augureys.
A produção de subprodutos mágicos
The Glumbumble ... is a grey, furry-bodied flying insect that produces melancholy-inducing treacle, which is used as an antidote to the hysteria produced by eating Alihotsy leaves.
Ocultação intencional pela criatura
International Confederation of Wizard observers realised that they were not dealing with a true serpent when they saw it turn into an otter on the approach of a team of Muggle investigators and then transform back into a serpent when the coast was clear.
Posse de características incomuns que desafiam a lógica dos trouxas
The Occamy is aggressive to all who approach it, particularly in defence of its eggs, whose shells are made of the purest, softest silver.