|Length of average adult|| Produces Flobberworm Mucus |Ministry
of Magic Classification|| - "While Dumbledore turns a blind eye,
Hagrid has maimed several pupils during a series of lessons that
many admit to being 'very frightening.' 'I was attacked by a
hippogriff, and my friend Vincent Crabbe got a bad bite off a
flobberworm,' says Draco Malfoy, a fourth-year student. 'We all
hate Hagrid, but we're just too scared to say anything.'" -
—Rita Skeeter reports exaggerated claims in the Daily Prophet.
The Flobberworm is a ten-inch, toothless brown worm which eats
vegetation, especially lettuce and cabbage. It is a fairly
boring creature, with a Ministry of Magic Classification of only
X (the lowest possible ranking, or "boring"). Each end is
identical to the other, and from both it exudes mucus which is
sometimes used to thicken potions. It moves very little and
prefers to live in damp ditches. Contrary to the claims of Draco
Malfoy and his gang, which were designed to attack Hagrid and
his quality as a professo