I muggleutgåvan av " Fantastiska djur och var hittar de dem ", erbjuder Newt Scamander några fascinerande insikter i detektionsprocessen av magiska djur
Dissektion (och förmodligen vivisektion)
I look back across the years to the seven-year-old wizard who spent hours in his bedroom dismembering Horklumps
Noggrann observation
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.
Attraktion till magi
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.
Produktionen av magiska biprodukter
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.
Avsiktlig dölja av varelsen
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.
Innehav av ovanliga egenskaper som trotsar logglogik
The Occamy is aggressive to all who approach it, particularly in defence of its eggs, whose shells are made of the purest, softest silver.