Do basilisks breathe fire?

Stories gradually added to the basilisk's deadly capabilities, such as describing it as a larger beast, capable of breathing fire and killing with the sound of its voice.
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What powers do basilisks have?

The abilities of a basilisk are just as diverse; its ability to kill any living creature simply by gazing into the eyes of its prey is almost universal, but some attribute such other fearsome traits as the ability to breathe fire (much like a dragon), the ability to deliver lethal venom through a bite, and the ability ...
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What can kill a basilisk?

Harry Potter slaying Slytherin's Basilisk with the Sword of Gryffindor Riddle's ultimate goal was to lure Harry Potter into the Chamber and kill him. Harry Potter ultimately slayed Slytherin's Basilisk by stabbing her through the roof of the mouth with the Sword of Gryffindor.
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Is basilisk a real snake?

However, the design of the Basilisk in the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets movie actually resembles a legless lizard much more than a snake. And yes, to all those wondering, legless lizards are real animals. They very much resemble snakes except for a handful of key differences, all of which the Basilisk shows.
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How did the basilisk live so long?

Harry lowered his wand to look at the floor and saw that it was littered with small animal bones. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them explains that Basilisks stay alive by eating any and all mammals, birds, and most reptiles.
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Everything You Need to Know About Basilisks (+Horcrux Plot Hole?)



Can Voldemort look at the basilisk?

Conclusion; neither Tom Riddle, Harry Potter, or any other person who can talk Parseltongue is immune to the stare of a Basilisk.
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How did Salazar Slytherin get a Basilisk?

Salazar Slytherin's basilisk was born in the chamber, as revealed by Aragog. Slytherin, in his spite of the his fellow founders' acceptance of muggle-borns into the school, left a basilisk deep in the chamber, in hopes that one day his true heir will unleash her to purge all they deem unworthy to study magic.
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Is basilisk bigger than titanoboa?

Titanoboas were around 40 ft long and 2,500 lbs. Basilisks, at least the one we saw in Harry Potter, was around 50 feet long.
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Can basilisks Shapeshift?

Basilisks are notable for three things: being incredibly deadly, having some form of shapeshifting ability, and these being the only concrete things anybody known about them, since people tend not to survive encounters with them.
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Are basilisks dragons?

The Basilisk's(Draco basilikos) status as a dragon is arguable, as some think it a psuedo-dragon while others believe it to be mythical. It's based on the mythical Basilisk.
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Why do basilisks fear Roosters?

Basilisk is born by chicken egg hatched by toad. As creature made is hatched by toad , so a rooster may recognize toad hatching his eggs and catch the coupe. This may be the reason as why basilisk considers rooster as it's mortal enemy.
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What happens if you look in a basilisks eyes?

Interestingly, the very old library book in Chamber of Secrets describes the death-gaze differently from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: the Basilisk has a murderous stare, and all who are fixed with the beam of its eye shall suffer instant death.
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What are the basilisks weaknesses?

The basilisk's weakness is the odor of the weasel, which, according to Pliny, was thrown into the basilisk's hole, recognizable because some of the surrounding shrubs and grass had been scorched by its presence.
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Why can the basilisk venom destroy Horcruxes?

Basilisk venom is a method for destroying Horcruxes because once it takes effect, it renders the object irreparable, and the only chance for possibly repairing it is immediately putting phoenix tears on it.
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Is the basilisk evil?

The first member of these creatures was created in ancient Greece by Herpo the Foul and was one of the first examples of the Dark Arts and was considered highly dangerous, inhumane and illegal to breed. The Basilisk was considered the enemy of almost everything, the enemy of humans, spiders, and roosters.
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How long can a basilisk live?

While the common basilisk is most known for its ability to run on water, it is also an excellent climber and swimmer, and has been known to stay underwater for up to half an hour. The average lifespan is seven years in captivity; in the wild, it tends to be less because of predators.
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What is the most powerful mythical creature?

The 5 Most Powerful Creatures From Mythology
  1. Chimera. Illustration of a chimera by Jacopo Ligozzi, 1590–1610. ...
  2. Basilisk. Basilisk illustration by by WretchedSpawn2012. ...
  3. Dragons. “Probably one of the more well-known mythical creatures, dragons are a common feature across many different cultures. ...
  4. Kraken. ...
  5. Sirens.
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Does the basilisk have a name?

Dumbledore's pheonix is called Fawks, Voldemort's snake is called Nagini and Harry's owl is called Hedwig, but no name for the basilisk.
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Is Catoblepas real?

The Catoblepas was listed in the Book of Imaginary Beings (1957) by Jorge Luis Borges. It is described as a black buffalo with a hog's head that is always looking down.
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Who would win Titanoboa vs Megalodon?

Megalodon would win a fight against Titanoboa. The monster snake is a one-trick pony, and that trick isn't any good against a massive shark. Even if it managed to wrap about the shark, it's much too small to kill it. Megalodon was about 9 feet across and weighed 100,000lbs.
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What if Titanoboa was still alive?

Humans might be an ideal snack. Places such as Australia seem to co-exist with dangerous snakes, but the sheer massiveness of a titanoboa would dwarf anything we're used to. Titanoboas would prefer a hot, damp, jungle-like area, like the Amazon. Snakes rely on heat from outside their bodies to survive.
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What was the largest snake to ever exist?

Titanoboa, (Titanoboa cerrejonensis), extinct snake that lived during the Paleocene Epoch (66 million to 56 million years ago), considered to be the largest known member of the suborder Serpentes.
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Is nagini a basilisk?

Nagini is one of many snakes featured in the series

After all, the great Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets was a huge snake, bred with Salazar Slytherin's intent to murder Muggle-borns. The Dark Mark, Lord Voldemort's 'sign', was a skull with a snake tongue.
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Is there more than one basilisk?

The only other known Basilisk in Harry Potter canon is Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk which lived in the Chamber of Secrets. Because Basilisks are created and not bred, it would be impossible for a Basilisk to be born into the wild. So the answer is that there are no known wild Basilisks that went undiscovered.
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Who is the heir of Ravenclaw?

The Heir of Ravenclaw was an individual prophesized by the centaur Harmonthrep (Ajrand) to bring honor and glory to the House of Ravenclaw. The Heir of Ravenclaw was in time revealed to be Brian Dumbledore (Ajrand).
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