Notes

Thbrxon – 1stAU – Gryffindor

Behaviour

Aggressive towards witches, wizards andmuggles alike, the Grindylow has only ever been tamed by merpeople; the half-fishbeings keep them as pets.

Diet

Grindylows survive, for the most part, on fish, algae, and small sea creatures; however, occasionally they will eat humans (it is for this reason that they are classified as dark creatures).

Habitat

These creatures are found in the weed beds at the bottom of lakes in Great Britain andIreland.

Physical appearance

The Grindylow is a sickly green colour, with green teeth and small pointy horns on its head. It has long, strong (albeit brittle) fingers which it uses to strangle its prey, and is a rather good swimmer.

Defence

The Grindylow has long, brittle fingers which despite their fragility are rather strong. The trick to escaping a Grindylow is to break their grip on a person; it can also be noted that theRevulsion Jinx may help with this task, as underwater it shoots jets of boiling hot water

The grindylow is a name for a type of water demon said to grab little children from the edge of a body of water and drown them. The term is used in the folktales of Yorkshire and Lancashire.
In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the grindylow is a small creature with tentacles and two dangling tentacles on its head. In the book, there is no such description. The books also describe Grindylows as sickly green in colour; the movies depict them as beige.
Originally the grindylow were meant to be more like Angler Fish according to The Creature Vault.

Grindylows are animals that live in weeds / grass lake bottom area of ​​the United Kingdom and Ireland. They also have a hard and aggressive nature of the wizards and Muggles. The trick to fight them is to break the grip of their hands. It normal, long fingers they are strong but in reality very fragile. Grindylows survive by eating fish, algae and small marine creatures. They are usually not a threat but have been known to attack humans. For this reason grindylows considered 'Dark Creatures'.