![]() ![]() ![]() In the 1992–1993 school year at Hogwarts, the school's Mandrakes, at one point of time, became moody and secretive, which indicated that they were reaching adolescence. Mandrakes not only resembled humans, but also had similar behaviours to them. Professor Mirabel Garlick had her students put cotton in their ears in the late 19th century. When Hogwarts students studied Mandrakes in Herbology class, Professor Pomona Sprout had her students wear earmuffs to protect their ears from the Mandrake's cries. They stopped screaming once they were replanted in the soil. The scream of a mature Mandrake when it was unearthed was powerful enough to break glass and would kill any person who hears it, but a young Mandrake's screams would usually only knock a person out for several hours. They looked quite unremarkable to Harry, who didn't have the slightest idea what Hermione meant by the 'cry' of the Mandrake." - Harry Potter's perception of Mandrakes in a Herbology lesson " A hundred or so tufty little plants, purplish green in colour, were growing there in rows. ![]()
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