Charlie Weasley: "Oh yeah." Hermione starts revising, the teachers pile on extra homework, Harry, Ron and Hermione visit Hagrid, discover he has a dragon’s egg, and later watch it hatch. Harry Potter faced a Hungarian Horntail during the Triwizard Tournament in … They ate large land mammals, but they have been known to carry a whole whale calf.Harry Potter Books Wikia is a FANDOM Books Community.Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. They had poisonous fangs: if bitten, the wound will swell up twice its size and go green if untreated.It's one of the rarer kinds of dragon species because they fought their own kind. Community content is available under Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat.
Rubeus Hagrid: "Wha — Norbert's a girl?" Able to fly and breathe fire through their nostrils and mouths, they are one of the most dangerous and hardest to conceal creatures in the wizarding world. The Norwegian Ridgeback was a dragon from Norway. As the dragon grows, it becomes harder to hide the illegal pet, until Charlie Weasley agrees to have it sent to him in Romania. Hungarian Horntail. Charlie Weasley: "They're a lot more vicious." We call her Norberta now." Norbert hatches from his egg in the home of Hagrid on the grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry within the pages of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". — Explanation of Norberta's name change Answer: Norwegian Ridgeback Norbert is identified as a Norwegian Ridgeback dragon. At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page.Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. The new-born dragon looked like a "crumpled, black umbrella": it had large spiny wings, a skinny body, a long snout, large nostrils, stubs of horns, pointed fangs and bulging, orange eyes. Norbert later turned out to be female, according to Charlie, and her name was changed to Norberta (DH7). The baby dragon is a Norwegian Ridgeback which he names Norbert. The Norwegian Ridgeback? When it grows too large, violent, and firey for Hagrid to keep in his wooden hut, the dragon is given to Charlie Weasley, who works on a dragon reservation in Romania (PS14). Hermione Granger: "How can you tell?" *Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, Fandom will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. They grow 3 times their length in just 7 days.
Dragons are giant winged, fire-breathing reptilian beasts. Widely regarded as terrifying yet awe-inspiring, they can be found all over the world and are frequently referred to in Asian and medieval European folklore. Charlie Weasley: "Norbert?
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It is said to physically resemble a Hungarian Horntail. The Norwegian Ridgeback is a species of dragon that is native to Norway, and its typical habitat is the Northern mountains. Rubeus Hagrid was given such a dragon in the spring of 1992 called Norberta, but he had to send her to a dragon sanctuary in Romania.