Creature: Acromantula
Danger Level: 8 out of 10. Freaking hell! This creature is why wizards would do good to have a strong healthy fear of spiders.
Appearance: THEY ARE HUGE FUCKING SPIDERS! Okay, I'm sorry about that. I didn't actually write it. It was my friend and I promised him that I'll leave it be. But he is partially correct. They are very much like ordinary spiders except that they're gigantic—about the size of a fully-grown horse—and have a taste for human flesh. They're also able to speak in human tongue. How they've learnt the language, I don't know but one must be grateful for small miracles. It'll be much easier to know when to run when you know for sure when they're going to attack. Because they most definitely will tell you.
Cool Fact: Meeting an Acromantula and living through it would be a good conversation starter. But honestly, if you see one of these then run! Avoiding them would be best. Especially since they live in large clusters.
Uses: Their venom is very valuable. Like seriously, it's worth about a 100 galleons. Though, please, don't try to get some. It will most likely end in your most gruesome death.
I've been searching up on wand lore a bit and I've actually wondered if an Acromantula's hair would make a good wand core. I mean, it seems to have qualities that a wand core would need to possess. Strong, good magical potential, a good conductor of magic. But there are no known wands to have such a core. Maybe because no one dares venture near one to pluck out a hair to find out.
Notes: You're probably not learn about them in Care of Magical Creatures class since—well, going near one would probably not be the greatest idea. So, these guys reproduce very fast like normal spiders. Like most spiders, the females are bigger than the males and they can lay up to a hundred eggs that would hatch in a span of 6-8 weeks. Their eggs are gigantic. They're about the size of a football.
Scary, I know. I prefer normal spiders better. If you want to fight of an Acromantula…a basilisk is their natural enemy, though there are no known surviving basilisks. Basilisks are large snakes that can paralyze/kill with their eyes, by the way. Even if you had one to fight an Acromantula—or multiple Acromantulas since many usually attack at once—there's no guarantee that they'll be on your side. So, just run.
Personal Opinion: Acromantulas are creatures that I really hope you do not encounter. Some spells such as Petrificus Totalus and Stupefy might stop them for a while if one is chasing after you but the best course of survival is to just avoid, avoid, avoid. And don't think that you can negotiate with them just because they can utilize human speech. They will eat you.
