Pad's essay on Hippogriff's

Hippogriff
A Hippogriff is a large beast that is a head of a large eagle and the body of a horse. The eyes are orange, while individual hippogriff colours vary as those of mundane horses do, including black, bronze, chestnut, grey, and roan. An adult hippogriff's wingspan is approximately 24 feet.

Hippogriffs are carnivorous and are extremely dangerous until tamed, which should only be attempted by a trained witch or wizard. Also Hippogriff's are very dangerous and should be treated only with the most respect. When going towards a Hippogriff you must have keep eye contact and bow low. If the Hippogriff bows back you can pet it. Then the Hippogriff may let you ride him. But if the Hippogriff does not bow back, you should step away swiftly but slowly.

Hippogriffs live on insects, birds, and small animals such as rats and ferret.
Hogwarts has access to at least a dozen hippogriffs for Care of Magical Creatures lessons; see Buckbeak(a.k.a.Wither Wings) for an example.

Wizards, however, know better and know that hippogriffs do indeed exist. Hippogriffs are native to Europe but have expanded all over the world.

The Ministry of Magic's classifacation on the Hippogriff is
Competet Wizard should cope; XXX

And that is my essay on the Hippogriff.

sites: www/hp-lexicon.org book 3 and fantasic beasts and where to find them.

This was under word count, and very similar to the lexicon, but it's putting in the effort that counts, a lot of people don't even do that, and I really like the picture you found, so 20 points Padfoot.