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* Why are magical creatures (including humans) so rare? They seem to be far more capable of surviving, yet evolution seems to have favored the non-magical creatures. In fact, it's apparently possible to duplicate food using magic. You'd think once something works out how, it would take over the world.

** It seems that the non-magicals out numbering the magicals is a factor as much as the magicals being content to not advance their way of life. It also comes down to wizarding kind trying to separate the worlds as much as possible by trying to keep the magical creatures secret.

*** That could very well be. Indeed, in many cases it's speculated that certain magical creatures were ''created'' by wizards long ago in the dimmest mists of time. Hell, maybe they all were.

** At least in the case of humans, it could be related to the [[Immortal Procreation Clause]]. Dumbledore was over 100 when he died, and Bathilda Bagshot was even older (she was an adult when Dumbledore was young) and died ''after' Dumbly. It's possible this applies to other species too, the only magical creature we see dying of old age was a fifty-five-year-old acromantula. Add in various recent wizarding wars and the Ministry's regulation over magical creatures, it's not that farfetched that populations would be kept small.

** Except the Dursleys can just lie, "We gave our ungrateful nephew some contacts!" and they would think nothing of it.

*** Were contacts popular/viable in the 80s and 90s? I wouldn't know.

***** Except for the fact that opticians won't allow contact lenses until you're old enough. I wasn't allowed to get contacts until I was fourteen or fifteen.

*** The problem with this is that you can see contact lenses in people's eyes if you look close enough and know what to look for. Also, it would look strange to the teachers when Harry still cannot read small stuff on the blackboard with his 'shiny new contacts'.