January 24, 2003

How People and Animals Coexist

By RANDY MALAMUD

When Dudley Dursley stops at the zoo's snake display in the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, he angrily demands that the sad creature entertain him. "Move!" he yells, rapping on the glass. When the boa constrictor fails to perform, Dudley turns away disgusted. His cousin, Harry, strikes up a conversation with the animal: "Sorry about him. He doesn't understand what it's like, lying there day after day, watching people press their ugly faces in on you."

Harry and the snake

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