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This is a passive spherical creature often kept as a pet by wizard children. Its body is covered in soft fur and it is quite happy to be thrown about. It has an extraordinary long tongue, which it uses to scour its surroundings looking for food. By choice it prefers to locate the noses of sleeping humans and eat their bogies [FB]. Puffskeins make and live in nests, with the entire family group sharing the nest. A nest of dead Puffskeins was found under the sofa in the drawing room at 12 Grimmauld Place [OOTP6].
Puffskeins are an invention of JKR. The name comes from "puff", meaning a small fluffy ball, as in powder puff, and "skein", which refers to a coil of yarn.
