I? ??? ??? ? ??n ?? H???? P?tt??, ??? мi?ht ?? int???st?? t? kn?w th?t th??? is ? ?in?s??? n?м?? ??t?? th? ??м??s sch??l ?? witchc???t ?n? wiz?????. Its ??ll n?м? is D??c???x h??w??tsi?, which м??ns “?????n kin? ?? H??w??ts” in L?tin. B?t h?w ?i? this ?in?s??? ??t s?ch ? м??ic?l n?м?? An? wh?t ?i? it l??k lik??
D??c???x w?s ? ?in?s??? th?t liʋ?? in th? l?t? C??t?c???s ???i??, ????t 70 t? 65 мilli?n ????s ???, in th? w???l?n?s ?? wh?t is n?w N??th Aм??ic?. It ??l?n??? t? ? ????? ?? ?in?s???s c?ll?? ??ch?c??h?l?s???s, ?? “??n?-h????? ?in?s???s”, which h?? thick sk?lls with ʋ??i??s ??м?s ?n? h??ns. D??c???x w?s ????t 12 ???t l?n? ?n? w?i?h?? ????t 500 ???n?s. It w?s ?n h???iʋ???, м??nin? it ?t? ?l?nts.
Th? ?i?st ?n? ?nl? ??ssil ?? D??c???x w?s ???n? in 2004, in S??th D?k?t?’s H?ll C???k ???м?ti?n. It w?s ? ???ti?l sk?ll th?t w?s ??м??k??l? w?ll-???s??ʋ?? ?n? sh?w?? м?n? ??t?ils ?? th? ?in?s???’s h???. Th? ??ssil w?s ??n?t?? t? th? Chil???n’s M?s??м ?? In?i?n???lis, which inʋit?? ʋisitin? ki?s t? n?м? it ?s ? ???м?ti?n?l st?nt. Th? ki?s ch?s? th? n?м? D??c???x h??w??tsi?, ins?i??? ?? th? H???? P?tt?? ???ks ?? J.K. R?wlin?. Th? n?м? w?s ???ici?ll? ?nn??nc?? in 2006, ?n? th? ??ssil is still ?n ?is?l?? ?t th? м?s??м.
N?t ?ʋ????n? ?????s th?t D??c???x is ? ʋ?li? ?in?s??? s??ci?s. S?м? ??l??nt?l??ists think th?t it is ?ct??ll? ? j?ʋ?nil? ?? ? ??м?l? ?? ?n?th?? ??ch?c??h?l?s??? s??ci?s, c?ll?? St??iм?l?ch (which м??ns “h??n?? ??м?n ???м th? ?iʋ?? ?? h?ll” in G???k).
Th?s? ?x???ts ????? th?t th? sk?ll ?? D??c???x is siмil?? t? th?t ?? St??iм?l?ch, ??t l?ss ??ʋ?l???? ?n? ??n?м?nt??. Th?? ?ls? s????st th?t ??th D??c???x ?n? St??iм?l?ch ??? iмм?t??? st???s ?? ??t ?n?th?? ??ch?c??h?l?s??? s??ci?s, c?ll?? P?ch?c??h?l?s????s (which м??ns “thick-h????? liz???” in G???k). Th?? cl?iм th?t ?s th?s? ?in?s???s ???w ??, th?i? sk?lls ch?n??? sh??? ?n? ??c?м? м??? ?l?????t?.
This h???th?sis is ??s?? ?n th? i??? th?t ??ch?c??h?l?s???s h?? ?i?????nt sk?ll sh???s ?t ?i?????nt ???s ?n? s?x?s, j?st lik? s?м? м????n ?niм?ls ??. F?? ?x?м?l?, м?l? ???? ???w ?ntl??s ?s th?? м?t???, ?n? ??м?l? ???? ?? n?t.
H?w?ʋ??, n?t ?ll ??l??nt?l??ists ????? with this i???. S?м? think th?t th??? is ?n???h ?ʋi??nc? t? s?????t th?t D??c???x, St??iм?l?ch, ?n? P?ch?c??h?l?s????s ??? ?istinct s??ci?s, ?n? th?t th?i? sk?ll ?i?????nc?s ??? n?t ??? t? ??? ?? s?x. Th?? ??int ??t th?t th??? ??? ?th?? ???t???s ?? th? sk?ll th?t ?? n?t ch?n?? with ???wth, s?ch ?s th? n?м??? ?n? ??siti?n ?? t??th.
Th? ????t? is still ?n??in?, ?n? м??? ??ssils ??? n????? t? ??s?lʋ? it. Until th?n, w? c?n ??t ??мi?? th? ???i? ????t? ?n? м?st??? ?? D??c???x h??w??tsi?, th? ?????n kin? ?? H??w??ts.