Aqua Chomp, Denta aqua or Aqua cum dentae, is mostly famous for the numerous Wizarding duels that have been fought over its official name. It is found all over the Mediterranean area and sometimes spills over into the Atlantic Ocean. It is found wherever seaweeds are found within the Mediterranean.
Appearance[]
Aqua Chomp is almost identical to any and all of the seaweeds which might be found in the Mediterranean. Its variable appearance is one of the reasons it is so prolific as it is almost as a chameleon in the waters. The only difference in appearance between Aqua Chomp and regular seaweed is the small line of purple dots along the edges of the leaves.
Cautions[]
The reason it is called Aqua Chomp (and has its Latin names of 'Water Teeth' or 'Water with Teeth') is that it can, and will, bite you. The small line of purple dots along the edges of the leaves expand into sizable teeth (1/2" - 3/4") and the leaves curl around you and bite quite hard.
It is rated 2, it is somewhat interesting but no uses have been found for it aside from the uses that seaweed can be put to. Strangely enough, Aqua Chomp only bites those with active wizarding blood. It will not attack Muggles or Squibs.
Care Of[]
Very few persons have found Aqua Chomp interesting enough to attempt to cultivate this rampant plant out of its native territory. Those few persons have reported that it requires a salt water solution to live in; that it shrivels up and dies in fresh water. They recommend a temperature of that resembling the Mediterranean. Anything too cold (such as the waters of Northern climates) will, again, kill it quite easily.
Uses[]
Apart from the sport of luring another witch or wizard into a mass of seaweed and listening to them yell as they are bitten, there has been no known use that has been recognized for Aqua Chomp. (Some Squibs have been known to lure those of wizard blood into said tangles of seaweed in retaliation for injuries or insults they have suffered.)
It has been gathered for hundreds of years with other seaweeds for use as food, dyes and other uses that the seaweeds are regularly put to without anyone of non-wizard blood discovering that it is not your regular seaweed.