<p>Have you seen <a href="https://www.asda.com/good-living/article/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-details" target="_blank"><em>Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them</em></a> yet? If so, then you most likely fell head over heels for Niffler - a sweet and funny beast who just can't get enough of shiny objects. (Psst... if you haven't seen the brilliant film yet, then what are you waiting for!?)</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">This mischievous Niffler has an irrepressible predilection for anything glittery. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FBNiffler?src=hash">#FBNiffler</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FantasticBeasts?src=hash">#FantasticBeasts</a> <a href="https://t.co/vYY6nJDor8">pic.twitter.com/vYY6nJDor8</a></p>— Fantastic Beasts (@FantasticBeasts) <a href="https://twitter.com/FantasticBeasts/status/799673649972133890">November 18, 2016</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>While Niffler is of course an adorable beast created by author J.K. Rowling, it turns out that there actually are tiny animals in the real world that bear an uncanny resemblance them.</p><p>Introducing the very rare Echidnas, who are known as puggles when they&rsquo;re young and can be found at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia.</p><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.8";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/tarongazoo/posts/1295721387157416" data-show-text="true" data-width="500"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/tarongazoo/posts/1295721387157416" class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><p>It's a baby boom that's been nearly 30 years in the making! We're excited to introduce you to our three new echidna puggles: http://bit.ly/2f6dlCr</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tarongazoo/">Taronga Zoo</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tarongazoo/posts/1295721387157416">Thursday, 17 November 2016</a></blockquote></div><p>According to scientists, puggles are actually very difficult to breed. But amazingly (or magically, some might say...) three new births were announced right before this film's release last week.</p><p>"The puggles have just opened their eyes and begun to develop their characteristic spines in the safety and warmth of their respective nursery burrows in Taronga's new echidna breeding facility," Taronga Zoo announced in a media release.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/52cCbL60fLQ" width="560"></iframe></p><p>While echidnas don't have Niffler's knack for pickpocketing, they DO have the same adorable snout and soft brown fur body as their Fantastic Beasts counterparts. Does this mean that Bowtruckles are real too? We wouldn't mind having our very own Pickett living in our pocket! </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Last but by no means least, Pickett the bowtruckle got to come to the premiere, courtesy of a very talented fan! <a href="https://t.co/6ILUufS0IS">pic.twitter.com/6ILUufS0IS</a></p>— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/797059198957875200">November 11, 2016</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p><em><strong>Want more magic? Get your wizarding world fix with <a href="https://groceries.asda.com/product/dvd-chart/dvd-harry-potter-complete-8-film-collection/910002575794" target="_blank">the complete 8 Harry Potter film collection</a> and head to Asda for the hardback version of <a href="https://groceries.asda.com/product/kids-book-chart/hardback-harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-parts-1-2-by-jack-thorne-jk-rowling-and-john-tiffany/910002650395" target="_blank">Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts 1 & 2.</a></strong></em></p><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Nifflers from Fantastic Beasts really do exist and here's where to find them

By Asda Good Living,23rd November 2016

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