Talk:Basilisk/@comment-7604544-20131013144944/@comment-4264287-20131013182236

Those are Basiliskus. The Basilisk is a large snake with a killing stare, petrifying if being looked at indirectly. Only the eyes can kill, so if the Basilisk were blind, the only thing you'd worry about is it's 5-minute working poison. A basilisk in lore is said to spawn from a toad sitting on a chicken egg. The call of the rooster results as an instant death to the Basilisk.