Hagrid did as he was told, figuring the reason why would come soon enough. And there it was, sending Fang cowering around his ankles all over again.

"Fancy bit o' Transfiguration yeh've got," Hagrid observed, sounding mightily impressed. New discoveries, and probably some wonderfully sized fangs too.

"Rubeus Hagrid. It's a great pleasure to meet yeh. Have yeh some friends?"

By 'friends', of course, he meant similar people. That he could also go meet. After he was done with the first, of course.