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[Harry Potter] Could Dumbledore have been an unregistered animagus?

I've been toying with this idea for a while.

He was the transfiguration teacher at hogwarts before becoming headmaster, so he must have understood the concept at a theoretical level at least.

He was an exceptionally powerful wizard and dedicated academic. I can't see him wanting to leave any branch of magic unstudied, except on the grounds that it is too dark.

He always seemed to have a contingency plan and was prepared for any turn of events (e.g. being able to escape being arrested). Being an animagus seems like a trick he would like to have up his sleeve.

Thoughts?
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Could he? Sure he could. Lots of things are conceivable, specially when it comes to Dumbledore.

Is there any evidence, no matter how circumstantial, that he was an Animagus, unregistered to boot? No.