To be fair, the jelly Taako's thinking of it semi-intelligent, or at least able to squelch itself around trying to eat people. This is because Taako's reality is bonkers.

He tilts his head in something approaching honest sympathy at the fairly effective ferret communication. "Sorry, my dude, I'm totes unmagical right now or I could probably have you back. If I could conjure up shit I'd have blasted my way the fuck out already. Good news is if it's anything like the polymorph variations I know, it'll probably wear out."