Best real-life Pokemon.
But what the fook is it?
I think that would be rejected as a Pokemon for being too crazy.
Sandshrew.I was quite surprised to find out that Sandshrew is not an armadillo.
Giant Isopod reporting to kick your pigalope's ass.
This little bugger right here. Seriously, we need more Cephalopod pokémons.
>>6907In real-life, though, there's no evidence that guy either spat acid or had that neck frill thing. The only particularly unique feature was its weird head edges.
>>6922 I know. But I still want the JP version.
>>6882Indeed a Real life pokemon because we have a pokemon based on ithttp://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Anorith_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29I was thinking this topic was about real life animals that don't have pokemon based on them already and seem like they should. Right?
>>6907> dilophosaurus with neck frill>"real-life"Hate to break it to you, but Crichton made that part up, along with the poison spit. It's also worth noting that the dilophosaurus in the movie was pretty tiny compared to the real thing, which was twenty feet long and weighed half a ton.ARMCHAIR PALEONTOLOGY TO THE RESCUE!
>>6945My turn!
>>6945You know, the post directly under that one point that out already.And then the post directly following that amounts to "lol don't care."
>>6948 But which would you rather have: the dinosaur that can tear throats AND spit poison, or the dinosaur that just tears throats?I know JP's Dilophosaurus isn't accurate, but I wouldn't be surprised if Gamefreak decided to go with something similar.
>>6949The JP Dilophosaurus is more Pokemon worthy, but the real one is more badass. Maybe have the real version be an evolved form of the baby poison-spit frillbeast.
>>6948Shit, serves me right for getting distracted by pictures of weird critters and not paying attention to the text.To compensate, here's a little something called the therizinosaurus. I think it'd make an excellent pokemon.
>>6945iirc, Chrichton's dilophosaurs were actual-sized (or close, at least) and didn't have frills. The venomous thing and the spitting thereof, on the other hand, was all him.
The ancient oceans were a thoroughly scary place.
>>7071Mine's scarier.
Machrauchenia. This thing is just begging for the Gamefreak treatment.
No, Dodrio is NOT good enough. I want one with the killer talons.
>>7075Another one, not nearly as fucked up, but pretty wtf. It's literally named after an acid trip.
To be politically correct, these predators are sometimes called “Catalchis,” “Humpers” or "Kuh." But every Snaiadi local knows them by their true name: to them, these animals are Fuckers. The sight of a Fucker's weapon is enough to warrant its name. Connected directly to the pelvis, this is a knife-like structure that, when wielded by the hydraulic muscles on the animal's back, can inflict tremendous damage. The absence of genitalia or other vitally important organs in the pelvic region of Snaiad “vertebrates” has freed up this area for further evolutionary development and “humping” predatory habits or pelvic spikes have evolved more than once on Snaiad, among the primitive Turtiformes and snake-like Emmiformes. In most environments, the Fututoriformes compete for predatory niches with the equally well-armed Kahydroniformes. As a result of their anatomical specializations, Fuckers usually fare better as precision-striking ambush hunters, while Kahydrons are more adept at chasing down prey over long distances.Fuckers are a comparatively recent group, appearing in the fossil record around the same time as Kahydronts, +- 22 million years ago. The evolution of these predatory guilds seems to have affected mainland faunas quite drastically, with a lot of “archaic” predators and some of the stranger herbivores disappearing within a short span of time.
Prehistoric cousin to Phanpy and Donphan right here.
>>6893Seconded. We need more so I can make an entire team of cephalopod pokemon
>>7082Oh, Nemo Ramjet, you crazy bastard...
We need a Pokemon based on something from the Ediacaran fauna. It would do nothing, a la Magicarp ("Vendo used chemosynthesis attack!"). People would keep on expecting it to evolve into something awesome, but it never would.
Real life Pokemon you say?http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/fJGd9bqCmFI/Scientists-Implant-Biofuel-Cells-Into-RatsTL;DR: Scientists have invented rats that produce electricity.
>>7079Better picture.
>>7099Water/fight squid, water/psychic cuttlefish and water/dark octopus.
>>7159I know Cuttlefish have their hypno colours, but I'm incline to vote octopi for psychic, they're the smartest of the three. Octopi learn to do tricks and get bored once they master them, so you have to keep finding more difficult tricks to teach them or else they revolt. Cuttlefish are content to learn tricks and perform them on command, squids have the capacity to learn tricks but don't care about impressing people and go straight to the revolt part.
>>7083 This too.
I'd suggest a lionfish, but Water/Poison has been done to death, as far as I'm concerned.Maybe if there were a more efficient version of Poison Point.
>>7166>Water/Poison has been done to deathBut only three Pokemon have that type combo. Granted, Tentacool/Tentacruel have single-handedly run it into the ground, but I think it could be made fresh again.
>>7163But Cuttlefishes have more, how to say this... well-defined bodies, stretching behind them like a long cape, in some cases flashing in wondrous colours. That's some wizard shit right there.Octopuses are a lot more shady and slimy, and having their tentacles places al around their "heads" instead of centred at the front give them good capabilities for sneak attacks and hidden weapons. A lot more shady.That said, as long as I get a brainy octopus and cuttlefish duo with some mean squid muscles to back it up It doesn't matter much who's who.
>>7141I am okay with what Science has done here.
Fire/water type.
The hooded pitohui, native to Papua New Guinea. Thanks to eating a specific species of beetle, its skin and feathers secrete a neurotoxin like that of the poison dart frog.I don't think we have a Poison/Flying combo yet.
This little dude. Water/normal, evolves via happiness into water/grass. Has an ability that renders it invulnerable to steel types and/or makes it stronger against Pokemon with high speed. Dumbasses and their damn speedboats and their fucking propellers. Stay the hell out of the protected areas. How fucking hard is that?.
>>7180Hiya.
>>7183 Oh, right. Now I feel stupid.
>>7181I've snorkeled with Manatee several times. They're cute at hell, they act like giant dogs.
>>7186FFFFFFFF me too. I had a baby try to nom my flippers once. He was all "wtf is this sheeyit" and then bumped me on the head with his nubby little arm :3c
>>7190A baby once objected to my dad not petting him by swimming in front of him and bumping his mask repeatedly until he complied. Again: Giant Dogs.
>>7180It could the Poison Point, or like, upgraded Poison Point, so it has a 30% chance of badly poisoning it's opponent anytime they make physical contact!>>7181Seconding this like hell. They're so cute! Like slowly-drifting sausages, with sad, wrinkly, "so-ugly-they're-cute" faces that just make you go "derp!" And they're related to fucking elephants, man! Elephants! No wonder they're awesome! I "adopted" one back when I was little...I got a letter one day saying it died of a cold when a cold snap hit Florida...;~;
>>7180Oh, while we're talking about odd irl animals with poison...I just can't think what typing it'd be though. Normal-Poison? Fighting-Poison? Poison has been paired with so much and has such poor type coverage...also, polite sage for double-post
>>7194Yeah, that does suck. I adopted Chessie. You know about Chessie? This motherfucker man, he got fed up with the herd and was like "fuck y'all, I'm goin to Jersey". And he did. Three times. The third time he actually swam all the way up to Manhattan. This was back in the early ninties mind you, so he's probably in Manatee heaven hanging out with your guy now. He probably swam up there, too.
>>7181>Heavy Padding - Weakens priority attacks against this Pokemon; this Pokemon's priority attacks are normal speed..
>>7196Shit, I vaguely remember hearing about that! Fucking awesome, man! Though I bet Chessie would probably get bored with heaven, end up swimming through space, exploring the universe.Anyway, bump with more irl Pokemon.
Shorebirds are always pretty cute, if derpy. Especially with names like stilts and curlews.
Why DON'T we have a snow leopard Pokemon yet?
Oh Bird-of-paradise yours is the strangest of bird families.
>>7196Evolves into Stellord.
>>11535And look at this video of the endangered African what the fuck is that.
Do they have to be REAL real?
The dresser crab.