All right, /pkmn/, this has been bugging me for ages but it's only now that I've finally decided to sit down and really think about it: are scythers bugs, or reptiles? That is, do they have endo or exoskeletons? Something that big (roughly the size of a human) can't possibly get around without bones, can it? I know that insects that big have existed before, but nothing with a structure as complex as a scyther's.I'm asking because I've been wanting to draw out the skeletal structure of some of my favorite pokemon so I can portray them as accurately as possible, and when I got to scyther that giant mindfuck occurred and now here I am. :|
It's a fantasy bug.
>>7901Well that's no fun.
fluid filled sacs?Nah, here's something to try and wrap your head around, maybe it's evolved both.As in, key parts of its anatomy are internal, while others are part of a multilayered exoskeletal system. Takes it skull for example. It's possible that the skull is internal, along with the vertebrae and ribcage, along with a rudimentary pelvic girdle, with redundant torso exoskeleton that wraps around its neck and continues to its limbs.
Is Lucario capable of effectively metabolizing theobromine?
>>7904 Oh god! Who gave the dog chocolate?! Max you fool, you've killed him!
>>7904He's Steel type, they can't get poisoned anyway.
>>7908 Touche Piplup God. Touche.
>>7906this is bullshit, my old dog once swiped an entire bar of chocolate, it was a tiny dog too. besides throwing up for a few days he was fine.
>>7914Well it varies, you know.Try to be careful when it comes to Dark Chocolate.
>>7904I hope not.
>The good news is that it takes, on average, a fairly large amount of theobromine 100-150 mg/kg to cause a toxic reaction. Although there are variables to consider like the individual sensitivity, animal size and chocolate concentration.>On average,>Milk chocolate contains 44 mg of theobromine per oz.>Semisweet chocolate contains 150mg/oz.>Baker's chocolate 390mg/oz.>Using a dose of 100 mg/kg as the toxic dose it comes out roughly as:>1 ounce per 1 pound of body weight for Milk chocolate>1 ounce per 3 pounds of body weight for Semisweet chocolate>1 ounce per 9 pounds of body weight for Baker's chocolate.I'm just gonna assume white chocolate doesn't contain any, since it isn't true chocolate; just cocoa butter.
Maybe it has a combination. And internal skeleton with external plating.
>>7903Like a turtle?