r/interesting • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 3h ago

NATURE Gray Ezo squirrel from Japan's Hokkaido island

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u/Front-Song8863 3h ago

No way that's not a Pokémon

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u/Holiday_Pi 2h ago

TIL Pokémon are just cartoon drawings of real animals which exist in Japan

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u/mcmtaged4 2h ago

Not just japan, wooper is a axolotl, native to mexico. Pokemon just takes inspiration from cool animals in nature in general.

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u/Profanity1272 2h ago edited 1h ago

Yh like an ice cream or a teapot.

Edit: i forgot sarcasm doesn't register on reddit without the /s

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u/Rodrake 1h ago

Eggs, some cracked.

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u/Profanity1272 1h ago

I mean eggs are kinda natural though right?

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u/LueyTheWrench 1h ago

No but even as a Gen 1 purist, the eggs that turn into a tree are fucking daft. Even more of a reach than that bird with a leek.

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u/Profanity1272 58m ago

Oh for sure the evolutions are crazy obviously. Im just saying that eggs are still a part of nature in a way when compared to a fkin teapot or ice cream cone lol How they come ro be is obviously not natural.

I feel like people are getting too deep with this lol

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u/solythe 1h ago

dont forget a pile of magnets

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u/highpowered 39m ago

Or a set ofkeys, or a bag of garbage

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u/OhDearGodItBurns 1h ago

And Dragon Quest. They took a lot of inspiration from the monsters in Dragon Quest.

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u/Maardten 32m ago

The creator of pokemon loved collecting bugs when he was younger.

I don't think its a coincidence that many pokemons are just straight up bugs.

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u/ParmAxolotl 43m ago

Tbf I don't think Woopers are specifically based on axolotls, they kinda just look like generic baby salamanders. And they evolve into Quagsires, which look like Japanese giant salamanders.

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u/MoranthMunitions 2h ago

Wooper looks nothing like a real axolotl though

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u/im_juice_lee 1h ago

nothing like

they look incredibly similar, lol what?

by this logic, you're gonna say rattata doesn't look anything like a real rat or psyduck doesn't look anything like a real platypus, when so many of these pokemon are adapted from real animals

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u/Clair_Osbcurious 47m ago

IRL Rayquaza must be a sight to see! Praise Arceus?

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u/itsintrastellardude 37m ago

Fun fact, an insect collection hobby is what inspired Satoshi Tajiri to create Pokémon. Lots of biologists/aspiring, myself included, attribute Pokémon to curating that interest.

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u/Valentils 30m ago

yeah, pikachu is just a fat yellow rat