POKÉMON BASED ON REAL ANIMALS..!
CRABRAWLER is a Coconut crab
The coconut crab is a species of terrestrial hermit crab, also known as the robber crab or palm thief. It is the largest land-living arthropod in the world, and is probably at the upper size limit for terrestrial. It is found on Indonesia, islands across the Indian Ocean and parts of the Pacific Ocean as far east as the Gambier Islands.
It shows a number of adaptations to life on land. Like other hermit crabs, juvenile coconut crabs use empty gastropod shells for protection, but the adults develop a tough exoskeleton on their abdomen and stop carrying a shell. Coconut crabs have organs known as branchiostegal lungs, which are used instead of the vestigial gills for breathing and they will drown if immersed in water for long. They have an acute sense of smell, which has developed convergently with that of insects, and which they use to find potential food sources.
ZIGZAGOON is the Japanese Raccoon dog
Also known as tanuki in Japanese, is a subspecies of the Asian raccoon dog, researchers have suggested that they be considered a separate species or that raccoon dogs of Japan could be further divisible into separate subspecies.
As the tanuki, the animal has been significant in Japanese folklore since ancient times. The legendary tanuki is reputed to be mischievous and jolly, a master of disguise and shapeshifting, but somewhat gullible and absentminded. It is also a common theme in Japanese art, especially statuary.
VILEPLUME is a Rafflesia Arnoldii
A species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus Rafflesia. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on earth. It has a very strong and horrible odor of decaying flesh, earning it the nickname "corpse flower". It is endemic to the rainforests of Sumatra.
VICTRIBELL is a Pitcher Plant
Victreebel is a pitcher plant, a carnivorous plant that has leaves known as pitfall traps, which have a deep cavity filled with digestive fluid liquid that helps trap prey. This is the stuff that nightmares are made of.
SHELLOS is on Chromodoris lochi
Is a species of colorful sea slug, a marine gastropod molluskin of the family Chromodorididae.
Chromodoris lochi are blue or blueish-white with a white margin and typically dark or black lines running down the mantle and the foot. On the mantle, a continuous line runs around the border passing on the outside of the rhinophore and a second median one can be discontinuous.
SANDLASH is a Pangolin
Pangolins are mammals of the order Pholidota. These species range in size from 30 to 100 cm (12 to 39 in). A number of extinct Pangolin species are also known. Pangolins have large, protective keratin scales covering their skin, and they are the only known mammals with this feature. They live in hollow trees or burrows, depending on the species. Pangolins are nocturnal, and their diet consists of mainly ants and termites which they capture using their long tongues. They tend to be solitary animals, meeting only to mate and produce a litter of one to three offspring which are raised for about two years.
POLIWAG is a Translucent Tadpole
Sure you know Poliwags are meant to be tadpoles (and if you didn't...you probably have time to think about things other than what Pokemon are based on. But the weird thing about Poliwag is a certain design choice that most wouldn't think has any significance. The swirl on Poliwag's stomach isn't just an aesthetic design - it's based on some species of translucent tadpoles' visible, swirled intestines.
MAGIKARP is a Yelloweye Rockfish
The yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) is a rockfish of the genus Sebastes, and one of the biggest members of the genus. The yelloweye is one of the world's longest-lived fish species, and is cited to live to a maximum of 114 to 120 years of age. As they grow older, they change in color, from reddish in youth, to bright orange in adulthood, to pale yellow in old age. Yelloweye live in rocky areas and feed on small fish and other rockfish. They reside in the East Pacific and range from Baja California to Dutch harbor in Alaska.
KROOKODILE Is A Gharial
The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), also known as the gavial or fish-eating crocodile, is a crocodilian of the family Gavialidae, native to the northern part of the Indian Subcontinent.The gharial is one of the longest of all living crocodilians, measuring up to 6.25 m (20.5 ft). The gharial is characterized by its extremely long, thin jaws, which are regarded as an adaptation to a primarily piscivorous diet.
DROWZEE Is A Malayan Tapir
The Malayan tapir is the largest of the five species of tapir and the only one native to Asia. They have a large sagittal crest, a bone running along the middle of the skull that is necessary for muscle attachment. They also have unusually positioned orbits, an unusually shaped cranium with the frontal bones elevated, and a retracted nasal incision. All of these modifications to the normal mammal skull are, of course, to make room for the proboscis.
CATERPIE Is An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar
They eat the leaves of the host plant. It will rest on a silk pad on a leaf, with the edges of the leaf folded over itself and held together with silk. The first three instars are brown. A large white spot, known as a saddle, is found on the abdomen. After molting to the fourth instar, the caterpillar becomes green. The caterpillar of P. glaucus possesses an osmeterium, an orange, fleshy organ that emits foul-smelling terpenes to repel predators.
GOREBYSS Is A Long-Nosed Chimaera
Gorebyss very closely resembles the long-nosed chimaera - particularly in the face. They are similar in form and habits to other chimaeras, but have an exceptionally long conical or paddle-shaped snout. The snout has numerous sensory nerve endings, and is used to find food such as small fish.[3] The first dorsal fin includes a mildly venomous spine, used in defense.