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 Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 12:01 pm
The Research
1. False Assumptions in Pokémon Science, Part one. - Cubone
2.A theory on the plentiful lineage of electric rodent Pokémon. Part 1 – Calculations
3.False Assumptions in Pokemon Science, Part 2 - The Fastest pokemon in the world!
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 12:02 pm
False Assumptions in Pokémon Science, part one.
Cubone is the best example of an untested assumption taken for truth and causing the general populous to take said assumption as truth. In this case, the dissection of the supposed fact that Cubone ‘wears the skull of its deceased mother.’
If this was taken as fact, then simply a female Cubone/Marowak can only have one child before dying to bequest their skull to their child. Following this logical, eventually female Cubone/Marowak would end up as extremely rare if not impossible to find. The male Cubone or Marowak would have to find a partner outside of their own species such as Snorlax, Larvitar or any other female in the monster egg group.
If they were finding mates outside of their egg group, the child’s skull should look similar to their mother. Cubone skulls are rather uniformed in shape and size. They are not overly large or small, as they would be if the mother was a Snorlax or a Larvitar. And it does come in question, what if the mother was a Ditto, considering Dittos do not have a skeleton let along a skull.
Some might put in question, what about bone graveyards? Couldn’t they simply pick up an ancestors skull and wear it? To this question, I would ask why anyone hasn’t stumbled onto a Cubone or Marowak graveyard. We have found elephant graveyards, mass antler piles shed by caribou but Cubone/Marowak graveyards escape us.
Many animals and Pokémon love bones, they have marrow, and for rodents allow them to file down their teeth and can be a source of calcium for those that have the jaws to crack and eat them. Nature also works to wear bones down, through wind, water, or other forms of exposure. Eventually no matter how cared for, that natural bone will crack, flake, and dissolve. Bones that last are bones that are preserved. Something a Pokémon cannot do in the wild. They certainly don’t have access to chemicals or techniques to keep bone from naturally wearing away.
This also isn’t taking into account Pokémon born in captivity, hatched by trainers. Certainly if the bone was a skulled donned by a Cubone, some trainer would have captured their newborn cubone’s actual face without the skull.
Lastly, the skull is always clean. There is no blood on it, no scraps of muscle or skin. Almost as if it had been bleached, bones in the wild do not have that white color, collectors obtain that color by whiting the bones in peroxide solution.
On these notes, I personally believe that the skull is actually a defense mechanism, a boney or cartilage growth, much like Cranidos or Shieldon’s domes that evolved to protect the Pokémon’s head and senses, making it much more difficult to injure the Pokémon’s brain, eyes, and neck. In evolving this bone growth smooths and completely covers the face and neck, leaving just the eyes to show through.
Perhaps this pokemon is never seen without a skull is simply because it is born with skull like protective plating. Which I find much more probable then an infant Pokémon finding a perfectly clean skull to wear.
Pulse
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 2:27 pm
A theory on the plentiful lineage of electric rodent Pokémon. Part 1 – Calculations
Of the known Pokémon species and types, 48 Pokémon are of the electric typing and eight of them are rodents. In percentage this means rodent type pokemon make up 16 % of all electric types, nearly a fifth of all known electric pokemon. But what makes this typing so constant in small rodent types?
First let’s start with some calculations.
Known Electric Pokémon
In separating the known electric pokemon into categories, the commonness of electric rodents becomes clear, the four separate categories chosen are Legendries, Objects, Land dwelling, and Ocean dwelling pokemon.
Legendary Pokemon are a thing of terrible and sublime awe, and the electric typing include four: Raikou the legendary beast, Zapados the legendary bird, Thundurus a force of nature, and Zekrom of the tao trio. I am merely listening them since these pokemon are extremely rare and information on them is sketchy at the best. Evolutionary Lines: 3
Object pokemon are those that have the likeness of common day objects, I had debated on naming them the inanimate category but they are clearly alive. These pokemon include: Voltorb and Electrode; Magnemite, Magneton, and Magnezone; and Rotom in all its forms. Evolutionary Lines: 3
Land dwelling electric types have been divided by physiology.
The bug pokemon: Joltik and Galvantula. These bug types are the first of this cross typing to appear. These pokemon have characteristics of arachnids such as pedipalps and multiple compound eyes but are also are lacking legs and lacking a clearly segmented body. Since they do not belong clearly in the arachnid family, I am referring them by their secondary typing. Evolutionary Lines: 1
The canine pokemon: Electrike, and Manectric. These canine pokemon are predators as displayed by the forward facing eyes, fangs, and claws. They store electricity in their fur. Evolutionary Lines: 1
The equidae pokemon: Blitzel and Zebstrika. These pokemon catch electricity and store it in their manes. These herbivores are very fast and communicate by flashing their manes at each other. Evolutionary Lines: 1
The feline pokemon: Shinx, Luxio, and Luxray. These predatory pokemon have excellent eye sight in their final stage and produce electricity by contracting their muscles in their forelegs. Evolutionary Lines: 1
The Ovis pokemon: Mareep, Flaaffy, and Amphaos. One of the odd evolutionary lines within electric Pokémon, this line goes from quadruped locomotion to bipedal. The earlier evolutions store electricity in their wool but by the time they evolve to Amphaos they are hairless, and seem to store their electricity in the orbs on their tails. They have a Megaform where the wool regrows and orbs multiply. Evolutionary Lines: 1
(note: Possible research study on the effects of quadruped to bipedal evolves and pokemon’s sense of balance and self)
Primate pokemon: Elekid, Electabuzz, Electivire. These electric types are difficult to classify but the bipedal locomotion and later facial features and swinging arms do give them a heavy primate feel. Evolutionary Lines:1
Reptilian pokemon: Helioptile and Heliolisk. This pokemon line starts more like a skink before evolving to a more frilled lizard type. This is a second quad to bipedal evolution. (Note, look up how many quad to bipedal evolutions there are to judge rarity.) Evolutionary Lines:1
Rodent pokemon: Pichu, Pikachu, and Raichu; Plusle, Minun, Pachirisu, Emolga, and Dedenne. These small rodents pokemon are the most prevalent of electric types, with six different species. Evolutionary Lines: 6
Adaptive pokemon: Jolteon and Eevee in general have various characteristics that make it difficult to place it as either canine or feline. Evolutionary Lines: 1
Water Dwelling Pokemon: Tynamo, Eelektrik, and Eelektross; Chinchou and Lanturn, and Stunfisk. These aquatic fish are nearly all saltwater dwelling and lean heavily to predatory in final evolutions. Evolutionary Lines: 3
Known Rodent Pokemon
Normal Types: Probably one of the best known rodent pokemon are Rattata and Raticate. This type also includes Patrat and its evolution Watchdog, Minccino and Cinccino, and Bidoof and Bibarel. Evolutionary Lines:4
Water Types: While it can be argued that Azurill, Marill, and Azumarill should be closer related to rabbits, it does still have characteristics of rodents and both rodents and rabbits share a super order of Glires, so we shall count this strange evolution lines that starts as mouse and evolves more towards rabbit. Evolutionary Lines:1
Grass Types: Chespin, Quilladin, and Chesnaught are another on the edge of type, while Chespin is similar to chipmunks and rodents, its evolution start appearing much more armadillo like. They are included much in the same way Azurill’s line is. Evolutionary Lines: 1
In total, there are eight electric rodents, eight normal type rodents, and three water rodents, and three grass types for a total of 22. Electric account for 36%, Normal 36%, Grass 13%, Water 13%. If one was to consider the evolutionary lines, electric rodents have six, normal has four, water has 1, and grass has 1 making 12 lines.
The calculations end up as Electric 50%, Normal as 33%, Grass as 8% and Water as 8%.
In calculation evolutionarily lines of electric types there is 23 lines, and if working by evolutionary lines electric rodents make up 26% of all electric types, making them a bit more of a quarter then all electric types.
But what caused these rodents to develop electric cheek pouches and for this trait to be the most prevalent?
The answer lies in evolution, and in this case, electricity is a superb technique to defend themselves against predation.
Pulse
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 12:28 pm
False Assumptions in Pokemon Science – The Fastest pokemon in the world! –
There are a lot of fast Pokémon and yet, the very early pokedex entries are on the verge of ridiculous, and we shall start with three of the top contenders, Pidgeot, Arcanine, and Dragonite. To better explain these discrepancies I am using the stats of Crobat, Talonflame, and Rapidash.
To start with, Pidgeot’s dex entry claims that it can reach Mach 2 speeds. This is the same as fighter jets and at such speeds this bird Pokémon supposedly reaches 1534.54 miles per hour. Yet, Pidgeots is not as fast as Crobat or Talonflame. Talonflame can reach speeds of 310 miles per hour when diving. Crobat is even faster than Talonflame.
Arcanine dex entry claims it can travel 6,200 miles in a single day which is the distance from the equator to the poles, which means it would be traveling at 258 miles per hour. Arcanine is not as fast as Rapidash which have been clocked at reaching 150 mph. So at its top speed, Arcanine would have to run below 150 mph.
Dragonite the dex claims can circle the globe in 16 hours, which means it would be covering 24,901 miles in less than a day and would reach speeds of Mach 2, but is slower than any of the Pokémon listed above.
Simply put, Pokemon cannot break the sound barrier in flight or on land, or travel the world in a single day, not matter how much we wish they could.
Pulse
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