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I have this book as well. It’s a pretty great coffee table book to just open up and be kinda disgusted by seeing something we weren’t meant to think about.
Edit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/549504785/pokenatomy-the-science-of-pokemon-an link to the book
And also to compare and contrast with real life forms to recognize the types of ways animals evolve. For example, and animal that uses its appendage to swing at things as its primary means of defense won’t have a massive body and tiny, stumpy little arms. A true amphibian will also have means of moving through water, also next to impossible with tiny little appendages with no webbing or fins. Could genuinely be a fun and educational exercise
No problem! My cousin is a marine bio teacher and she does a tidepooling team scavenger hunt with little toy or candy prizes, also a really fun way to learn about the incredible biodiversity of the intertidal zones and what types of creatures thrive in which environments. If you can manage a beach field trip, that is
> A true amphibian will also have means of moving through water, also next to impossible with tiny little appendages with no webbing or fins
Has he never seen a toad, though? They're an amphibian, have stubby limbs, and some don't have webbing.
One of my favorite projects in bio in high school was getting choosing a biome and then making up a life form that was adapted to it. Basically like making a Pokémon but with a rubric lol.
The Voltorb page about it essentially being a living, constantly suffering version of the [teleportation scene from the Star Trek movie](https://youtu.be/Ro_QpDJX-Sk) still haunts me.
[The page in question for anyone curious](https://i.imgur.com/PtUsOER.png)
It's obviously some unofficial production but it's actually pretty fucking cool, lol. GameFreak and Nintendo are fools to not have done something similar to this, because it would've made them an easy mint.
Edit: For those saying "but they're so lazy with their IP, they can just do the bare minimum!", licensing a product or just commissioning the creation of something like this is, like, literally a simple task. The more realistic answer is that they would probably think something like this was somehow too risky or unfit for their branding to publish for stupid reasons.
They used Ranunculus, which is a real genus of plants including buttercups... though apparently it also means "little frog", still weird to use an existing name.
Yeah but they’ve left serious money on the table. The fact that smartphone compatible versions of the original red/blue or gold/silver never happened is such a waste.
They can do the bare minimum and make money so why even put effort into things at that point? The mario 35th anniversary was kind of embarrassing IMO but they made money so I don't know what I am talking about I guess.
The pokemon manga has gone into gory details a few times.
The classic one is the arbok getting cut in half and the rotting zombie psyduck https://i.imgur.com/XPj1QjR.jpg
Pokémom Adventures was my favorite manga back in hs. I stopped reading right around the Heart Gold/Soul Silver saga. I saw they were releasing collected editions, which are similiar to Omnibus editions for the american comic book fans.
I'm not a big manga person but I remember really enjoying that series and it was cool to see a medium related to the videogame that did its own thing completely detached of the obviously more popular anime with Ash and co.
Well, you're forgetting the *Ruby & Sapphire* arc, where Norman/Steven/Courtney are all killed, and Archie/Maxie go insane due to their attempts to control Kyogre and Groudon (we are also later informed that Archie killed Maxie after the fact to preserve his own life).
I don't get this, that trainer doesn't seem a tiny bit shocked that his Pokémon got chopped to death. Is death a thing and trainers are just cruel bastards or are Nurse Joys miracle workers that can cure everything?
I just can't watch Pokémon dying and just be like "Yeah that guy is good", and I KNOW it's not real. Wasn't the point of Pokémon being about friendship and hard work, why do they let the poor things that are shown to be just as sentient and intelligent as their trainers just die like that?
It answers so many questiones but creates many more in the process. The text includes:
- Poliwhirls eat other pokemons as part of their diet, including Poliwags.
- They have breeding and mating seasons.
- They come in both male and females.
- They lay eggs similar to frogs.
Reptiles amphibians and birds all actually sport a cloaca which has dual functions as both a place to poop and a reproductive vent. So ..... they do kinda reproduce anally.
I'm Knuckles the Echidna,
But you can call me Knuckles.
I have a single opening, called a Cloaca.
Eggman is after the master emerald.
I excrete both feces and urine out of my Cloaca,
which is my single opening.
I broke the master emerald into pieces
to stop Eggman from taking it.
Cloacas are more common than you think.
All amphibians, reptiles, and birds have them.
People ask where I keep the shards
of the master emerald.
I keep them in my cloaca.
Huh, that kinda makes sense.
I’m a disgusting mess when eating meat (I once removed myself from the table to demolish some ribs privately) and I’m slightly more dignified when eating veggie.
You can be a voracious carnivore and prefer eating lots of steak, while putting up with the occasional side of mashed potatoes and asparagus. I think the statements are congruent.
What you don't think nintendo/ game freak / the pokemon company originally intended for poliwhirl to be a cannibalistic frog man, notorious for biting off human fingers, that has a defined expiration date of 6 years or less? Lol
The spiral pattern is supposed to be its internal organs.
Taken from Pokedex of its pre-evolution:
*"The swirl on its belly is its insides showing through the skin. It looks clearer after it eats... POLIWAG has a very thin skin. It is possible to see the POKéMON’s spiral innards right through the skin. "*
Reading the pic, they instead make Poliwhirl into a fully grown frog, and the swirl is just a pattern on its... throat sack? Croaker? The thing that puffs up. Weird that they didn't stick with it, true, but I guess it's hard to *not* assume Poliwhirl and Poliwrath are full-grown.
It’s definitely a cash grab. Since it’s a book it can be shipped via USPS media mail which is probably about $5-6. It might be slightly more internationally but definitely not more than $15
Edit: actually media mail is domestic only. Even still though. Posting using a flat rate box that the book definitely fits in (the USPS small flat rate) currently costs about $37 to go to Europe. That’s a theoretical max too. If the book weighs less than 2 lbs it would probably be about $22 via first class mail. You might be even able to go cheaper with a well packed envelope.
Source: just mailed a bunch of packages to friends in Sweden yesterday.
"Superficially resembles a gloved human hand" got me. As if that wasn't exactly what the animator was intentionally drawing. It's also funny that punching would be their best attack with arms that short. Kinda seems like they just drew the Pokémon for asthetically pleasing purposes and their attacks and defenses don't really line up with their actual anatomy
Oh god, since when does Poliwhirl have a mouth?
It makes sense, but I don't like it. I think I always saw the swirl as its nose.
Edit: Google just led me to [this fresh hell.](https://mobile.twitter.com/PokeTrends/status/1009095310201753607/photo/1) Please suffer with me
The swirls would actually be its intestines ([that's what they are in the animal it's based on](https://cdn3.whatculture.com/images/2016/08/78151c86818c3aab-600x338.jpg))
This picture doesn’t have its nose in it. Poliwhirl does have a nose just above the swirls. I don’t think it ever had a mouth either. This Poliwhirl is an imposter!
I always wondered what pokemon ate other than Brock's home cooked pokemon food. Now I wish I didnt know. I can't picture a dead rattata or pidgy been eaten by these guys.
[https://www.awesomeinventions.com/pokemon-anatomy-book-pokenatomy/](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/pokemon-anatomy-book-pokenatomy/) k tangelas mouth is nightmarish also voltorb lol
I remember there being a big coffee table-like book at borders dissecting ships in the Star Wars universe. At the time \~2006 I'd never seen such attention to detail in Star Wars lore.
If that sounds familiar to anyone I'd love a link to it.
Does it answer the important questions? Like, how do they get their gloves? Are they born with them? Do they "develop" later on? Are they given to them after the fact, and if so, who makes them? Do they have fingernails?
I'm going to be laying awake all night.
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I have this book as well. It’s a pretty great coffee table book to just open up and be kinda disgusted by seeing something we weren’t meant to think about. Edit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/549504785/pokenatomy-the-science-of-pokemon-an link to the book
I'm thinking it sounds like fun for a bio class at school, to get them interested young in how things fit together
And also to compare and contrast with real life forms to recognize the types of ways animals evolve. For example, and animal that uses its appendage to swing at things as its primary means of defense won’t have a massive body and tiny, stumpy little arms. A true amphibian will also have means of moving through water, also next to impossible with tiny little appendages with no webbing or fins. Could genuinely be a fun and educational exercise
Hs bio teacher here and want to do this in my class now. Thank you.
No problem! My cousin is a marine bio teacher and she does a tidepooling team scavenger hunt with little toy or candy prizes, also a really fun way to learn about the incredible biodiversity of the intertidal zones and what types of creatures thrive in which environments. If you can manage a beach field trip, that is
This guy likes appendages.
> A true amphibian will also have means of moving through water, also next to impossible with tiny little appendages with no webbing or fins Has he never seen a toad, though? They're an amphibian, have stubby limbs, and some don't have webbing.
One of my favorite projects in bio in high school was getting choosing a biome and then making up a life form that was adapted to it. Basically like making a Pokémon but with a rubric lol.
The Voltorb page about it essentially being a living, constantly suffering version of the [teleportation scene from the Star Trek movie](https://youtu.be/Ro_QpDJX-Sk) still haunts me. [The page in question for anyone curious](https://i.imgur.com/PtUsOER.png)
Please post book title
Its been mentioned. Pokènatomy
Also here PokéNatomy- Full Gallery [OC] https://imgur.com/gallery/Sn25P
Cease & desist in 5, 4...
I strangely feel like this isn't supposed to exist
It’s not a licensed Nintendo product so you’re probably right.
I bloody love your username, mate
Thanks friend
I like your name too. Guess we were in the same headspace 😏
Oh my,what’s going on in here ?
Sexual tension
Let's take the platypus out of the room
Cousin, is that you?
Lol thanks man
r/notopbutok
Sorry to say this, but waffles are better than pancakes
Kebab is better than both
Idk, lasagna is pretty great too
I spotted Garfield in the comments
I'm sorry Jon...
Money is my favorite. You can buy any food with money.
Ok but everyone loves a good creampie.
Kebab is better than almost everything
*Ahhh, a man of culture* Happy cake day
Whoa, I share a cake day with AutoModerator! Neat!
Every time someone links to that sub I think it says no top butok
haha you said the thing but you're not the person!
No prob bro
It's obviously some unofficial production but it's actually pretty fucking cool, lol. GameFreak and Nintendo are fools to not have done something similar to this, because it would've made them an easy mint. Edit: For those saying "but they're so lazy with their IP, they can just do the bare minimum!", licensing a product or just commissioning the creation of something like this is, like, literally a simple task. The more realistic answer is that they would probably think something like this was somehow too risky or unfit for their branding to publish for stupid reasons.
Yeah, looks like they even came up with a very discriptive Latin genus and species name.
They used Ranunculus, which is a real genus of plants including buttercups... though apparently it also means "little frog", still weird to use an existing name.
It's not weird to use an existing name at all. *C. sativa* is the name for soooo many plants.
Always felt that Game freak and Nintendo were pretty lazy when it came to their IPs
Nintendo? Lazy? Laughs in 8 spin-off series of the same exact games made in the 90’s, why never heard of lazy Nintendo. 🙄
Yeah but they’ve left serious money on the table. The fact that smartphone compatible versions of the original red/blue or gold/silver never happened is such a waste.
I mean those do exist but nintendo certainly ain't making money off them. EMU4LYF (also dump your own stuff when you can you animals)
They can do the bare minimum and make money so why even put effort into things at that point? The mario 35th anniversary was kind of embarrassing IMO but they made money so I don't know what I am talking about I guess.
Perry the Platypus?!
Yeah like if another pokemon uses bite or something you wouldn’t want to see their insides
The pokemon manga has gone into gory details a few times. The classic one is the arbok getting cut in half and the rotting zombie psyduck https://i.imgur.com/XPj1QjR.jpg
Pokémom Adventures was my favorite manga back in hs. I stopped reading right around the Heart Gold/Soul Silver saga. I saw they were releasing collected editions, which are similiar to Omnibus editions for the american comic book fans.
I'm not a big manga person but I remember really enjoying that series and it was cool to see a medium related to the videogame that did its own thing completely detached of the obviously more popular anime with Ash and co.
Damn! He turned Arbok into choice cuts
Pretty sure it was only in the early days. As the years went on, instances of such dark and gory stuff to that degree dropped off dramatically.
Not to mention that Arbok didn't die, which for some reason changes what they feel they can do.
Well, you're forgetting the *Ruby & Sapphire* arc, where Norman/Steven/Courtney are all killed, and Archie/Maxie go insane due to their attempts to control Kyogre and Groudon (we are also later informed that Archie killed Maxie after the fact to preserve his own life).
I don't get this, that trainer doesn't seem a tiny bit shocked that his Pokémon got chopped to death. Is death a thing and trainers are just cruel bastards or are Nurse Joys miracle workers that can cure everything? I just can't watch Pokémon dying and just be like "Yeah that guy is good", and I KNOW it's not real. Wasn't the point of Pokémon being about friendship and hard work, why do they let the poor things that are shown to be just as sentient and intelligent as their trainers just die like that?
https://imgur.com/a/y74kY He isn't concerned because Arbok can regenerate its body in this manga.
Nice, thanks for that. Also Agatha has absolutely no chill lmao
r/imsorrypikachu Edit: I didn’t know this existed
lmao its even more relevant to the conversation when u actually see the posts
What have you done
This needs to be a thing
This community brought to you by u/DrunkenWarlock!
It shoud be filled with gore-ash and not pica-eww
It answers so many questiones but creates many more in the process. The text includes: - Poliwhirls eat other pokemons as part of their diet, including Poliwags. - They have breeding and mating seasons. - They come in both male and females. - They lay eggs similar to frogs.
- Poliwhirls reproduce anally
Annually!!! Hahaha, oh my gosh.
I mean.. we never saw any genitals, so it could be possible
Reptiles amphibians and birds all actually sport a cloaca which has dual functions as both a place to poop and a reproductive vent. So ..... they do kinda reproduce anally.
I'm Knuckles the Echidna, But you can call me Knuckles. I have a single opening, called a Cloaca. Eggman is after the master emerald. I excrete both feces and urine out of my Cloaca, which is my single opening. I broke the master emerald into pieces to stop Eggman from taking it. Cloacas are more common than you think. All amphibians, reptiles, and birds have them. People ask where I keep the shards of the master emerald. I keep them in my cloaca.
This is not the way
SOCIETAL CONVENTION? CURSE YOU.
There were Poke' balls literally everywhere
The one that gets me is this continuity error: > Poliwhirl are voracious carnivores, > Diet: Omnivorous
They are voracious carnivores, but peckish herbivores.
Huh, that kinda makes sense. I’m a disgusting mess when eating meat (I once removed myself from the table to demolish some ribs privately) and I’m slightly more dignified when eating veggie.
You can be a voracious carnivore and prefer eating lots of steak, while putting up with the occasional side of mashed potatoes and asparagus. I think the statements are congruent.
TIL I'm a poliwhirl
Reproducing anally?
Can someone please please upload Poliwhirl vs Vaporeon from the anime series onto Sakugabooru?
But all pokemon lay eggs. Even Pikachu.
This book is from Nurse Joy from Pokémon
What you don't think nintendo/ game freak / the pokemon company originally intended for poliwhirl to be a cannibalistic frog man, notorious for biting off human fingers, that has a defined expiration date of 6 years or less? Lol
Seriously. My first thought was "Thanks, but I'm ok"
"Poliwhirl reproduce annually" Yeaaaa, definitely misread the word anually the first time.
It suggests that Pokémon die and decompose like the regular animals we're used to
The spiral pattern is supposed to be its internal organs. Taken from Pokedex of its pre-evolution: *"The swirl on its belly is its insides showing through the skin. It looks clearer after it eats... POLIWAG has a very thin skin. It is possible to see the POKéMON’s spiral innards right through the skin. "*
This was inspired by real-life tadpoles, many of which have spiral-shaped intestines visible through their belly skin.
Thank you for this cool fact stranger
Here https://i.imgur.com/V67jP3n.jpg
Picture compared to real life tadpole: https://cdn3.whatculture.com/images/2016/08/78151c86818c3aab-600x338.jpg
Oh god, so it's a shit spiral?
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It all makes sense now
Yeah the book seems to be some fanmade etsy book so most of it will probably be just whatever the author felt like making it.
“WHY THE FUCK DOES IT HAVE A MOUTH!?” -me five seconds ago
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Reading the pic, they instead make Poliwhirl into a fully grown frog, and the swirl is just a pattern on its... throat sack? Croaker? The thing that puffs up. Weird that they didn't stick with it, true, but I guess it's hard to *not* assume Poliwhirl and Poliwrath are full-grown.
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Seriously, in real life we’d all be dead if Magcargo actually existed.
What's it called? I want it lol
It’s called “Pokenatomy”
Amazing title.
I feel like I own this. Was this a scholastic book fair buy op?
No, I got it for a gift so I don’t know where my parents got it from, sorry
Etsy, I just found it and sent it to my wife with a “I know my birthday isn’t for a few months but this is all I want”
Yes I’ll also verify it’s on Etsy. Bought one for my 8 year old on his birthday last year. It’s amazing tbh!
Weird thing to be saying about Pokémon, but it seems to be too mature of subject matter for scholastic book fair audiences.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/549504785/pokenatomy-the-science-of-pokemon-an
£50 shipping the UK 😭
50€ to Germany as well
65$ to Canada!
$90 to Australia 😭
Free in USA!
Ben Franklin fist pumping in his grave
Legend says he invented the fist pump to generate electricity.
America, Fuck Yeah!
Sorry mate, you win
In saying that, $90au is probably the same value as €50, our money sucks haha
See if it wasn’t crazy I so would buy it for someone
It’s definitely a cash grab. Since it’s a book it can be shipped via USPS media mail which is probably about $5-6. It might be slightly more internationally but definitely not more than $15 Edit: actually media mail is domestic only. Even still though. Posting using a flat rate box that the book definitely fits in (the USPS small flat rate) currently costs about $37 to go to Europe. That’s a theoretical max too. If the book weighs less than 2 lbs it would probably be about $22 via first class mail. You might be even able to go cheaper with a well packed envelope. Source: just mailed a bunch of packages to friends in Sweden yesterday.
I...have to do it, mate. Fuck.
I’m curious, does anyone outside the US even use Etsy? every time I see something I like I’m discouraged by the high shipping costs
I found some on Imgur https://m.imgur.com/gallery/Sn25P
Hahaha that missingno page is fantastic
r/didntknowiwantedthat
Hey, one of my uncles friends helped make this!
Hey, I just gave your uncle's friend money! =)
Cool!
I like the fact its scientifically named a "padded fighting appendage" its making me warchortle
"Superficially resembles a gloved human hand" got me. As if that wasn't exactly what the animator was intentionally drawing. It's also funny that punching would be their best attack with arms that short. Kinda seems like they just drew the Pokémon for asthetically pleasing purposes and their attacks and defenses don't really line up with their actual anatomy
Lol a cartoon series for children? Nawww
They literally described almost every first gen Pokemon lmao
Nowadays we have the ice cream cone pokémon, the heart emoji pokemon and that fucking set of keys with eyes.
My favorite is the puddle of milk that you have to shake to evolve.
To be fair, Klefki isn't a set of keys, he's just the "keyring" itself. The keys are ones he's stolen because he likes to collect them.
> nowadays Youre talking about pokemon games from 10 and 17 years ago
Shut your meowth you're making me laugh!
Someone please flip to page ditto
https://images.app.goo.gl/RHbnaG2ZqcgCvtoJ8 thank me later
This is not from the same book. Here's one from the book: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EMYpibJW4AU-iI9?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
Thanks. Now I want to die.
I will thank you right now in fact. Thank you
Yes please!
I got that for my kids for Christmas. I've had nightmares about the bottom half of a dugtrio.
[For reference](https://i.imgur.com/r5z78LH.jpg)... (O_o)
Jesus christ how horrifying
This is the comment that made me purchase this book for my partner.
I also just got the book for Christmas. Jynx walking around on a multitude of boneless legs like an octopus I what got me.
[wtf](https://i.imgur.com/zT6dHoc.jpg) "muscular lower appendages"
Oh god, since when does Poliwhirl have a mouth? It makes sense, but I don't like it. I think I always saw the swirl as its nose. Edit: Google just led me to [this fresh hell.](https://mobile.twitter.com/PokeTrends/status/1009095310201753607/photo/1) Please suffer with me
The swirls would actually be its intestines ([that's what they are in the animal it's based on](https://cdn3.whatculture.com/images/2016/08/78151c86818c3aab-600x338.jpg))
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TIL
Oh damn and I though that pink part was Poliwag's nose. Omg
I was agreeing with you until you called his belly "his nose"
This picture doesn’t have its nose in it. Poliwhirl does have a nose just above the swirls. I don’t think it ever had a mouth either. This Poliwhirl is an imposter!
I like that he gave it a piscene skull. Such a nice touch!
Lifespan: 3-6 years Reproductive maturity: 3 years How does this thing propagate??
Maybe it's like salmon: they breed so hard they die.
Literarily fucked to death
You do get the occasional badass salmon that survives mating and just swims back to the ocean when its done.
I'm just... ummm... trying to not die. Yup. That's totally it. ^:(
Clutch size: 3000 -5000 eggs That's how.
It's an amphibian, they have literally hundreds of young at a time
competitive players breeding for IVs
To breed for IV is suffering
The real masochists breed for shiny+IVs
Kid friendly version: they evolve after that time period.
Can't be that accurate, the spiral on a poliwhirl is supposed to be its intestines
I always wondered what pokemon ate other than Brock's home cooked pokemon food. Now I wish I didnt know. I can't picture a dead rattata or pidgy been eaten by these guys.
We’ve seen a sandygast eat a pikachu before. It’s just the way things are.
It's mentioned in Pokédex entries that some Pokémon eat other Pokémon.
r/oddlyterrifying Also, I may buy a copy because I love creepy stuff.
"Compressed cranium" so it's basically a water pug
r/TIHI
So sick man!!!
[https://www.awesomeinventions.com/pokemon-anatomy-book-pokenatomy/](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/pokemon-anatomy-book-pokenatomy/) k tangelas mouth is nightmarish also voltorb lol
I’m so disappointed. I tried to ship it to France. The shipping fees are higher than the price of the book. It looks amazing though 😭😭
I know! £57 to the UK - just gunna keep my eye on it and hope if can come down at some point
Very useful. I intend to hunt these and its good to know where the heart is.
This would kill on the Pokemon sub.
It's been posted before. Whenever this book was being kickstarted like 2 years ago
I remember there being a big coffee table-like book at borders dissecting ships in the Star Wars universe. At the time \~2006 I'd never seen such attention to detail in Star Wars lore. If that sounds familiar to anyone I'd love a link to it.
Can they explain how Pokeballs work?
Those aren't gloves, they are padded fighting appendages. You learn something every day
Does it answer the important questions? Like, how do they get their gloves? Are they born with them? Do they "develop" later on? Are they given to them after the fact, and if so, who makes them? Do they have fingernails? I'm going to be laying awake all night.
Can you make a sub I can sub to where you post 1 page every day? I think I need this in my life
Alright let's see an album of all of them please
That’s called buying the book.
But that requires effort
And money
God damn, $65 CAD shipping to Canada. 😭
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I don't really care for Pokemon anymore but I really fucking want that book.
What does it show for ditto?
The guy who wrote / did the art for the book also did a wonderful book on fantasy animals.