Magi-Magi-Magikarp!

OFFICIAL account of the Magikarp Rescue in Cherrygrove City, Johto! Run by Marit, current junior manager!

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My name is Marit, junior manager of the Magikarp Aquarium and Rescue in Cherrygrove City! Every day, dozens of Magikarp are carelessly released or grossly mistreated, and so here at the rescue, we take them in and care for them to the best of our ability

Magikarp are often seen as weak and helpless, but that is furthest from the case! Magikarp are extremely hardy and are known to survive even the toughest of environments. They’re also incredibly smart! They can solve puzzles better than young children, have a comprehensive understanding of time, and can memorize countless faces!

Magikarp come in a wide variety of colors and patterns as well. They are elegant and colorful creatures, and sure to bring a shine to your life. 

Here at the OFFICIAL blog for the Magikarp Aquarium and Rescue, we’ll be posting about all our lovely little fish in hopes of them getting adopted and brought to their forever homes. Not to mention, the occasional post dispelling misinformation about Magikarp and common problems Magikarp face. 

And remember--

Fish are friends!

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This is Little Queen, one of our latest rescues at the Aquarium. Little Queen a Purple Diamond variety of Magikarp. Quite fittingly, this variety is defined by the bright purple base pattern and rhombus-shaped spots alongside its back and spiny tail edges. 

If you look closely, Little Queen is missing her barbels. Magikarp use their barbels to detect food in low-light environments as well as keeping safe; within their barbels are highly attuned taste receptors that can differentiate between delicious food and dangerous predators. Without them, Little Queen cannot find food as easily as her peers! Thus, she cannot be safely released into the wild. Even upon evolution, it is not entirely safe to release her into the wild, as barbel-less Gyarados also struggle with food acquisition without them--and that infuriates them, posing a danger to everyone in the vicinity! 

Despite Little Queen’s rare coloration that’s commonly seen in domestic Magikarp, she was actually born in the wild. We believe her parents must’ve been domesticated but released, then bred and resulted in her. These domestic color varieties are prone to genetic mutations at a much higher rate than their standard, wild counterparts as a result of inbreeding. 

Little Queen is quite the trooper! When she was brought to us, she was very skinny and underweight--but now she’s well-fed and full of life! She enjoys splashing about and has a love of brightly-colored flowers. Her preferred bodies of water are clear ponds in floral environments. She looks forward to finding her forever home with someone who enjoys gardens just as much as she does! If you think you might be able to provide Little Queen with the forever home she so deserves, please contact us! 

And remember-

Fish are friends!

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