Pokémon facts from a professor in training

Hi there! Welcome to the wonderful world of Pokémon. I’m Trent Pines, a young Pokemon Professor in training.

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Fact #17

Donphans often take mudbaths to help prevent their tough skin from drying out. Donphans will take as many as five mud baths a day in captivity.

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Fact #16

Wild Croagunks have been known to use their own poisons to intoxicate themselves and enter a euphoric state. Toxicroaks, however, have a poison too powerful to use on themselves.

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Fact #15.

Dragalge migrate with the currents of the ocean, which helps make them resistant to changes in water temperature.

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Fact #14.

The flames of the Litwick line burn cold due to the natural processes of its body.

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Fact #13.

The proper name for a group of miniors is a constellation.

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Fact 12.

Persians and Meowths are often hunted by poachers for their rare head features. For a time this practice was so rampant that a ban was placed on the buying and selling of their jewels and coins. This has lead to the phrase “rare as a Persian’s jewel” in common nomenclature.

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Fact 11.

Kabutops are very difficult to train as part of a team due to their aggressive and solitary nature. However, when they are properly trained and raised in a team environment, they become an extremely loyal asset to any trainer.

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Fact 10.

The leaf on a lotad’s back requires constant watering when in captivity. In the wild, lotads rarely leave the water because of their need for constant hydration. If deprived of water for long, lotads will grow very weak and quite sick.

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Fact 9.

Serperiors enjoy burrowing in tall grass, leaf piles, and sand. They have been known to lay in the same position for hours simply because they find their setting too comfortable to move. This behavior is also extremely useful for when they hunt for prey.

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Fact 8.

Bisharps often use their blades as part of their mating displays. Competing specimens will hold contest of sharpness by taking turns attempting to chop trees down until one wins.

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Fact 7.

Lillipups are amazingly easy to raise and are quite obedient, but they do have a tendency to chew furniture when teething.

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Fact 6.

Jellicents will often enjoy having their collars groomed. (They like it most after they get out of the water.)

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Fact 5.

A Sableye’s gems grow due to the massive amount of minerals found in their diet. The colors, shapes, placements, and sizes of these gems all depend on what minerals the particular Sableye ingests. Due to this, no two Sableye look exactly the same.

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Fact 4.

Sandygast often search for shells and pebbles to decorate themselves.

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Fact 3.

A cacnea’s flowers will bloom at night after extremely hot days and are described as smelling like pears and cherry blossoms.

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Fact 2.

Explouds are able to copy most sounds by manipulating the openings on their tubes. However, for some reason, they can not perfectly copy the sounds. Listeners have described Exploud copied music as “eerie” and “creepy.”

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Fact 1.

Slowbro have been known to use their tails as hammers in order to crack open objects with hard exteriors and shells such as seashells and apricorns in order to eat what they find inside.