#hippowdon

[ladylyra]

ground / earth guild (aka bertha's team)

[otiksimr]

Poorly drawn Hippopotas Line

[popfizzles]

my current pokemon champions team looks a lot like this

[pokemonarchive]

Hippowdon (2025) - Mega Rising: Mega Gyarados Illustrator: Teeziro

[mistray-art]

a Pokémon a day keeps artblock away - #450 Hippowdon

[pokemonshelterstories]

I live near a desert area, and I sometimes see Hippowdon (from a distance, obviously.) And... they spit out sand from their body. My best friend insists they eat rocks to chew them up and spit out sand. I looked on Bulbapedia and it just says they eat sand... sadly we don't have any Pokémon Professors in our small town to ask, so: who's right? Where's the sand coming from?

the sand thing is half true! they do "eat" sand, but not as food. instead, they filter plant matter and desert grass types out of the sand. the sand they swallow then gets filtered through a specialized sand organ, which stores it for the hippowdon to blast out later as needed. the sand does help them break down their food before it gets filtered, since they don't really chew, but they filter it out through their sand ports. some sand may end up passing through their entire digestive tract, but it should generally be a small amount!

[poketcg-art]

Hippowdon -- Kurata So

[taplaos]

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