#kenzo post

[oreburghminingmuseum]

I dabble in paleontology, so I'm curious: has any research been done into why Velocizolt & Nykazolt were able to pronate their wrists? Modern Bird Pokémon, and other fossil maniraptorans weren't able to articulate their wrists in such a manner, so it felt like a relevant line of inquiry.

The wrists of the Velocizolt line are quite the curiosity indeed! We've found in our studies of the specimens currently in their enclosure that the pronation of their wrists help them a good deal in climbing the rock faces of their home! They likely developed this due to lacking the larger flight-capable wings the other bird-like fossil pokemon have.

((Ooc answer under the cut because I feel bad ;-;))

//I apologize I missed this six hours ago LMAO

but also I apologize if this answer isn't super satisfying because the doylist(is that the right word) answer of "I kept the relevant canon half of the pokemon intact when designing so it's recognizable" doesn't exactly work in universe.

I DO love dinosaurs, I am unfortunately just not well versed in biology so I can't. Provide what I feel is a super satisfying answer haha.

[oreburghminingmuseum]

Wait... isn't that half of the Galar Fossils?

Yes. With effort taken to properly restore it to its full form.

We've been working with scientists and professors in several different regions to make it as accurate as possible.

Even by looking to other regions we can't get a full picture of the Pokemon, so we cannot guarantee 100% accuracy (a risk in any fossil restoration) but we have done our best to at the very least make something that should have no trouble living, battling and all the other things a pokemon does in its lifetime.

~ Dr. Kenzo