What if Wurmple, rather than being different similar-looking species are akin to grasshoppers and locusts in the sense that environmental factors cause them to develop in different adult stages?
This group of Pokes really makes me think any earnest attempt at creating a Pokemon tree of life shouldn't just fit them into real life clades, but try to figure out consistent anatomical patterns between mons to see if they can be grouped together that way. For a larger-scale example, Venonat is apparently inspired by a tick or somesuch, and while such oddities are somewhat ignorable for now, customers like Remoraid are still coming up. Meanwhile most butterfly Pokemon tend to either have moth features, or even alternate moth evolution lines. Imo it would make sense to assume mobile or pseudo-cocoons to be a basal trait of Pokemon butterflies (and bugs in general) considering how prevelant it is, and for any sessile cocoon to be a secondary adaption. Further, while it seems likely that Pokemon across evolutionary stages already secretly have the features their later stages will develop in a more basal fashion, this is obviously not always the case; and any evolutionary tree should take into account that intra-species adaptions like growing extra limb pairs aren't uncommon, and thus, even seemingly very different Pokemon could easily be related. Or TL;DR: Please don't try to use real life cladistics as a cheatsheet, it is not gonna work, sadly 😔
Don't worry! I'm going to talk about exactly this in my next video. I'm allowing myself to use orders and above; families, geni, and species will have to be of my own creation. This means that butterflies and moths comfortably fit into "lepidopteroids" without having to distinguish between butterfly and moth anatomy.
Damn what a criminally underrated/unnoticed channel. You clearly put a TON of effort into your content. Very happy the youtube algorithm decided to toss this video my way today, looking forward to binging everything else you've put out thus far!!!
The editing is all done by someone else! The only input I give is the occasional "this clip here to show off this". I myself do the research and write the scripts, though! :D
Hey everyone! If you can, *please* share this video around! I have been told The Man is putting it down in the algorithm because a young channel shouldn't be getting so many views.
You're not wrong about the possibility of Japanese mistranslation in regards to nectar-honey. Nectar translates to "Mitsu" which can technically also mean honey. And the commonly used word for honey is "HachiMitsu" which literally just means Bee's nectar/honey.
That makes way more sense! I just assumed gum because Burmy has straws, so I thought it was discarded street trash. Wow, I'm dumb. That's why it's steel-type, too.
It’s amazing and a good change of pace that a Pokémon ecology video discusses about the Pokémon species and not just the evolutionary line alone. Could this be a potential for an Amphibians video?
With broader groups like that, I was going to save it for an eventual (and maybe soon!) series of episodes categorizing Pokemon into a massive phylogenetic tree. Who knows, though? I might!
What I don’t get is what flowers r they pollinating or getting nectar from? These bugs r HUGE! N the biggest “flower” I’ve seen in the Pokémon world is a vileplume n I don’t they would want to get pollinated since they stun or poison powder everything or anything that gets near their petals.
Venonat seems to be based on a flea due to its piercing mouthparts, round body, and tendency to hop around on its large hind legs. It may also be based on venomous caterpillars such as the puss caterpillar since it is covered in long toxic hairs and evolves into a moth. Its large compound eyes function like radar and resemble parabolic antennas.
Snom and Frosmoth sadly have so little going on in their dex entries. This is partly because they're new and partly because Gamefreak decided their dex entries would be insubstantial.
What if Wurmple, rather than being different similar-looking species are akin to grasshoppers and locusts in the sense that environmental factors cause them to develop in different adult stages?
That's a cool idea, and it even plays into the "personality" factor of it.
This group of Pokes really makes me think any earnest attempt at creating a Pokemon tree of life shouldn't just fit them into real life clades, but try to figure out consistent anatomical patterns between mons to see if they can be grouped together that way.
For a larger-scale example, Venonat is apparently inspired by a tick or somesuch, and while such oddities are somewhat ignorable for now, customers like Remoraid are still coming up.
Meanwhile most butterfly Pokemon tend to either have moth features, or even alternate moth evolution lines.
Imo it would make sense to assume mobile or pseudo-cocoons to be a basal trait of Pokemon butterflies (and bugs in general) considering how prevelant it is, and for any sessile cocoon to be a secondary adaption.
Further, while it seems likely that Pokemon across evolutionary stages already secretly have the features their later stages will develop in a more basal fashion, this is obviously not always the case; and any evolutionary tree should take into account that intra-species adaptions like growing extra limb pairs aren't uncommon, and thus, even seemingly very different Pokemon could easily be related.
Or TL;DR: Please don't try to use real life cladistics as a cheatsheet, it is not gonna work, sadly 😔
Don't worry! I'm going to talk about exactly this in my next video. I'm allowing myself to use orders and above; families, geni, and species will have to be of my own creation. This means that butterflies and moths comfortably fit into "lepidopteroids" without having to distinguish between butterfly and moth anatomy.
This channel definitely deserves to get bigger. I was surprised that it wasn’t after watching a couple episodes
The videos just hard plateau after a couple days. My TH-cam friend says it's because rapid channel growth is halted just in case it's suspicious.
Damn what a criminally underrated/unnoticed channel. You clearly put a TON of effort into your content. Very happy the youtube algorithm decided to toss this video my way today, looking forward to binging everything else you've put out thus far!!!
The editing is all done by someone else! The only input I give is the occasional "this clip here to show off this".
I myself do the research and write the scripts, though! :D
Hey everyone! If you can, *please* share this video around! I have been told The Man is putting it down in the algorithm because a young channel shouldn't be getting so many views.
You're not wrong about the possibility of Japanese mistranslation in regards to nectar-honey. Nectar translates to "Mitsu" which can technically also mean honey. And the commonly used word for honey is "HachiMitsu" which literally just means Bee's nectar/honey.
Thank goodness! I figured it was a translation issue, but I can't read Japanese at all.
I thought that Wormadam's Steel cloak was fiber glass, not gum
That makes way more sense! I just assumed gum because Burmy has straws, so I thought it was discarded street trash.
Wow, I'm dumb. That's why it's steel-type, too.
To be fair honey trees are a thing in Pokémon so in their world there are multiple ways to get honey other than bees
Honey trees are where you slather honey, not where you harvest it.
@@Pokecology right brain fart
Are caterpie’s eyes real? They don’t close when they sleep while other insectoid Pokémon’s do
Hes back with the milk!
I'm "only" two days late 😔
It’s amazing and a good change of pace that a Pokémon ecology video discusses about the Pokémon species and not just the evolutionary line alone. Could this be a potential for an Amphibians video?
With broader groups like that, I was going to save it for an eventual (and maybe soon!) series of episodes categorizing Pokemon into a massive phylogenetic tree. Who knows, though? I might!
Great channel, I just found it by accident. I'd love to see your take on some of the least organic-inspired pokemon such as Varoom
What I don’t get is what flowers r they pollinating or getting nectar from?
These bugs r HUGE! N the biggest “flower” I’ve seen in the Pokémon world is a vileplume n I don’t they would want to get pollinated since they stun or poison powder everything or anything that gets near their petals.
Venonat seems to be based on a flea due to its piercing mouthparts, round body, and tendency to hop around on its large hind legs. It may also be based on venomous caterpillars such as the puss caterpillar since it is covered in long toxic hairs and evolves into a moth. Its large compound eyes function like radar and resemble parabolic antennas.
That sounds like you copy-pasted this from Bulbapedia
Wait, you did copy this from Bulbapedia!
@@Pokecology yea I did
Sorry lol
what a brilliant concept to explain wurmple’s branched evolution - i wonder how you might tackle the other instances?
I'll find out when I get there (next episode with Eevee!)
@@Pokecology yay!
You should do one for every reptile pokemon
Love the video, but I feel you could have gone into more detail with frosmoth. Can you make another video all about snom and frosmoth in the future?
Snom and Frosmoth sadly have so little going on in their dex entries. This is partly because they're new and partly because Gamefreak decided their dex entries would be insubstantial.
Good stuff!
Nice video.
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pog editing
I wish I could edit this well. All editing praise goes to Raicc, my editor!
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