![]() ![]() Though I don’t know how the on-average 70 pound Serow would handle being ridden around Lumiose City. Japanese Serow Source: Quadell Pocket Equivalent: Gogoat These two are basically identical sans the wreathe of shrubbery. ![]() we just make horror films out of them, which makes sense, since these little guys are full-on carnivorous and can survive for four years without eating-just waiting for the perfect catch to gorge themselves on. ![]() They can be found all over the Pacific from Japan to the Americas, but they really have a following in Japan where people are more willing to think of them as “ grotesque cute” and want to design cell-phone cases and plushies in their likeness. The giant isopod is one of the largest arthropods in the world. 10: Giant Isopod Source: Damien du Toit Pocket Equivalent: Kabuto Kabuto is based off of the living fossil the horseshoe crab, however, giant isopods are also giant deep-sea crustaceans so they have more than a few things in common with this fossil Pokemon. Check out ten more amazing critters that could pass as the real-world equivalents of the most fun and profitable (gotta buy ’em all) monsters from Japan. However, kaijū aren’t the only iconic monsters in Japanese pop culture, and those ten beasties aren’t the only unique and amazing animals native to Japan. If you’ve read my kaijū article then you already know the creatures inhabiting Japan’s oceans, streams, highlands, and forests can be just as impressive as the creatures that roam its movies and television shows. I think everyone has wished Pokemon were real at some point in time, and being a fan of the colorful and powerful roster of pocket monsters can make it easy to forget the majesty of our mundane world’s animal kingdom.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |