>>40868143could be a reference to archaic views in palaeontology. like, there were a lot of weirdass ammonites with crazy shell shapes, and even though they were found in their thousands and were super successful and prevalent species it was thought that their crazy asymmetrical shapes indicated they were going through some sort of genetic failure and they were all useless mutants unfit for life. same with dinosaurs, for a while the prevailing view was that they were sluggish and stupid and were simply no match for the quick smart mammals. interesting though, that the bad reconstruction dex entries basically confirm all dex entries are just made up shit and not necessarily true.
