>>35523334Let's just go down the national dex, I have time to spend
>Vine whips don't have nerve endings, and grass types may wave them around to lure prey closer or drop them when attacked, like a lizard's tail.>Other than baby pokemon and maybe the caterpillars, all pokemon can spend their entire life-cycle in the first form. Evolved forms inhabit more dangerous areas where combat is common.> Rattata and the other small "rodents" are selectively bred into "fancy" breeds for shows, like pigeons are today.>Antidotes and other medicines for humans are common/cheap enough that venomous pokemon aren't really a concern. Let jimmy play with that rattlesnake, it's fine.>Trees and other plants grow much larger in the pokemon world, allowing arboreal pokemon to be bigger.>Poliwhirl's mouth is just the line between its stomach and the rest of its head>New pokemon are actually, honestly being discovered. They mutate into new species quickly enough that science has trouble keeping up. 