>>34185018look you absolute mong, a lot of pokemon are based on extinct species (rockruff and lycanroc, for example), also a lot of pokemon based on dinosaurs, none of them are ghost type. don't hit me with the owls are associated with ghosts bullshit because noctowl looks so much creepier than decidueye and has nothing to do with ghosts, and still is an owl (heck hoot-hoot DOES look like a ghost type, still has nothing to do with it).
Also Decidueye is a bird, an owl at that, flies and has two big ass feathered wings, but for some reason loses the flying type its pre-evos rightfully and logically had
think before you post you mentally challenged pillow-biter