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>Magcargo are certainly capable of reaching temperatures of 18,000°F, but only in extremely limited bursts. It's typically only used as a last resort in case of predation or life-threatening fights, and even then, it'll use up any energy it has left.
>There's a ongoing heated debate between Pokémon researchers as to whether Slugma and Magcargo are officially Kantonian or Hoennese Pokémon. While they were officially discovered in the former region, they're exceedingly rare there, and much more common in and around the volcanic areas of Hoenn. To avoid taking a side, most researchers tend to place them with Johtonian Pokémon as a sort of wastebin classification, along with Houndour, Murkrow, and their evolutions.
>Magcargo do lay eggs in the wild, are also capable of forming more Slugma by asexual reproduction. This only happens in extremely hot areas, such as inside of volcanoes.
>Slugma and Magcargo can subsist solely off of absorbing magma into its body. Bathing inside it will cure them of any ailment they have and completely rejuvenate them in a matter of moments. As such, they are one of the few Pokémon that can truly be called biologically immortal.
>While wild individuals are exceptionally long-lived due to this, they have have a few known natural predators: other, larger Slugma and Magcargo, and Heatran.
>There are different subspecies of Slugma/Magcargo from each volcano it lives in. They're virtually indistinguishable from each other visually, besides minor variations in color, size, and ambient temperature.
