Shuckle is the most ambiguous Pokemon.
>rocks are objects
Shuckle isn't the rock. It lives in a rock.
>it's an endolith
An "endolith" just refers to anything living in a rock. That's like saying an ambulatory Pokemon can't be ambiguous because it walks.
>it's a mold
Then why is it Bug-type? It's clearly meant to be seen as an animal or it'd be Grass-type like every other plant, fungus, or kelp mon.
>it's a scale insect
It looks nothing like one, the shell isn't part of its body unlike a scale insect, and it has limbs and can move around unlike one.
>it's a barnacle
It's doesn't appear to be fused to the rock like a barnacle, rather just living inside of it. And it looks nothing like a barnacle.
>it's a turtle
The shell doesn't even look like a turtle shell and it has no turtle features otherwise. It doesn't have any flippers or feet, seeming to have tentacles instead.
>it's based on fermentation
That's an activity, not an object, animal, kaiju, or folklore thing. And every culture ferments things, so it's not a cultural reference.
>it's a mollusk
What kind of mollusk looks anything like Shuckle?
If you showed Shuckle to anyone unfamiliar with Pokemon, they wouldn't know what the fuck it is, no matter how much cultural information they've taken in, how scientifically well-versed they are, or how much they've seen in their lives.
