>>53193751>Same reason why plants can co-exist with Pokemon based on them.First off, plants aren't animals
>Non-sentient lifeforms are obviously an exception to the "no real life" animals rulesIt's not a rule that the games adhere to to begin with, and it definitely doesn't have anything like that.. You're just making up an imaginary amendment.
>>53193757I know what you were TRYING to say, but I never said Aerodactyl isn't a dinosaur. It is, and it being a dinosaur doesnt contradict other dinosaurs existing. Rather, Im pointing out that real animals are still referred to. Flutter Mane's entry still explicitly refers to pterosaurs, which again, is a real life clade, something that shouldn't exist in Pokemon.
The same game this entry comes from also explicitly mentions Indian Elephants.
>>53193768All this says is Raichu can cause both to faint. The fact that we still see reference to animals, and literally see them in game to this day proves you unequivocally wrong.