>>54697668To be fair, not all Pokémon are on the same level of intelligence. Some are just dumb animals, while others are smarter than even humans.
So no, he's not food. But Magikarp aren't really either. But not because they're sentient or anything, no, they're just all scales and bones. Not an ounce of meat on those bastards. It'd be much more worthwhile to wait until they evolve into Gyarados and slurp them up like noodles.