"This furry ball of cuteness ... first discovered in 1983 ... rarely been seen since... first spotted in the Tian Shan Mountains"
Well, that's cool I guess, but not nearly as cool as my pikachu. Isn't that right, Pikachu?
Pika!
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*lurks on the coast*
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Thats supposedly where the inspiration came from. Same as fennekin was based off a fennec fox.
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Thats supposedly where the inspiration came from. Same as fennekin was based off a fennec fox.
I believe the official story for the name is that pika is the Japanese onomatopoeia for electric spark noises, and chu is the sound mice make.
That said, the resemblance is a little too close for coincidence. :)
They look delicious.
They look delicious.
{rumbles in agreement}
Pika also live in Hokkaido Japan, although obviously a separate species. So they would be something pretty familiar with the Japanese
I spent an entire morning walking around a rockfield at a well known locality for them, but unfortunately the only morning I had to see them was also as foggy as hell. I could have walked 5 feet from one and never have known.