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Priamo Gregory
I often get asked what drew me to birding. Other outdoor pursuits like hunting or fishing or snowmobiling don't seem to require an explanation for participation, but people are perplexed by birding. You just go and look at them? Have you always wanted to fly? Are you some sort of scientist?
No, I'm not a scientist. The reasons why I love birding are many, but the "goal" of it - as I explain it to those inquiring minds - is "to see all the different kinds of birds there are."
"You mean like Pokemon?" One of my delightfully-nerdish friends responded. "You've 'Gotta Catch 'em All?'"
Now, I don't know anything about Pokemon and didn't know what the hell she was talking about. But you know what? Birding is a LOT like a real life version of Pokemon - a worldwide entertainment sensation that is played by, like, a billion kids. Making that connection explicit to the kids of today - and to the young adults who've outgrown Pokemon's demographic - may be the ticket to get a lot more people participating in and caring about birding.
Pokemon started in 1996 as a video game for Nintendo's Game Boy (n00b alert - I'll be cribbing from Wikipedia for this paragraph). The game's creator, Satoshi Tajiri-Oniwa, was inspired by his childhood passion of collecting insects. The thrust of the game is that characters named Trainers walk around in a landscape hoping to encounter - and then capture - wild creatures called Pokemon. Other stuff happens (apparently) once you have these guys captured, but seeking out all the different iterations of Pokemon is the focus.
Sound familiar? It sounds a lot like birding to me. One major difference I can see between birding and Pokemon is that kids around the world have bought more than 200 million Pokemon video games, watched 15 different Pokemon movies, played a trading card game, watched a TV show and generally gone bananas for Pokemon...popularity not at all shared by birding.
Seems like an opportunity to me. The "nature and environment" aspect of birding is essential, but I am still most attracted to the adventure of it. I think kids might be too, and if we can draw the comparisons. There are lots of organizations out there who are encouraging young people to start birding, maybe connecting birding to this Pokemon phenomenon is a good idea. Who knows, but at the very least, if a kid asks you why you like birding so much, just say Birding - Gotta Catch 'Em All!
I for one enjoy the fact that birding isn't as popular as pokemon. Could you imagine trying to spot anything in a park where all the best birding spots are crawling with 100s or 1000s of people?
My favorite part of birding and one I think would be an excellent thing to pass along to the younger generation is learning how to be present and just take in one's surroundings.
Jeff-
I completely agree, and love the peacefulness of birding. However, I also enjoy the excitement, and think that part of the reason why kids don't participate in the outdoors much anymore is because they think it's all peacefulness and no excitement. Showing them the excitement of birding may lead them to be better stewards, and also people like us who enjoy peace and quiet and birdsong.
Is a Spearr and Starly Starlingow just a redesined sparrow and Pidgey just a type of Pigeon after all pigdeys can be trained to carry mail like pigeons can and sparrows flock together like sparrows doand is fearow just a sort of crane or stork with shorter legs and comb like a rooster? and Starly a type of Starling plus Psyduck and farfetched are of couse are ducks
My seven year old is a huge fan of the Japanese cartoon series Pokmon. If you have never shared your life with a Pokmon fan, you might not know that Pokmon are animated creatures (many of them adorable) with varying skills and talents.
On the instruction of their trainers, Pokmon battle one another to see who will prevail. When they are in circumstances of extraordinary extremis, they glow with an inner light and then evolve into new forms with new names. When a Pokmon evolves, it retains the memories, relationships, and general personality of its previous form. But it also changes, growing into a new version of itself with new skills and abilities, denoted by its new name.
There are parallels between this cartoon and the core story of Jewish becoming. Torah tells us that once there were a pair of twin brothers named Jacob and Esau, who wrestled with each other even in the womb. They were estranged for many years. And then came the night when Jacob knew that in the morning he would encounter his estranged brother again.
Since 2003, Rachel Barenblat has blogged as The Velveteen Rabbi. Ordained as a rabbi and spiritual director, she serves Congregation Beth Israel and is a founding builder at Bayit: Your Jewish Home. Her books of poetry include 70 faces: Torah poems (Phoenicia, 2011) and Texts to the Holy (Ben Yehuda, 2018).
As time passes, we are learning more and more about how far and wide the Pokemon world reaches. Regions across each game introduce new Pokemon, with a grand total of over 1,000 as of the release of Scarlet and Violet. With this amount of Pokemon, it's no wonder that many of them are based on real-life animals.
You might not notice it at first, but many Pokemon have a counterpart that exists in our world; the same Pokemon you know and love may not be so fictional after all! Here, you can find Pokemon that are based on real animals, along with a picture of them for comparison.
Updated December 1, 2022 by Jacqueline Zalace: With the recent release of Scarlet and Violet, we've added even more Pokemon to our list. Additionally, we've removed some entries that didn't really resemble the animal mentioned.
There are more similarities between Dewgong and a Dugong than the spelling of their names. They are both aquatic mammals (Dewgong has fur) with streamlined bodies. There are numerous differences as well; Dewgong is a carnivore, while Dugongs are herbivores.
Dewgong is an Ice-Water type Pokemon, whereas dugongs prefer warmer coastal waters. This is one of the few instances where the real-life version of a Pokemon is much larger than the Pokemon. Dewgongs are about five feet seven inches in length and weigh around 260 pounds, while Dugongs are around ten feet long and weigh close to 1,000 pounds.
This one's a no-brainer. Not only do Noctowl and a Great Horned Owl resemble each other, but the word 'owl' is also right there in Noctowl's name. The two also share many features; such as silent flight, and phenomenally good night vision. They can both rotate their necks far farther than humans. Noctowl can rotate their heads 180 degrees, but a great horned owl can rotate their necks 270 degrees!
Qwilfish's type is Water-Poison, which, coincidentally, is the same type as the real-life blowfish. Okay, real-life animals don't have Pokemon types. The flip side of that coin is that the blowfish inflates itself, like Qwilfish, causing spikes to protrude from its body. The blowfish is also one of the most poisonous animals on Earth.
A large bird. Check. A large bird with a huge pouch under its beak. Check. Yeah, that's a pelican. The Pelipper's Pokedex description tells of a kind-hearted animal that protects small animals by carrying them in their beak pouch, and is referred to as the messenger of the skies.
Real-life Pelippers, pelicans are extremely aggressive birds that will attempt to carry off small animals, and sometimes babies; they don't do this to protect them, as a Pelipper would. Pelicans and Pelipper are about the same size; however, Pelippers weigh about three times more than the largest pelican.
Arbok was part of the first generation of Pokemon, and is clearly influenced by the real-life King Cobra. It's right there in the name - Arbok spelled backward is Kobra. Subtle, huh? Arbok is quite a bit larger than a King Cobra, and a lot heavier.
Despite being physically larger it could be argued that, to a human, an Arbok isn't that much deadlier than a Cobra. Both are poisonous, both can spit caustic substances, swallow their prey, and coil their body to deliver a more powerful blow.
Knowing that Poliwag's species is "tadpole Pokemon" is enough information to conclude that Poliwag is a tadpole. However, we can go a step further and say that Poliwag is a translucent tadpole. Even the swirl on its chest is seen on a translucent tadpole. The degree of similarity between the two gives us pause.
Even the most inexperienced Pokemon trainer should be able to recognize this Pokemon's identity with ease. Toucannon's name doesn't attempt to mask its identity since it is a real-life animal in plain sight!
The Pokemon Toucannon is undoubtedly based on a Toucan, given its colorful elongated beak and bird-like appearance. The Pokemon Company did not attempt to give this Pokemon a distinct look as its real-life doppelganger is near-identical.
The population of the Tapir is dwindling, which is why many may not have heard of this animal. This real-life Pokemon has an origin that dates back approximately 50 million years, and it can be found in Southeastern Asia and parts of Malaysia.
The combination of the words 'free' and 'butterfly' form the name Butterfree. This is one of the easiest Pokemon to spot that exists in real life; the size of the Pokemon was enlarged to fit with the game, but there's no mistaking that this Pokemon is based on a butterfly.
Judging by its name, it would make sense if Psyduck was labeled a Psychic/Water-type Pokemon. This is not the case, but it does fit one of those two categories. Psyduck resembles an animal like many Pokemon in the Pokemon world.
The degree of similarity between a platypus and a Psyduck, however, gives us the impression that Psyduck's inspiration is from the real world. Psyduck is unmistakably a platypus, and the creators of Pokemon didn't try hard to disguise the fact.
Introduced in the first generation of the Pokemon games, Rhyhorn has a design that is based on a rhinoceros. It's based on a rhino, but it has a rock-hard body, which is why it's part Rock-type. It can use its front horn as a drill to strike opposing Pokemon.
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