Pokemon Eat Each Other

Meowt eat Magikarp..

I remember one episode when TR talking about Magikarp Sashimi and Meowth also giving reaction..
 
Easy. There's many Pokedex entries that say they do. See Heatmor and Durant. "Durant are its prey." Swellow and Taillow eat Wurmple. Pokedex entries mention this, and in PMD Explorers series, a Wurmple is terrified that his teammate, Swellow would eat him.
 
So, to start this off, I've been reading Pokedex entries recently for some strange reason, and Heatmor is said to eat Durant. Multiple times. *Clears throat* "Using their very hot, flame-covered tongue, they burn through Durant's steel bodies and consume their insides." ~Pokedex X. And, "It draws in air through its tail, transforms it into fire, and uses it like a tongue. It melts Durant and eats them." ~Pokedex Y

Just look at Vallée Étroite Way (Route 18 in the Kalos Region). There are Gurdurr, Torkoal, Graveler, Lairon, Pupitar, Sandslash, Geodude, Shuckle, Durant and Heatmor. Look at the Pokemon. There are steel-types, fire-types, rock-types, a ground-type and a fighting-type. Realize there are less fire-types, more rock-types, few steel-types, a ground-type and a fighting-type. First, there's the steel-types; Lairon, Pupitar, Durant and Heatmor. Lairon, Pupitar and Durant are the prey of Heatmor, all being weak to it. But, to resist them, Lairon and Pupitar had to gain the rock-typing, partially due to the environment (because the area was disrupted by construction and that's why Gurdurr are around), and to protect themselves from the Heatmor. On the other hand, Durants typing makes it 4x as weak to Heatmor! But, they live in large groups in order to protect each other. The other rock/ground-types are unaffected by the Heatmor because of their typing, and Torkoal, Graveler, Sandslash, Geodude and Shuckle, like the Lairon and Pupitar, needed to adapt to the environment.
 
PokeDragonGirl said:
So, to start this off, I've been reading Pokedex entries recently for some strange reason, and Heatmor is said to eat Durant. Multiple times. *Clears throat* "Using their very hot, flame-covered tongue, they burn through Durant's steel bodies and consume their insides." ~Pokedex X. And, "It draws in air through its tail, transforms it into fire, and uses it like a tongue. It melts Durant and eats them." ~Pokedex Y

Just look at Vallée Étroite Way (Route 18 in the Kalos Region). There are Gurdurr, Torkoal, Graveler, Lairon, Pupitar, Sandslash, Geodude, Shuckle, Durant and Heatmor. Look at the Pokemon. There are steel-types, fire-types, rock-types, a ground-type and a fighting-type. Realize there are less fire-types, more rock-types, few steel-types, a ground-type and a fighting-type. First, there's the steel-types; Lairon, Pupitar, Durant and Heatmor. Lairon, Pupitar and Durant are the prey of Heatmor, all being weak to it. But, to resist them, Lairon and Pupitar had to gain the rock-typing, partially due to the environment (because the area was disrupted by construction and that's why Gurdurr are around), and to protect themselves from the Heatmor. On the other hand, Durants typing makes it 4x as weak to Heatmor! But, they live in large groups in order to protect each other. The other rock/ground-types are unaffected by the Heatmor because of their typing, and Torkoal, Graveler, Sandslash, Geodude and Shuckle, like the Lairon and Pupitar, needed to adapt to the environment.
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Umm... This is a really neat theory, but Pupitar isn't a steel type, and neither is Heatmor. :)
 
I wonder if there's cannibalism among Pokemon. Many real-life animals are cannibalistic towards their own kind.
 
Pokemon eat each other, proven by Pokedex entries just as humans also eat Pokemon (in Lumiose city in the 3 star restaurant you are served some pretty nasty sounding stuff and presumably a fish Pokemon). Even when I first played Pokemon in Diamond Wurple's Pokedex entry states it has to protect itself or be eaten.
 
Unless you consider Pokédex lore as facts (which they clearly aren't), there is nothing supporting the idea of Pokémon eating each other.

So no, I won't support your theory. In my opinion, Pokémon eat berries and only berries.

The idea of Pokémon eating other Pokémon is just creepy. They aren't mindless animals, they are sentient beings, intelligent enough to not do such a brutal thing.
 
Actually, after finishing BW2 Cedric Juniper comes to the PC's house and he says Pokémon eat each other, as well. So to me it seems pretty canon.
 
Reila said:
Unless you consider Pokédex lore as facts (which they clearly aren't), there is nothing supporting the idea of Pokémon eating each other.

So no, I won't support your theory. In my opinion, Pokémon eat berries and only berries.

The idea of Pokémon eating other Pokémon is just creepy. They aren't mindless animals, they are sentient beings, intelligent enough to not do such a brutal thing.
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There's many canon sources stating Pokémon eat each other. They may be sentient beings, but they're still (mostly) based off of real animals and the anime and manga have portrayed them as behaving like animals in their world. I'm sure not ALL Pokémon are carnivorous (Phanpy, Girafarig, other herbivore and/or plant-inspired Pokémon) but some DEFINITELY are, as they're based off of them (Pyroar, Victreebel, Feraligatr, Krookodile, etc.)

Some Pokémon (mostly legendaries and inanimate object Pokémon) are probably more ambiguous in their diet. I would say that legendaries probably feed off of the energy of the universe. Something so majestic can't be eating Pokémon or humans willy-nilly. Kyurem is the one possible objection but since it crashing from outer space was false, probably the whole "he eats people and Pokémon" thing too.

Other Pokémon still are implied to feed off of energy (like my theory on legendaries [one of these examples is the Magnemite line which eat electricity, a form of energy]) while others feed off of Pokémon/Humans' life force (the Litwick line) and some Pokémon are stated to eat inanimate objects (Sableye). Some Pokémon might not even eat ANYTHING, they just exist (Arceus, Dialga, Palkia and Giratina, as they live in pocket dimensions with no vegetation or other Pokémon. Except possibly Unown.)
 
Reila said:
Unless you consider Pokédex lore as facts (which they clearly aren't), there is nothing supporting the idea of Pokémon eating each other.

So no, I won't support your theory. In my opinion, Pokémon eat berries and only berries.

The idea of Pokémon eating other Pokémon is just creepy. They aren't mindless animals, they are sentient beings, intelligent enough to not do such a brutal thing.
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read FR/LG's pokedex entry for pidgeot!
or watch some DP episodes.
you will be soon filled with knowledge.
 
BlackButterfree said:
Reila said:
Unless you consider Pokédex lore as facts (which they clearly aren't), there is nothing supporting the idea of Pokémon eating each other.

So no, I won't support your theory. In my opinion, Pokémon eat berries and only berries.

The idea of Pokémon eating other Pokémon is just creepy. They aren't mindless animals, they are sentient beings, intelligent enough to not do such a brutal thing.
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There's many canon sources stating Pokémon eat each other. They may be sentient beings, but they're still (mostly) based off of real animals and the anime and manga have portrayed them as behaving like animals in their world. I'm sure not ALL Pokémon are carnivorous (Phanpy, Girafarig, other herbivore and/or plant-inspired Pokémon) but some DEFINITELY are, as they're based off of them (Pyroar, Victreebel, Feraligatr, Krookodile, etc.)

Some Pokémon (mostly legendaries and inanimate object Pokémon) are probably more ambiguous in their diet. I would say that legendaries probably feed off of the energy of the universe. Something so majestic can't be eating Pokémon or humans willy-nilly. Kyurem is the one possible objection but since it crashing from outer space was false, probably the whole "he eats people and Pokémon" thing too.

Other Pokémon still are implied to feed off of energy (like my theory on legendaries [one of these examples is the Magnemite line which eat electricity, a form of energy]) while others feed off of Pokémon/Humans' life force (the Litwick line) and some Pokémon are stated to eat inanimate objects (Sableye). Some Pokémon might not even eat ANYTHING, they just exist (Arceus, Dialga, Palkia and Giratina, as they live in pocket dimensions with no vegetation or other Pokémon. Except possibly Unown.)
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Anything with a brain is sentient. A secretary bird attacking a snake is perfectly acceptable and both are sentient.

Coming from a biologist's perspective, I think it's pretty clear things like Krookodile, Samurott, and Garchomp are carnivorous. Those are NOT herbivore teeth.
 
Gudon44 said:
BlackButterfree said:
Reila said:
Unless you consider Pokédex lore as facts (which they clearly aren't), there is nothing supporting the idea of Pokémon eating each other.

So no, I won't support your theory. In my opinion, Pokémon eat berries and only berries.

The idea of Pokémon eating other Pokémon is just creepy. They aren't mindless animals, they are sentient beings, intelligent enough to not do such a brutal thing.
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There's many canon sources stating Pokémon eat each other. They may be sentient beings, but they're still (mostly) based off of real animals and the anime and manga have portrayed them as behaving like animals in their world. I'm sure not ALL Pokémon are carnivorous (Phanpy, Girafarig, other herbivore and/or plant-inspired Pokémon) but some DEFINITELY are, as they're based off of them (Pyroar, Victreebel, Feraligatr, Krookodile, etc.)

Some Pokémon (mostly legendaries and inanimate object Pokémon) are probably more ambiguous in their diet. I would say that legendaries probably feed off of the energy of the universe. Something so majestic can't be eating Pokémon or humans willy-nilly. Kyurem is the one possible objection but since it crashing from outer space was false, probably the whole "he eats people and Pokémon" thing too.

Other Pokémon still are implied to feed off of energy (like my theory on legendaries [one of these examples is the Magnemite line which eat electricity, a form of energy]) while others feed off of Pokémon/Humans' life force (the Litwick line) and some Pokémon are stated to eat inanimate objects (Sableye). Some Pokémon might not even eat ANYTHING, they just exist (Arceus, Dialga, Palkia and Giratina, as they live in pocket dimensions with no vegetation or other Pokémon. Except possibly Unown.)
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Anything with a brain is sentient. A secretary bird attacking a snake is perfectly acceptable and both are sentient.

Coming from a biologist's perspective, I think it's pretty clear things like Krookodile, Samurott, and Garchomp are carnivorous. Those are NOT herbivore teeth.
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Secretary bird? That sounds so cute, I could totally see a flamingo flapping away at a desk. ^_^

But yeah, some Pokémon even feed on humans. Just look at Cacturne. And Carvanha is DEFINITELY carnivorous. It's based off of a frigging piranha.
 
It's highly obvious that Pokemon do eat each other as stated in many of the Pokemon canons.

Several of the main series Pokedex entries make it clear that certain Pokemon eat other Pokemon, namely Heatmor eating Durant and Swellow, Starly, and other birds eating Wurmple. Omastar also went extinct because they couldn't catch any prey, which obviously means other Pokemon. Kabutops were top predators in their day, I believe, meaning they must have been at the top of the food chain. A great deal of dex entries also detail how Pokemon kill and eat their prey or how they're built for this purpose.

The Pokemon Anime has mentioned that Meowth eat Fish Pokemon (Magikarp) and Bird Pokemon (Pidgeot) eat Worm Pokemon (Caterpie).

In Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, a Wurmple is constantly paranoid that his partner, Swellow, will eat him one day. There is also other dialogue by other characters, like Metapod and Caterpie, that suggest that they could be eaten by other Pokemon should they go in a dungeon (I believe Groudon and Zapdos were mentioned).

It's only common sense that Pokemon eat other Pokemon. Not to mention, there's nothing that suggests otherwise, so I don't really see anything that could go against it.
 
I'm of the belief that some pokémon (especially the ones based off carnivorous animals) do eat other pokémon. As for Legendaries, I believe they feed off the ambient energy of the cosmos but they can eat food if they so desire.

However, eating pokémon is something that is not brought up in polite company.
 
Several Pokédex entries (mainly regional birds, regional bugs and some random others like Roserade) say that Pokémon eat Pokémon

So the common sense that was mentioned earlier is backed up by Pokédex entries as well

Also, people eat Pokémon as well, but that's a different story
 
Not only can you hunt down pokemon and kill them, you can make food products from them in non-harmful ways too! Cheese made from Jynx milk anyone?
 
I wonder if it's possible for Furret to eat Sentret as one of the foods. Even though Sentret is named after the ferret/weasel, it doesn't look like a weasel as much as it is a flying squirrel (its ears and tail are big reasons), and considering how ferrets eat squirrels as one of the food, it's not hard to imagine that. Remember that Furret is already stated to eat Rattata (a rat).

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