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You know, about Maggyo, who looks really strange body-wise, I found the animal that most resembles Maggyo, appearance and characteristic-wise. Let me introduce you to the stargazer fish:
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Description
"Stargazers possess a large upward-facing mouth in an equally large head and have their eyes on the top of their heads, giving them their name. Their usual habit is to bury themselves in sand, and leap upwards to ambush prey that passes overhead. Some species have a worm-shaped lure growing out of the floor of the mouth, which they can wiggle to attract prey’s attention. Electric Stargazers possess their electric organ behind each of their eyes that is capable of generating up to 50 volts of electricity which is more than sufficient to stun or kills its prey." (Text copied from a Smogon forum)
As you can see, this animal's mouth and eyes are on the top of its head, like Maggyo, and not to mention even Maggyo is even cuter than the real animal! From the description, it is clear where the Ground and Electric types were inspired from, not to mention the abilities. Static is obvious, with the stunning of the prey, Sand Veil (a Dream World ability) can be seen too, with it hiding in the sand and stuff, but Limber, I am not sure. (For those who dissed a Ground Pokemon for having this ability, remember that Stun Spore and Glare still exists, not that the ability would have a universal use anyway)
hello new thing I'm going to see in my nightmares
maggyo just got less cute..