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I already had a hunch that Wooper was based off an axolotl ever since I saw it's creepy HGSS sprite. It wasn't the sprite itself, but it was after I got HG that I made the connection.
Quagsire's probably based on a Japanese giant salamander (it's less clear-cut than Wooper, but there's a good amount of evidence). I may touch on that in a future article.
This was a really interesting read, it's nice to see a more in-depth origin story compared to what we see on each Pokémon's page. I wonder about the possibilities of even incorporating articles like this into individual Pokémon pages, possibly even just a link.
I found it especially interesting the colour of the creature and the fact that it actually has arms O.O odd that they chose to make Wooper a different colour and even remove its arms.
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