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On the Origin of Species: Magikarp - Bulbanews

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Hello again, and welcome to a special five-week run of On the Origin of Species. With just over a month remaining until the long-awaited release of Pokémon X and Y and the beginning of Generation VI, I'll be taking a look at some of the weird and surprising things that influenced Pokémon design in previous generations. This week, I'll be focusing on some Pokémon from Generation I, and we start today with an old friend. It's agile, tenacious, symbolic of high achievement and an occasional menace to boaters. What manner of creature is this? Well, it's Magikarp. Or, to put it more precisely, it's the Asian carp, the real life creature upon which Magikarp is based. The term "Asian carp" is used to refer to various related species of freshwater fish native to China and surrounding areas. Many of these, like the silver and bighead carp, are commonly farmed for food, but the group also includes the likes of goldfish. Asian carp adapt well to new environments. A little too well, in fact, as th

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