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the-koiking-pond · 4 months ago

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Most regions have or had one variant of wild magikarp or another, and in those cases the real issue is that magikarp variants will interbreed with each other so the genetics of each particular subspecies is pretty much a nightmare to have to untangle now, ESPECIALLY in the kanto-johto-hoenn-sinnoh area.

In regions where there weren't originally magikarp in the wild, but magikarp have been released, the ecological consequences are absolutely devastating.

Do you guys ever think if Magikarp is an invasive species? It's pretty much anywhere there's water, and it's in abundance.

#admin online #((Unova and Orre are the only regions that correspond to real-world areas without any carp variant))#((the common carp is complicated because the romans put it EVERYWHERE in their territories as a food fish))#((so yeah it was probably invasive 2000 years ago but we've kinda surpassed that point now))#((and the amur carp had at least three subspecies but everyone was crossbreeding them with each other + common carp))#((so THAT is an entirely separate nightmare genetics has to unfuck))

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