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I am enjoying the Pokémon adventure! And I am so happy Apple is finding friends in GA!

Thanks! It's been a fun way to distract myself from... the world!

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You don't have anon on lol

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Anonymously tell me something you like about my OCs

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Voluca Island Badlands Day First Expedition

Our expedition pressed on past the desert towards Fireflow Volcano, which made for tough going, with its arid, craggy terrain. The canyons here were carved out from rivers flowing off rain from the volcano, and there were several geysers expelling pressure from the underground magma and water flows. This would turn out to be a rather important gathering point for some of the more unique pokemon types, as well!

My first encounter was this rather fearless and friendly Tepig! Tepig are generally found around dry, hot climates like this, the arid temperature able to drop their internal heat without cooling too much. Tepig tend to be a little on the chilly side at room temperature, you see. Characteristic of popular partner pokemon, these specimens are a good choice for any professor to offer for a pokemon journey, as they are naturally curious and tend to befriend other pokemon and people easily.

The Minior shower from yesterday had some strikes here, it seemed. Minior can get stuck in terrain like this, having to accumulate energy to extract themselves with their psychic abilities. There are a few scientists that speculate that the psychic typing is actually something that has permeated from extraterrestrial sources. Several pokemon like Clefairy, Zatu, and Beheeyem are speculated to have arrived here from other worlds or in the upper atmosphere, and brought that cosmic energy with them!

Diglett are everywhere. No, really. Almost every single region has a record of these pokemon in some sort of regional variation at best. Some of my colleagues surmise that they actually live and breed within the crust of the earth, and there could be untold amounts of them living in those strata, thus they pop up just about anywhere! I find them somewhat cute, and can attest that they move through hard rock and soil like a fish swims in water.

The Mandibuzz I saw roosting at the edge of the desert have a very large colony here. Their nests are a bit to far up to get a look at, but the frequent trips I see with carrion indicate that they aren't too far away.

Rockruff are so cute! I had a feeling i'd encounter one with the Lycanroc we've already encountered, and this little guy was all too happy to come bounding up to gobble up a fluffruit. Unfortunately they are not the fluffiest of creatures, as their skin is actually made up of tough minerals and sandshales.

At first I thought I was getting a shot of this Hippowdon overlooking the valley, until this bounder grew legs and claws, and I caught view of a familiar face! In my own pokemon journey I picked up a little Dwebble in the Caskade region where I grew up, and unfortunately I couldn't keep it in my college dorm after it evolved, mom is still taking care of him, thankfully, he's rather happy helping her with landscaping. Crustle evolve when dwebbles get too powerful to contain their hard shells, trading it for a shelf of a plateau. They are incredibly strong, but do tend to get stuck, overestimating their size and the awkwardness of their square shape.

Swalot is a highly toxic pokemon, attracted to this area of volcanic superheated chemical geysers. While stepping outside of the NEO-ONE would see me dead in seconds due to these volatile fumes, these pokemon actually feed off of the stuff, happy to roll around in the superheated pools to draw in the chemicals through its skin! Life finds a way, as they say, and it's so fascinating to see rare poison type pokemon here!

Koffing are also in this area, syphoning off the fumes from the geysers, and from the Swalot as well! These guys use toxic clouds not only to use as poisonous moves, but to float around the environment, allowing them to escape predation and to hover up to the source of polluted air! Interesting to see these guys outside of industrial city areas!

Scoliopedes are also poisonous bug type pokemon, though these are highly evolved and thus reach rather enormous sizes, especially for bug types. They act similar to Buffalant or Tauros, in that they tend to charge their foes with their impressive horns, and show off domination displays by rutting! Careful to keep you distance though, they are quite poisonous and people are very tiny!

Interesting to see a Salazzle here! These pokemon are known for their salacious poses, only females evolve to get this big, and they tend to distract potential threats with fairy type charm effects by dancing!

There were several large holes driven through this area of the canyon, which perpleced me until I felt the rumbling and caught the originator of them! Onix clearly lived here in a massive colony, almost like gigantic termites in a mound, burrowing from cliffside to cliffside, not sure if it was for migration or play?

One more to pull at your heartstrings. Pokemon can have a tendency to form friendships with other species, especially younger, unevolved species. While we've seen Tepig and Torchic in the region already, I was surprised to see a Shinx leading them in a merry run! I found myself cheering them on their edventure!

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Voluca Island Desert Night First Expedition

Hello everyone! After a rather sweltering day surveying the desert, we're bracing for a chilly night. I have to say, this may be the most gorgeous night sky i've ever seen, so far from the light pollution of the civilized world, and with the sparse cloud coverage. I found myself admiring the sky as much as the Pokemon running about!

Cacnea are surprisingly quite active during the night, likely using the daylight hours to absorb the sunlight they need, these little guys were running and rolling around the dunes. While many pokemon burn their energy in hunting, these guys tend to expend it in play and socializing, getting most of their sustenance from sunlight and water.

Mandibuzz, on the other hand, seemed to be resting in the evening, enjoying a nice roost in their cliffside nests, hiding away their vulnerable Vullaby offspring and delivering the days carrion to them. This particular individual seemed to be on sentry duty for the evening, keeping its eyes on me as I moved through the area.

Found two Skorupi having a bit of a standoff. While these pokemon are highly poisonous, they rarely resort to attacking other pokemon or people, relying on these intimidation tactics to encourage threats to back off, or to run off competition.

What a sight! Sandshrew can curl up into their armor-like carapaces to roll quickly, leveraging the height of the sand dunes to quickly travel or escape those that would do them harm. These two were moving so fast I barely got this shot in time!

Seems this is a night for face offs! Lycanroc in the midnight evolutionary forms are fairly territorial, relying on their frightening presence to intimidate other pokemon to flee. This younger one was out of his depth, it seemed, as he took off in fear.

Kangaskhan! These dutiful pokemon are dedicated to the care of their children, carrying them in specialized pouches to keep them safe! These two were enjoying a rest at the Oasis pond, likely getting some rest after a long day trekking through the desert. I imagine sleep wasn't far from these two.

Its hard to capture the feeling of majesty when encountering Onix. Their size is so impressively large, but seeing them sleeping curled up like this made them feel somehow so tiny? There was a whole colony of them, nestled in a valley nestled at the foot of a large canyon.

A bit of noise and a flare of light brought my attention skyward, suddenly

What looked like a far off meteor shower turned out to be much closer than I had assumed. With Miniors pelting the dunes in great numbers! Scientists are not sure if these brightly colored rock pokemon actually come from space or if they simply float to the lower stratosphere and crash to the ground. It was nonetheless frightening, as I dont think even the neo-ONE would withstand a hit from these guys making landfall.

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Voluca Island Desert Day First Expedition

Greetings, intrepid explorers! Our research is following a new reading on our spectrometer, this time extended all the way across the archipelago to the massive and appropriately named Voluca Island! This is a very arid region of mountainous crags, canyons, and a rather large volcano. The Voluca desert is the only area of the island accessible by boat, a small beach leads out to the vast dunes, cut off by the region's rainstorms by the mountainous cliffsides it is nestled between. While our quarry seems to rest around the Volcano, this environment was teeming with pokemon, and we wasted no time setting up a survey expedition!

Hope everyone likes my arid field gear, its nice and breathable, while still being tough enough to bear off the chill of the night. I recommend anyone venturing into this sort of climate keep versatility in mind! Anyway, right, pokemon.

Heliolisks are well adapted to the dunes, their feet and body designed to maximize surface tension, allowing them to run across the sand at great speeds without their feet sinking in the loose soil. Their large frills also can absorb sunlight for use in powerful moves that can stun predators!

Small, localized dust devils like this are a frequent occurrence, one that swept up this poor Skorupi. Thankfully this one landed off in a soft patch of sand, and the impact was lessoned, leaving a confused pokemon frantically digging a burrow to hide.

Mandibuzz fly close in with no fear, certainly sizing me up for survivability, never having encountered humans before. These massive birds are carrion eaters, primarily, searching the vast dunes for dead prey to consume. As a social aspect, they tend to use the bones of their meals to adorn their feathers, helping each other weave them into the tufts of down. Whether this is purely aesthetic, or showing off how adept they are at finding meals is unknown.

Managed to find an Oasis high on the dunes, near the start of what seemed to be a cutout to a canyon system leading into the mountains. Likely a runoff of what used to be a canyon river that drained into an underground river, the small pond served as a gathering spot for many pokemon, such as a herd of Hippowdon. This particular specimen is male, as they maintain some of the yellow coloration through their evolution, whereas females take on the darker black coloration. He was very content to wallow in the water, Hippowdon like this tend to store water for their long journeys, digging through the ground as they herd from water source to water source.

Managed to find, and feed, this little torchic! Like the emolga in Florio, she seemed happier with a hot meal, likely to fuel this fire pokemon's intense internal body heat. Deserts are prime locations to find wild Combuskin, with the intense heat and vast distances allowing them to burn hot as they train. Looks like this little one was enjoying a break by the water though!

Managed to spot a view a few desert patter Vivillions flittering about this massive sinkholes, though they knew well enough to keep their distance from them, as ...

Trapinch were waiting within the center of these depressions, having dug them out themselves. Trapinch are ambush predators, relying on prey falling into their well, traps, unable to climb out due to the fragile, sandy walls. With a pounce and a bite from those powerful jaws, the trap really does this pokemon's work for them!

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: The Silverberg Research Center

Sorry its been a bit since my last update, have big, big news! Grant funding has come in and the scientific community is really banding together to work on this project. I think this blog got some eyes on this and all the nerds are traveling up to work with me. Seeing as we needed a place for everyone, I present...

So here's the overall grounds, the main lab is on the left, has our computer servers and a high tech spectrometer scanner to track the Illumina pings we get. There's also a garage for tinkering with the NEO-ONE, some basic laboratory setups for any tests we need to conduct, and one of the nicest kitchens i've had access to!

All the staff are homed in these very lovely tiny homes, we actually had a lovely construction crew come in with a team of Bidoof to whip these up in no time flat! I.. honestly might just move in here when the project is concluded, the lifestyle suites me!

So, with that said, there are a few local pokemon, as well as our team's partner pokemon that have taken up residence here, so I figured i'd show off the pictures i've taken on my walks around the area!

This is my Meowth, Fiddle Fig. She's enjoying herself a nap in the midday sun. Figgy was never much of an outdoor cat, a bit skittish, so it's nice to see her branching out and getting acquainted with nature! We actually needed to tune up the NEO-ONE, but no one wanted to wake her up (including me!)

This Stoutland is a big boy, and loves to get tummy rubs and scritches behind the ears. His partner spends about as much time grooming him as they do working on the NEO-ONE, but I think half the leaves and twigs in the forest would get caught in his fur otherwise.

One of the members of the comm team brought an Audino with them! She likes to help herself to the kitchen, and is quite the friendly addition to our crew. She's big into dancing, my understanding is she is big into Contests back in their home region, so I think she really likes to show off as a result. The crew are all pretty fond of her.

This Dedenne is an escape artist! It keeps getting out of its enclosure and draining our equipment! I'm not really sure how this guy ended up partnered to our network specialist, as we've had three fried motherboards due to him draining electricity!

Our little eevee is actual wild! I'm taking care of him for now, as he is rather sociable. He's getting along well with the other pokemon, and I think I might have myself a new partner! He can be a little standoffish, i'm trying to teach him to stay off the table, as the cleaning crew's Trubbish was eating our rubbish from lunch, and he got so snippy with me!

Trubbish got impatient. I guess thats one way to teach poor Eevee!

Now for the wild pokemon checking out our Center! The water trough is a popular roosting spot for the local Starly, they are extremely skittish, and typically will fly off at the sound of my camera click! Hard to get pics of them, unless distracted.

Believe it or not, but this is a wild Pikachu! This guy (you can tell he's a male by the angular tail, females have a little heart shape at the end of their tails), lives in the ideal habitat for pikachu, they enjoy living in wooded areas where it can scamper up into trees to get at fruit! I think the electicity our compund generates attracted him here, he's drained a bit of our reserves by rubing his cheeks against our generator.

There are quite a few Flutterby flitting about the area. These little guys love to eat the nectar from flowers, and have a rather sweet smell about them as a result. There are likely a lot of these specimens on the island, what with the Shaymin's flower field, but it is a bit hard to see these, they are some of the smallest pokemon species in existance, a far cry from the Wailords we recently encounted!

We noticed a few burrows in the area, and soon enough the culprit showed up, this Bunnelby is uniquely adapted, in that it actually digs with its ears, adapted to be strong shovel-like appendages, flinging excavated dirt of its shoulders! Seems it's settling in here, sharing in what veggies it can pilfer from our stock room.

Sudowoodo! This merry fellow hid from us for like, a week before we noticed him, kept creeping up closer and closer until it was obviously exposed. These pokemon seem to revel in their mimicry of trees and shrubs. Their bodies are made up of rock, actually, and I think they actually have adapted to enjoying tricking other pokemon and people. This one came in with a friend, actually, the Rattata has also become a staple of the center, aggravating Figgy to no end

Yep Fig, you'll get that Rattata, sure you will. Big fearsome Huntress!

Couldn't help but finish off with this, gotta love a naptime! I might need help with a name for Eevee, not sure what i'm gonna go with!

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Lental Sea Floor Illumina Spot

After today's exciting discovery, I certainly needed to relax in the bay near the research base. The submersible dove almost to the limit it could operate, and we managed to track down some rather baffling readings. The Illumina energy was pulsing between one powerful source, so hundreds of weaker ones. As we found our quarry, this mystery was easily answered.

Wishiwashi are an interesting species of pokemon, in which hundreds of unique individuals engage in synchronized schooling behavior. By schooling together these pokemon mimic one large organism, and by working together actually gain the advantages of -being- a larger organism. Soon after finding me, the skittish school soon schooled together to scare me off.

Each limb, tooth, even the false eyes and nostrils, are formed by several individual wishiwashi, the various dots are individual eyes of individual fish, and the illumina veins that these specimens have absorbed over many years suggest that this may be as ancient as the Meganium observed in Floria. Given that fish pokemon are not typically long lived like a plant pokemon, there might be something unique about the illumina phenomenon that increases lifespan? Or perhaps these particular pokemon are long lived enough to absorb illumina particals like this over time? Interesting to think there is something else in play here...

Another attempt to scare me off, the Wishiwashi swam about, forming a powerful underater whirlpool, thankfully the submersible was powerful enough to push through the currents. I was able to capture this as a good example of how working together like this enables these fish to push water with such forse to gain extra power and speed!

Failing to run me off, I was treated to a rather terrifying display, as the school rushed me unexpectedly, and actually engulfed the entire submersible!

Terrifying to be sure, but empty, the inside of the school's false mouth is hollow, and by remaining calm, I was able to match its speed, limiting the school's maneuverability. It was forced to disband to get me out of their way!

Straight into the sight of a hungry Wailord! Whild Wailord typically feast on plankton, they can consume smaller fish as well by widening its mouth past the filter teeth. But with a bit of work...

Wishiwashi aren't limited in size in any capacity other than the number of individuals in the school. Functionally, this school was large enough to form into a large enough collective organism to scare off this juvenile Wailord! I believe this may be one of the only examples of a fear response for these behemoth pokemon, I guess there really is always a bigger fish in the sea! We'll be heading back to the research station to look for more readings and compile my photodex up to now. Stay tuned, Whether to new islands or more research expeditions, we're only getting started!

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Lental Sea Floor First Expedition

Last chance to show off my tropical looks! What can I say, professors cant be all labcoats and clipboards! I just know these are gonna come back to haunt me when i'm requesting more grant money... Anyway I got a fantastic opportunity through some contacts of mine to charter a submersible for this research area, as our illumina spectrometer readings are leading us pretty far underwater. With that (and a contractually obligated thank you to Gage Acquisitions) lets dive in!

Luvdiscs are fairly overlooked pokemon in the trainer world, from my understanding, with no evolutions and a limited ability to learn moves, these pokemon are generally appreciated for their aesthetics, a popular pick for home aquariums, especially amongst couples with their vibrant pink heart shaped appearance. There were quite a few of these little guys swimming about, happily munching on algae.

With so many Finneon schooling in the area, I was not surprised to see their evolved form, Lumineon (kinda sounds like an eeveelution, doesn't it?"). These very large fish spend their time burrowing on the seafloor, looking for burrowing fish and crustaceans to eat!

Gorgeous seeing these Mantine from underneath, looking so much like a flock of migrating birds against a beautiful blue sky. Their classification as flying/water pokemon seems especially apt now, though that is more based on their aptitude for moves than their appearance. There are -so- many swimming around the open ocean like this.

This Octillery was unfortunate enough to be existing in the same space as this adolescent Wailmer. Wailmer can be a bit aggresive with their territories at this age, feeling the weight of their massively growing size before it becomes so unwieldy, they take the opportunity to push it around.

Dont swim in waters with Sharpedo, folks. Only dive with a strong pokemon. Thankfully I had a strong hull and... sigh... the best of Gagetech™ reinforced glass. Gagetech™, you need it, we find a way to make it!

This is the undersea equivalent of someone pulling weapon on you to get you to back away, and as touch as my submersible is, even I wasn't willing to take my chances with an exploding spine my way. Quillfish are a species designed with superpredators like Sharpedo in mind, with powerful poisonous spines and the ability to expand its body with air to make it difficult to eat. When threatened, it can use the accumulated air to launch those spines with the speed of a bullet!

Tentacruel, despite the name update from their smaller pre-evolution, are still quite cool. Their bodies take on a harder carapace and their tentacles are filled with strong paralytic poisons and neurotoxins, and their beaks double as appendages to hold their prey in place to administer said poisons. They flitter lazily in the open currents when not hunting, and seemed to enjoy the little tunes my camera have installed, twirling about somewhat happily.

This young lady is very sweet looking, and probably the most terrifying pokemon i've ever seen in the wild. Frillish use charm abilities to lure their prey in, designed to look friendly and happy as a hunting mechanism. Once dawn in close, they embrace their catch and drag them far into the depths, either drowning or crushing them in the extreme depths. Somehow, she too, loved fluff fruits....

.... Ok they aren't half bad? Why do we just give these to pokemon? This'd make a good tart, or maybe a pie?

Last but not least, this Cradilly is actually a fantastic example of the fossilization restoration project. These are actually an exncient extinct plant pokemon that have been restored and carefully reintroduced to appropriate habitats. Cradilly, being a herbivore that is itself plantlike, has particularly thrived, and migrated even out to this remote region over time! These kelps are their perfect habitat, able to blend in and eat!

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JUNELEZEN 2025 - TIME AND WATER FLOW

We arrived at the place where my dear friend spent most of the later years of her life, enjoying sea breeze and the delights of ocean life. This place was the entire reason why I had decided to travel through La Noscea, why we had stayed on the island so long.

I had not explained the purpose of my journey to Zula and Lewenzi, and they seemed content to just follow the path I navigated. But once we were there, I wondered, what should I tell them. What could I tell them. How do you summarise a life spent right along side your own for nearly two tens of summers? How do you tell them about someone who was my literal comrade for life?

I could tell the tale of our journeys, our hardships. Our adventures, our mishaps. I could tell them of the woman who was larger than life, who was so full of love that she could not help but share it with almost everyone she touched, who had that love to spare and spared it not at all for those around her. And of the story of her many loves.

But how to tell them the story without it seeming salacious? She would delight in that, but I feel that would be a distraction from who she really was. A personality so big that she could not help but hook so many into her wake, pulling them along on her adventure, as she sailed her soul through life awake.

A pirate, a harpooner, a fisher, a warrior, a friend, student and mentor both in turns. So much. Too much. perhaps the story was too personal. Perhaps she meant too much to me. Perhaps even in death, she still loomed, larger than life, a tale too tall to be told. But I decided that while I was here, I could offer her a tribute. And show what I had learned from her.

Joy. More than enough to share and share alike, and in the experience, share it with her, as well.

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Lyse is hot, but Yda is like a mystery box. She could even be as hot as Lyse!

FFXIV Sexy woman Bracket | Round 2B Matchup 1/4

NOTE: It’s not your typical sexy man/sexy woman tournament. I guess it’s more of “who do you think is the sexiest/who is the top sexy man/sexy woman/ which character do you like more and want to win”. It’s just meant to be a bunch of characters compiled for fun.

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Maricopia reef Day First Expedition

Can you tell i'm in my element with this expedition? Today we're following the illumina readings out into the vast stretches of coral reefs in the area. Corals are large supercolonies of small organisms, and is the perfect environment for many oceanic pokemon!

Finneon seems to be the most prolific fish pokemon in the area, schooling in large numbers, they're skittish in nature but also easily distracted by food and shiny objects. I was able to attract one with the reflection off my glasses. These fish tend to look for food in this way, often checking for food hiding in the sands or corals.

Unfortunately, there's no shortage of wingulls roosting all throughout the area, looking for fish wandering too close to the surface and ripe for a quick meal. They're quite fast, too!

Circle of life. The wingull looked very pleased with itself for such a large catch. It was quite impressive to see the dive, almost didn't get this shot it was so fast!

These Sharpedo were also wandering the reefs in large numbers, and are quite the aggressive specimens! Sharpedo are famous for their speed, having adapted their short bodies to emit a powerful water jet move to barrel through the ocean are great speed, relying on this tactic to ambush and overwhelm prey before they can evade. As a bonus though, got a great background shot of some Mantine cresting the surface for a big jump!

As tough as the NEO-ONE was. It almost was sent flying at the surprise breaching of this Wailord! I cannot emphasize just how accurate reports of its size are. Wailords are the largest pokemon in the world, dwarfing the reports of even mythical or prehistoric Pokemon. Surprisingly, they feed of plankton, some of the smallest living organisms, hard to see with the natureal eye. They filter them out by taking in seawater and munch on them! Was impressive to see one navigating between these shallow sand bars!

Corsula are interesting pokemon, not only blending in with the coral well but actually growing coral colonies was well. They are prefectly suited to this environment, able to blend in, move about, and feed without being distinguished from regular coral structures. Which they need to do as...

Mareanie are a specialized predator that feed on them. The name of this pokemon itself is derived from this behavior, with the Mareanie blending in with local urchines and anemones to sneak up and ambush their prey, encasing them in their umbrella like tendrils to inject powerful paralytic poisons, allowing for a nice meal! As such, they are viewed a bit as bullies!

Managed to capture a famous symbiotic relationship between this Pelippur and a Pykumuku! The pykumuku is able to have some safety from predators, and happily feeds off any barnacles or food remains stuck to the Pelippur's bill. In return, the Pelippur is nice enough not to eat them when it's done cleaning! As Pelippur are typically diving pokemon, adapted to fly about, identify prey, and dive into the water, completely consuming them in their large mouths, it's likely these swimming Pelippur specifically are lounging in this area to pick up Pyukumuku to clean for them!

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Blushing Beach Day First Expedition

Greetings from paradise! Took out the houseboat across the sea to a series of sandy bays and small islands making up the Maricopia island chain! Sometimes work can have perks, and the ideallic scenery, gorgeous weather, and excellent fishing, and this expedition felt like quite the vacation! However, there certainly were no shortage of pokemon to catalogue for the photodex as I walked the beach.

Unsurprisingly, wingull were everywhere, gliding through the air in droves, diving for fish, squaking incessantly, and yes, stealing my lunch. Just about anyone who lives anywhere approximately close to the sea will be quite familiar with this prolific pokemon, which can be found in just about every region of the world! It's not a surprise either, with its small body and wings, wingull are pefectly suited to long flights, using the warm air currents over the ocean to scout out food to dive for! Unfortunately they're just as likely to scout out your fries!

Had a rather Alolan style greetings by these two lovely ladies! Bellossom are a unique offshoot of the oddish evolution line, usually initiated by oddish getting access to excessive sunshine, thus being typically found in tropical climates like this. They are purely photosynthetic, and have little fear of predation, so many enjoy a life of play an socialization, dancing amongst flower fields like this!

Exegguctor have adapted to mimic palm trees, but are actually a collective colony of seed pokemon. The large coconut like growths are the pokemon themselves, which share a body. Scientists are unsure how exactly the body is controlled, whether the wills of the collective align or if they control distinctive parts of the body, but much like Dodrio, the differing "heads" seem to have distinct personalities.

Seems I am doomed to see bodybuilders at every beach that I travel to, though encountering this Machamp was unexpected so far out. Its likely that this specimen is not native to the area, I suspect that he's a companion pokemon stopping by for a quick workout, likely jumping ship from a fishing or transport ship moving through the area. He spent quite a lot of time flexing and posing for the camera, so I certainly got the impression this wasn't his first interaction with cameras in general!

Pyukumuku! These strange little guys have a unique adaptation in which they eject their innards to form appendages, in this case using them to mimic me waving at them! This can be used for all sorts of reasons, to defend themselves, grasp food to pull to their mouths, and even for locomotion! It's a bit gross, but thankfully not transparent!

Almost ran over this Stunfisk, basking in the sunshine, likely washed up on shore with the tide. These flatfish pokemon swim along the seafloor, and have adapted to have both of their eyes on the flank of their body, to only observe stimuli above them. When fish venture in too close, Stunfisk emits a powerful electric move, stunning their prey for easy consumption! Dont step on these, beachgoers!.

I will never get over the sight of a Lapras calmly navigating the surf. They aren't an entirely uncommon sight, even in urban seaside vistas. Many trainers bond with Lapras to transport them, their natural buoyancy and empathetic and caring nature makes them natural partners for such tasks. Despite their popularity, its hard not to be awed seeing them in motion like this. Very graceful.

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Founja Jungle Night Additional Findings (Part One)

Have some great pictures I managed to get, which is good as we've gotten some readings elsewhere in the region and will be casting off to the east soon!

Managed to get a shot of some Ariados attacking a Yanmega that got too close, attempting to ground it with some webbing. Thankfully for the Yanmega, its ability to quickly flitter about in any direction let it dodge these attacks effectively.

Leafeon seems to have forgiven my transgression from earlier, comfortable with me approaching as it gazed out into the swamp. It's attention seemed focused, and I soon discovered what she was looking for...

What I mistook for foliage turned out to be the crests of a wading Swampert. Though it never surfaced, I could tell it was quite the large specimen from the wake its powerful legs moved in the murkey swamp. This environment is perfect for the mud-loving Pokemon, likely having grown up in these swamps as a mudkip.

Ledian clung to trees all around the area, watching me with an expression not unlike a shy toddler hiding behind the leg of a parent. Keeping a watchful eye seems to be their preferred survival strategy, watching potential threats with wings ready to flitter them to safety at a moment's notice. Its a bit unnerving though, with all of them staring at me.

This Ariodos was busy constructing one of its web traps, happily spinning away in an almost perfect pattern, the threads of its silk must be incredibly strong to hold its weight like this, and likely spells trouble for any ensnared pokemon!

Managed to get a glimpse of Toucannon in flight, up to know they've seemed content to have Pikipeks forage food for them as they longed in their nest, perhaps they needed to get out for a little joy-flying, so to speak!, they did make a point of offering some threatening squaks my way!

Oh hey, these guys love fluffruit, too! (I really need to analyze whats in these...)

Leafeon seems to be quite the popular pokemon, I speculate that the smaller, skittish pokemon tend to seek out larger pokemon for protection, with Leafeon having powerful moves at its disposal, finding one resting can be a safer strategy for resting than retreating to a den!

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Founja Jungle Day Additional Findings (Part One)

Back from another productive day in Founja Jungle! Had some big finds today, I believe the acclimation process is a bit faster here than in a more open place like Florio, surprisingly, as the pokemon here were certainly not skittish around the NEO-ONE.

First up, got a request from Urahn, @yzeltia to show off more of the Aipom in action, and they were tearing up the jungle with their energy! Playing, running, climbing, jumping, and even got a great shot of this one using its tail to use CUT on this patch of tall grass to move through this small cave.

Looks like he scared off these roosting Vivillion inside, these particular specimens have a beautiful monsoon coloration pattern. With all the waterfalls coming off the large mountain, it's perfect camouflage for the rain and falling water where they likely feed.

Look folks, this is about as riveting as Metapod get...

Or are they?! I was lucky enough to find a group feeding on the forest floor, but upon hearing me, the group used Harden to summon a hard carapace, even powerful birds would have trouble piercing this protective barrier!

Beautifly specimens like this are quite common out here and quite possibly migrate from florio, where I found quite a substantial population of the Wurmple they evolve from. These two were slurping up nectar from the large flowers that bloomed out here!

Speaking of large flowers...what I thought was just a rather large bit of Flora turned out to be a very large Venusaur! It's surprising how well such a large Pokemon can blend so well with its surroundings, as I was almost on top of her before I spotted her! Venusaur sprout tall foliage on their backs and attract bug pokemon to their sweet smelling nectar filled flower. This is a symbiotic gesture, as Venusaur extracts poisons from these bug pokemon, infusing their pollen into powerful poison moves!

This Toucannon was quite the bossy taskmaster, sending out this pikipek with a series of clacks from its large bill. Seems nice to be able to relax and have an army of minions to feed you, I guess!.

So I've seen a few Sobble around, but had the worst luck getting a picture of the little guys. They are -terribly- anxious, easily spooked, and quick to unleash a powerful painful fog through their... tear ducts. Getting caught up in the mist irritates the eyes and makes the potential predators tear up themselves while the Sobble makes its exit!

Somehow he turned around. He's beauty, he's grace! He... doesn't really get up? Slaking really only tend to be active when feeding, and their low level activity is actually to keep them from having to eat much. Everything about these pokemon is to ensure the maximum amount of rest, expending their energy reserves only to protect themselves with incredibly powerful moves.

Tossed this Arbok a treat!, and managed to get a good pick of the Venusaur sunning itself in an opening on the canopy. Interesting that territorial species like this were not clashing, I suppose both were tending to their needs at the time.

Now -this- was a rare site. In a cavern behind the waterfall, I happened amongst this Leafeon resting with one of the Sobble. Leafeons are one of the more elusive eeveelutions, almost impossible to notice amongst the leafy ferns of the jungles in which they evolve. In fact, these are one of the few variants that evolve exclusively due to their surrounding environment of rich foliage. They looked rather relaxed, so I thought I might toss them a snack...

I am a monster. Curse my butterfinge

[eorziapple]

Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Founja Jungle Night First Expedition

Time for another run through the Jungle, this time at the dead of night. Though it was difficult to see at times, my camera was able to capture some fascinating entries for my photodex, starting with a particularly impressive specimen!

Arboks are rarely found in urban environments, as their preliminary forms, Ekans, only evolve with the successful experience of hunting experience to a degree that's unusual for their environment. They're typically content with the abundant rodent or bird pokemon, and typically need to be trained in battles to reach this potential. Out here in the jungle though, being able to hunt successfully means fighting larger prey and fending off predators. This one was warming up in the night in the canopies, taking a nice nap... until it heard my camera.

He was a bit grumpy at being woken up.

Ariados are an arachnid species of pokemon that capture prey in large nets and produce silk strong enough to lift their massive bodies into the canopy. That being said, they are surprisingly social creatures, interacting with others of their species within the same territory, and are able to defend themselves well enough to comfortably walk from trap to trap. Thankfully I, (and the NEO-ONE) was a little too big for their liking.

The Liepard colony here is quite large, and many could be seen resting amongst the canopy like this. They remind me of my Skitty back home in some ways, just a bit larger. Their large tails are what to look for while trying to find them in the dense canopy, though this one was happy to dangle it's feet in its contentment as well.

Was happy to find this Toucannon nest on the large tree in the center of the clearing near the waterfalls. These large birds tend to be harsh taskmasters, often commanding large amounts of Pikipeks to gather food and defend territory. Likely the actifity I noticed during the day time was during the more active timeframes for this colony.

While I thought the dots of luminescence I noticed in the canopy was the result of illumina pokemon, I was surpriesed to see it was coming from a unique fungal species, the Morelull. These pokemon cultivate on dead tree matter, and their bioluminescence is actually a defense mechanism, as they are the result of the production of poisonous and paralytic spores they spray for defense. Would be predators quickly find their glow as something to be avoided!

The pond by the Waterfall was occupied by some rather large Yanmega specimens. They flitted about, drinking skillfully from the pond while maintaining perfect flight, it was impressive to see their wings rippling the surface of the water, exactly the same as a helicopter in flight. This one was too happy to scoop up a fluffruit I provided. Just about every pokemon species loves this stuff, i'm curious if poffins are made from these?

Last but not least, I confirmed that the illumina phenomenon was not limited to the Florio island, though it seemed here on Belusylva Island the crystalblooms are orange, rather than blue? Fascinating that they would have unique properties and i'm not sure why... perhaps a different Illumina pokemon propagated these blooms? I suppose it would make sense, with Meganium being landlocked. In any case, this Quagsire seemed to be literally syphoning off light from this crystalbloom specimen I suspect the flora and fauna affected by the phenomenon actually spread it amongst each other, though it doesn't seem to function like a virus or bacteria.

I do love a mystery!

[eorziapple]

“Klynt, want to come over? There’s a shiny sandshrew on the line and the game is too stupid to know I’m gay.”