#Galar fossils

[twodragons-blooper-reel]

I was thinking about posting them all together (and probably will still do so once I've got the drake fossil done) but I have no clue when I'll finish that one since it took me a WHOLE YEAR to finish this one lolol

Anyways! Here's my fully restored Dino Fossil :] The little one I'm thinking of calling like- mosarcto? or something? And the evo I'm not sure what to call it but I wanna do some kind of pun on plesiosaur. i'm sure it'll come to me eventually

[oreburghminingmuseum]

Velocivolt Rock/Electric Reconstructed from a bird fossil found in Galar, Velocivolt is a small flightless bird pokemon. While it lacks the electric abilities of its older form, Nykazolt, Velocivolt is a pokemon capable of incredible speed and agility, presumably to keep it safe from predators.

Nykazolt Rock/Electric The evolved form of Velocivolt, its feathers are charged with incredible electric power, and it often shakes them loose as a form of attack, though it will also slice apart foes with its deadly electric arm blades. These blades can also be used to glide an impressive distance with a running start.

Some extra information: - It is thought that this fossil pokemon once lived in rocky and mountainous terrain due to their claws built to dig and grip onto sheer mountain surfaces. - The pads of the pokemon's feet are almost rubbery, and thought to act as a grounding mechanism for large electric attacks. - They're carnivores- presumably feeding on smaller mammalian pokemon and pokemon eggs.

Thank you [Anonymous] For donating this fossil so we can continue to learn more about this species of pokemon!

[emeraldsk]

@airgun147 You asked for them???? O.O

I didn't know how to do just a head for Chandelure lol

Yes that writing says 'Help why did I do only 1 full body??' XD

Anywayyyy closeups!

Yes I made Arctovish stare into everyone's souls. It creeps me the hell out, so it'll creep yall out too LOL

[corvin-ito]

@ all galar fossil pokemon fans meet my horrible daughter Zoltvish who i made after saying "if you wanted to make the galar fossils more fucked up imagine if you could combine the two heads into one or the two asses into one" followed by "actually now that i say that you know that one parasite that lives in a fish mouth"

this was like an hour long conversation about the galar fossils and how messed up they (ESPECIALLY THE VISH) are and me sending ppls fan interperetations of alternate combos / designs

[spacebattleshippotemkin]

 Arctovish (2020)

[radiant-dragoon]

The first in my Galar fossil restoration project! Named Dromaeozolt after the Zolt in its other fossil forms (and electricity) and Dromaeo from the Dromaeosaurid like body it has! I gave it the rock typing since this is supposed to represent a properly restored fossil pokemon and not the pokemon from it's original time ^^ I know it's been done a few times before but I just really want to help these poor pokemon, lol, look at the Galar fossils..they are suffering Please do not use without my permission!

[pokefossilclub]

Greetings, Professor!

I'm a professional Pokémon rehabilitator in the Lakes Region of Unova (West of the New Galar seaboard), and I've recently had a... SPECIAL... case come into my care.

I assume you are familiar with one Cara Lyss? Unovan customs arrested her for attempting to smuggle Dunklip fossils out of the region, in addition to several Dunklip and what she referred to as a "Dracovish", which was clearly a chimera of a Terrivish and some other, unidentified Pokémon.

I can handle the Dunklip just fine, since I helped with the reintroduction effort, but I honestly don't know what to do with the Big Guy. Frankly, he scares me, because I don't think he has a functional digestive tract, and I'm debating humane euthanasia unless I can get an expert second opinion. If I recall, she tried pulling this kind of stunt in Galar as well, so I assume you've got some know-how on how to care for this guy?

(OOC: Dunklip/Terrivish are the "ImpliedMon" that the Vish portion of the Galar fossils come from. Technically borrowing them from the Ohayo fan-region by Little-Noko on DA.)

of course she's at it again that woman I swear-

First off, let me say that I am so sorry you are having to deal with the results of Cara Liss' experimentation!

Unfortunately enough, I am indeed very familiar with her- well, I hesitate to call it 'work'. She was able to perpetrate it for a frankly rather embarrassing length of time here before authorities caught up with her sufficiently that she was forced to stop her production, and as you can tell she wasn't caught and is clearly still trying to get up to her old tricks!

That said! My philosophy has always been that no matter the circumstances of their creation, these creatures are here with us now and it is therefore our responsibility to help them live the best lives they can live!

I am very glad to hear that the living Dunklip are in good and experienced hands, as I've not yet had the privilege of working personally with that species- though naturally I've followed the research with interest. I can, however, absolutely help you with the Dracovish!

Of the four known chimeras created by Liss, Dracovish is perhaps the one that can require the most complex care. This is due to the fact that, as you have already noticed, its body is, well, not a body. Examinations have confirmed that it is fundamentally created out of exactly what it looks like- a tail!

However!

All is not lost! It is a fact that the created embryo would not have been viable for long, let alone matured into a creature capable of living independently even for a short amount of time, if it was fully missing something as vital as a digestive tract! We are still not sure how she managed it, but something about Liss' process means that the tissue that would ordinarily develop simply into tail muscle is forced to develop instead into essentially a pseudo-torso cavity, complete with organs essential to life, including a digestive system! I fully understand how it could appear that it was missing, however, as the process does not appear to be perfect- as you might expect- and often the organs are somewhat undeveloped or strangely developed! This is the key to finding out how to give your Dracovish the best care!

Some Dracovish appear perfectly capable of eating comfortably and freely right off the bat, but it is not at all uncommon for them to struggle, and from your question I would guess yours is showing significant discomfort or refusing to eat at all. If this is the case, you will have to prioritise medical scans to find out if the problem is with the physical arrangement of the digestive tract or if it is problems with nutrient absorption or sensitivities to certain substances- perhaps unsurprisingly, all four chimera fossils are prone as a group to autoimmune problems! While you are determining this, the top priority is obviously finding something that your new friend can digest. Dracovish are obligate flesh-eaters who can eat land-based meat but- with a few individual exceptions, because a lot about these creatures is individual!- do best on a primarily piscivore diet, and a very light seafood broth supplemented as needed with dietary supplements has been a successful stopgap food in almost all cases I've worked with. Once you have a better idea of your individual Dracovish's personal digestive issues, then you can get started on developing a meal plan that is tailored to them. A food designed for the Dunklip line is likely an ideal starting point, although unfortunately unlikely to end up a complete solution by itself.

Depending on how old your Dracovish is or if it has gone a long time without being able to comfortably eat, you may have to re-acclimatise it to the very concept of food at all! You may find that they are much more comfortable eating underwater at least at first; despite their lack of, shall we say swimming equipment, their heads and therefore their brains are of the Dunklip line, which is obviously a marine species (do watch, however, to make sure they aren't choking or swallowing an undue amount of water that they may not be able to get rid of with their non-marine lower half)! If the Dracovish does not yet trust you to feed it and continues to refuse to eat or becomes aggressive if you approach with food, it is far safer to anaethetise it for tube feeding rather than try to get up close and personal, as their bite is extremely powerful. It is very important, however, that you keep them under extremely close observation for potential reactions to the anaesthetic. I can give more details on reacclimation if you need!

I wish you the best of luck with your acquisition! I adore working with these creatures, they are so individual that they are a constant source of new discoveries! If necessary, we have some Dracovish living here at the Sanctuary as permanent residents, and could easily add another! We have also had what some people find a surprising amount of luck adopting them out to vetted, responsible trainers!

As a final note: please don't feel bad if despite all your efforts, the end result has to be euthanasia. While I will never encourage this as a first resort, as it is often perfectly possible for them to live fulfilling lives, sometimes it is unfortunately the case that the problems are, or will become, too severe to support life in the long term. This is not your fault, and it is better to do it before the suffering becomes extreme if possible! ((OOC: that artist has some amazing designs! Go check 'em out here!

Also, important note: I am not a vet, doctor or even a biologist and this should not be taken as advice for real living animals or humans or indeed anything up to and including pet rocks))

[champion-level-astroturfing]

(@zoruascanbetrainerstoo) Hihi. I'm reallyreally scared. I met a reallyreally weird woman named Cara Liss on Galar Route 6 who said she could revive fossils if I gave her two of them, and I gave her a Plume fossil and a Sail fossil, but there's only one revived Pokemon, an Archen-Amaura, and they're in a lot of pain and I don't know how to help them. -Illanero

oh man i remember a whole lot of news reports about that shit a few years ago in my universe, SUCKS that you got caught up in it lil buddy.

uhh... i do kinda remember- hang on- yeah fuck there's a person in my universe who's kinda well known for looking after the fucked up revived pokemon, and since rotumblr's got the whole multiverse thing going and you can contact ME maybe you can get in contact with her too? i searched about and she's got a blog and everything

[m1ntym1st]

i have a verrry important question

[mug-and-friends]

ALL OF THE ABOVE. the environmental replication for fossils is such a huge part of their care people don't realise given they're not as regulated as they should be in some places.

Also, as a Galarian, really have to add on to this... Fossils can be restored wrong in such a way that they function biologically and can reproduce, but are not in fact their original Holotype.

Dr. Liss's awful work here actually screwed up the potential for a correct restoration for labs since she damaged the Holotype specimens so badly and used poorly documented procedures. Like, she decided to mix and mash pieces with restoration tech she should NEVER have been allowed to access, and created these poor crimes against nature!! Can't believe they were registered to the dex and allowed to breed, but here we are.

The creation of the Hybrid Fossils is like, a whole two week section of the ethics module in my course. Dr. Liss's the reason multiple safety procedures got invented just to prevent people doing the same as her to fossils.

And we don't even know if we correctly revived the 'complete' specimens like the armaldo line! Like, they could have been bug/water in life and we introduced rock typing with the procedure, with unforeseen health consequences for the modernised fossil. Or we mightve missed out crucial genetic features coding for three stage evolution, or digestion of fibre, or Arc knows what else...!

wait what do pokemon rights activists have against revived fossil pokemon ??? it's not like the process is inherently cruel

there's a pretty serious ethical debate at the center of fossil revival, and it's one with a lot of good points to be made on either side. people who are opposed to "reviving" fossils (i say in quotes because you're not actually reviving the fossilized specimen, you're cloning extracted DNA) have a variety of issues with the process. the major one is that we're pulling these pokemon into an environment they were not intended to live in despite knowing relatively little about their care. this means that we're inevitably going to make a lot of mistakes in their care while we figure out how to properly provide for them. we're already facing environmental issues from revived pokemon like omanyte being released into inappropriate environments and becoming invasive. there's always a chance we could revive a pokemon only for it to be too much for us to handle, and then we could end up with a dangerous pokemon on the loose.

there's also some question about what's going to be done with the information we learn from the process. are we going to attempt to clone deceased humans? as we refine the restoration process, could somebody use that information to make another, more dangerous, modified clone like mewtwo?

there are some pretty valid reasons to be concerned about it. it's just that pokemon rights activists take them to the extreme and have been known to target places where these pokemon live and trainers who care for them.

[oreburghminingmuseum]

Coelevish Rock/Water Reconstructed from a fish fossil found in Galar, Coelevish are the unevolved counterpart to the much larger Dunklevish. Coelevish feed on small crustacean pokemon and have a generally mellow demeanor, they have hard armor on their face and aren't bothered by many other aquatic pokemon species. Dunklevish Rock/Water An incredibly large fossilized fish pokemon- Dunklevish- despite its dopey appearance is an incredible predator of the deeper seas. It will eat just about anything that can fit in its mouth, and is a very fast swimmer. Hard armor on its face and sides also protects it from most attacks. Some other facts: - This pokemon has an incredible bite force despite its appearance! - It also has the habit of spitting up its preys bones after consuming it.

Thank you [Anonymous] For donating this fossil so we can continue to learn more about this species of pokemon!

[dinoserious]

pkmn oc i circle back to sometimes. and his butterfree tilly

[jamesnelsonart]

Countdown to Pokemon Day 18/27: Arctozolt

[prof-nuytsia]

Golly. Thank you for the information. I was not aware about the controversy surrounding her actions (as aforesaid, the study of artificial chimeras is far outside the scope of my current area of expertise). I will make sure to contact more reputable scholars during my research trip.

Kind regards.

Greetings, Professor Lemon.

As a newcomer to both the Hoenn Region and the Pokémon Professor field, I have spent some time reading through the research of the local scholars and I have found your work quite interesting.

Reading through your papers on the Galarian fossils was fascinating and enlightening. I personally specialize in the research of Pokémon hybridization, although I mostly focus on crossbreeding and symbiotic relationship. I was aware Chimerization between extant Pokémon was possible through my experiences working on project [Redacted], but I never knew it was possible to create Chimeras from fossil Pokémon (Fossils were unfortunately not really that touched upon in the scientific community back in Alola).

I’m eager to learn more about these engineered creatures, and thought I will travel to Galar to study them up close and consult Dr. Liss, it would be delightful if you could share some more of your knowledge of these Pokémon.

Kind regards, @prof-nuytsia

Hello. Please do not contact Cara Liss about the hybridized fossils. She is incredibly careless and cruel; the very existence of these Pokemon begets their suffering. She has no regard for their safety, care, and creation. These Pokemon should not even exist. They suffer from a range of extreme physical issues. Spinal cord damage, breathing problems, dietary complications, digestion issues, difficulty regulating body temperature, joint stress and pains.... the list goes on.

There are many reputable scholars who have studied these Pokemon and the consequences of their creation. That is primarily my area of research in regards to these Pokemon. There are also many scholars who research the currently incomplete fossils (Draco, Arcto, Vish, and Zolt) that make up the hybridized fossils. Please consider contacting someone who has published studies on the topic, and who has not created these poor Pokemon.

[spacebattleshippotemkin]

Galar Fossil Pokemon: Dracozolt, Arctovish, Arctozolt and Dracovish.

[radiant-dragoon]

The second in my proper Galar fossil restoration project! Based on a Liopleurodon, it gets the second half of its name from such. The first comes from the Arcto fossil it has been restored from! It is speculated to have been an ice/water type in the distant past, this Pokémon was the apex predator of the time in frigid ocean waters.