Did you pack your parka? And your snow boots? Good!
Because we are going up into the mountains of the Alola region before heading up into the
Arctic to find out what real life animal is like a Pokemon. But first before we do
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Vulpix the fox Pokemon was originally introduced in the very first games as a fire type. The Alolan
form was of course introduced to us when we went to Alola in Pokemon Sun and Moon.
It then became an ice type. It appears that in Alola, Vulpix has adapted to its surroundings
of preferring to live in the snowy mountains of Alola. It's believed that Alolan Vulpix actually
came to the islands at the same time as humans but they preferred their own company so they
moved up into the mountains to avoid other Pokemon! Apparently groups of Alolan vulpix are known as
skulks and they are protected and led by Alolan ninetales. Alolan vulpix's are really well adapted
to life in the cold, however when they're in warmer climates they can use their tail to produce ice
that will then lower the temperature around them! One thing that i love about the Pokemon game
developers is that they really do their research especially when it comes to the pokedex entries
like the pokedex entry for Alolan vulpix. It states that elderly people of Alola referred to it
by an older name 'keokeo' which coincidentally enough is a Hawaiian word and also an endemic Hawaiian
hibiscus flower which goes by the name kokio keokeo. The word keokeo means white in Hawaiian so
it's a nice nod to the region of our world which gave inspiration to Alola. And if you're a fan of
the anime you know that Ash's classmate Lillie does in fact have an Alolan vulpix by the name of Snowy,
who often tags along outside of her poke ball with the gang on their adventures. It should come
as no surprise that i'll be choosing a fox to compare vulpix to as the name vulpix actually
comes from the scientific word vulpes. Vulpes is the scientific classification the genus of
the animals that are known as true foxes and what better fox to look at than the arctic fox!
As their names suggest they live up in the north in the Arctic and there's plenty of similarities
between arctic foxes and Alolan vulpix's As we saw a group of alolan vulpix's is called a skulk
guess what a group of arctic boxes is called? A skulk! And the arctic fox can survive
temperatures in the arctic as low as negative 58 degrees fahrenheit sound familiar that's how cold
an alolan vulpix's breath is! Obviously both the Arctic fox and Alolan Vulpix have great camouflage
for their life in the snowy climates. White fur allows them to blend into their environment and
sneak up on prey. However the arctic fox does in fact change its coat color because it's not always
winter and parts of the arctic in the summer time the tundra becomes brown in color and so the fox's
coat changes with it so that way they don't stand out and get easily picked off by predators. Arctic
foxes aren't just cute they're clever as well . In the winter prey can become scarce and so they
follow around my next favorite animal after the cheetah ...the polar bear yeah i got a lot of polar
bear decorations up because uh you know christmas and christmas means time for polar bear actually
i probably have polar bear decorations up around the house all year round ....but why would they follow
one around ? Well if the polar bear has a successful hunt they'll try to get whatever scraps they can !
Another striking feature of the Alolan vulpix and arctic fox is their tail well tails for vulpix
because i got a lot of them ...the Arctic fox has a thick tail to not only help with their balance
but cover up when it's quite cold ...the Alolan vulpix well they have quite a few tails
and they're more wispy in nature which maybe is a reference to the arctic fox's fluffy tail ?
Who knows? Foxes like Alolan vulpix's are really well adapted to their environment.
Compared to other foxes the arctic fox has smaller ears and a shorter muzzle ...
compared to say something like the Fennec fox which lives in warmer hotter climates that has
bigger extremities those big ears that help with cooling off! And even though Fennec foxes are the
smallest fox species their ears can be half the size of their own bodies but why is that well that
leads us to Bergman's and Alan's rules which the Arctic fox and Fennec fox are great examples of ...
Bergman's rule is all about body size in colder climates body size is a bit bigger
whereas in warmer climates its smaller where Alan's rule is about the appendage size..
its like ears and nose ..in colder climates they would be much more compact than in warmer environments!
These rules suggest in colder climates where one needs to retain heat, bodies are larger
but more compact with the appendages. In contrast in warmer climates where you need to
expel heat to cool yourself off bodies are smaller and more linear and we can see this
with the arctic fox and fennec fox! Fennec fox has the larger appendages and the smaller body size
where's the arctic fox in comparison is bigger but their appendages are smaller . As ninetales
is my favorite pokemon you can bet your bottom dollar will be returning to vulpix and ninetales
in the future so if you don't want to miss out be sure to hit that subscribe button! I also want to
give a shout out to the amazing nantwitch pokemon go raid group they have been fantastic and not
just helping me get some really cool legendary raids in but also sharing their pictures which
i used in the video i encourage you if you play pokemon go but aren't yet in a community group
find one it makes playing the game so much more fun and you get to meet some new friends as well
let me know in the comments down below what your favorite pokemon is from alola and give a thumbs
up if you learned something new thanks so much for watching and i'll see you guys next friday bye you