{"id":26756,"date":"2024-02-06T18:17:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T09:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=26756"},"modified":"2024-02-06T18:19:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T09:19:07","slug":"20240206-26756","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240206-26756\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon: How the heck does Venusaur reproduce? Plant researcher\u2019s theory goes viral\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When it comes to Pok\u00e9mon, a rich lore for each of the individual catchable creatures has been established through official guides, games and episodes. Pok\u00e9mon fans are well-versed in how different Pok\u00e9mon can evolve. But some mysteries remain. This week, a surprisingly scientific analysis of Venusaur and how it might reproduce- captured the attention of Pok\u00e9mon fans on Japanese X (formally Twitter), quickly reaching over 1 million views.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Venusaur is the final form of Bulbasaur. Making its debut right back in Pok\u00e9mon Red, Bulbasaur is a cute and gentle half-animal, half-plant-like starter Pok\u00e9mon that has a bulb on its back, which eventually blossoms into a beautiful pink flower. The flower is fully open once Bulbasaur reaches Venusaur form.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A graduate student at Fukui Prefectural University who specializes in studying plant biology recently took to X to make an observation, complete with diagram, that sheds light on how exactly Venusaurs might reproduce.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30d5\u30b7\u30ae\u30d0\u30ca\u306f\u30aa\u30b9\u306f\u96c4\u3057\u3079\u3060\u3051\u3001\u30e1\u30b9\u306f\u96c4\u3057\u3079\u3068\u96cc\u3057\u3079\u3092\u3082\u3063\u3066\u308b\u304b\u3089\u3001\u4e16\u306b\u3082\u73cd\u3057\u3044\u96c4\u6027\u4e21\u5168\u6027\u7570\u682a(androdioecy)<br>\u4e16\u754c\u306b\u306f8\u7a2e\u3057\u304b\u306a\u3044\u3089\u3057\u3044\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eMtrjXlM7Q\">pic.twitter.com\/eMtrjXlM7Q<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u5c0f\u6797\u58ee\u751f\/Taiki Kobayashi (@S_latifolia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/S_latifolia\/status\/1753818729711096038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Post translation: <\/em><\/strong><em>Male Venusaurs only have male stemens, while female Venusaurs have both male and female pistils. This means that the plant is androdiecious, which is very rare. Apparently, there are only 8 androdiecious species in the (real) world.<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The diagram shows the male Venusaur on the left and the female on the right. Androdiecious means that a plant species has male and hermaphrodite (both male and female) flowers on separate plants. This would mean that female Venusaurs could reproduce either by themselves or with pollen from a male or another female Venusaur.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The post received many positive comments praising both the original post as well as the Pok\u00e9mon series\u2019 designs. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hsuMUWK5EedsOLn\/status\/1754023465248829536?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Others<\/a> weighed in on the scientific discussion, pointing out that the fact that male Venusaurs outnumber female Venusaurs 7:1 in the Pok\u00e9mon universe adds support to the theory. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"125\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240206-26756-001.png\" alt=\"Pokemon science Venusaur\" class=\"wp-image-26768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240206-26756-001.png 510w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240206-26756-001-380x93.png 380w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Post translation: <\/em><\/strong><em>I like this kind of Pok\u00e9mon science.<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"143\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240206-26756-002.png\" alt=\"Pokemon character designs comment\" class=\"wp-image-26767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240206-26756-002.png 536w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240206-26756-002-380x101.png 380w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Post translation:<\/em><\/strong><em> I like that the sex differences between Pok\u00e9mon are serious enough for actual researchers to think about them. It\u2019s not just like the female has a heart-shaped tail or long eyelashes.<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the comments, the original poster Taiki Kobayashi said he never expected the post to gain so much attention and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/S_latifolia\/status\/1754092247363289185?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emphasized that this was an unofficial observation<\/a> on the Pok\u00e9mon. For those who are interested in his research into plant sex determination, the academic papers can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.co.jp\/citations?user=I6HymhkAAAAJ&amp;hl=ja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3053\u3093\u306a\u306b\u4f38\u3073\u308b\u3068\u601d\u3063\u3066\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002<br>\u5c11\u3057\u3060\u3051\u5ba3\u4f1d\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002<br>\u5927\u5b66\u9662\u3067\u96cc\u96c4\u7570\u682a\u690d\u7269\uff08\u30aa\u30b9\u3068\u30e1\u30b9\u304c\u5225\u3005\uff09\u306e\u30d2\u30ed\u30cf\u30ce\u30de\u30f3\u30c6\u30de\u3068\u3044\u3046\u82b1\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u3001\u7814\u7a76\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<br>\u8208\u5473\u306e\u3042\u308b\u65b9\u306f<br>\u300c\u30d2\u30ed\u30cf\u30ce\u30de\u30f3\u30c6\u30de\u3000\u6027\u6c7a\u5b9a\u300d<br>\u3067Google\u691c\u7d22\u3057\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\ud83d\ude03<\/p>&mdash; \u5c0f\u6797\u58ee\u751f\/Taiki Kobayashi (@S_latifolia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/S_latifolia\/status\/1754019460909023232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Post translation: <\/em><\/strong><em>I never thought this post would grow so much.<\/em>\u00a0<br><em>I\u2019ll just do a little promotion.<\/em>\u00a0<br><em>I\u2019m currently in graduate school researching the flower called White Campion (Silene latifolia), which is dioecious (it has separate male and female plants). <\/em>\u00a0<br><em>If you are interested, please Google \u201cSilene latifolia sex determination.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Venusaur\u2019s design was probably never meant to come under this level of scrutiny, and the plant parts on its flowers were probably chosen for their appearance. 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