Talk:Pokémon food

canaclave library

There's a book in the library that talks about licking clean the bones of pokemon. i was wondering if it could be added. Mr. Maril Of Oldale 03:08, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Yeah I used to think it was spelled Canaclave too... Pokémon Food is about food that Pokémon eat, that's about when humans eat Pokémon. --DialgaRULES 03:10, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Original Pokemon?

That seems pretty vague,seems like we're just refering to Gen.1 Pokemon. But,Pokedex entries still refer to hunting,and such..Alot,though Shinoh is mellower then the previous regions when it comes to pokedex entries Lovely Rose 01:17, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Not typically eaten as food

Any non-toxic plant or flower is food even if not usually eaten as such, so I made this minor change. I also switched verb tenses because works of fiction should be spoken of in present tense. Additionally, saying that Pokémon eat "herbs" is more than a little vague. Do Pokémon eat plants without woody stems, or plants that possess medicinal qualities? What kinds? If these details aren't clear, it would be more accurate to simply say they can eat plants. Silmina 17:34, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Official Pokémon Handbook?

Since when was it's entries relevant? If they're copied over from the original Pokédex entries, then the Pokédex entries themselves should be referenced, not a book that was only released by a third-party in the US. That said, there are many, many cases of Pokédex entries that talk about Pokémon Predation, this should be a more thoroughly discussed subsection. Satosuke 16:34, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

In The Pink

I was re-watching some of the older episodes, and I think we can learn in "In The Pink" about some pokemon's diet. In the episode, it is said that the pinkan berry gives a pokemon a pink coloring. Later, we see pokemon such as diglett, which have an unknown diet, with the pink coloring. Shouldn't it be added to all the pink pokemon's diet information that they eat fruit?

It should be noted that the chemicals that colors the pokemon may come from the ground itself, and that the diglett doesn't actually eat the fruit but is affected by the ground it resides in. What do you think? --Grubdubdub 08:27, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Eating other Pokémon

I think I've come up with a theory regarding Pokémon "hunting" and "preying on" other Pokémon.

In nature, animals must find food in order to survive, and their daily activities are devoted almost entirely to finding food. It's what they are designed for. But what are Pokémon designed for? Ganing experience, battling, and evolving.

When it states in the Pokédex that a Pokémon "preys" on another Pokémon, Pigeot preying on Magikarp for example, it could simply be taken to mean that Pigeot search for Magikarp to defeat in battle, so they gain experience points, raise in level, learn new moves and so on. It is never mentioned that the Pigeot actually eats the Magikarp.

However, I seem to remember reading somewhere that Pokémon seldom battle in the wild, which does not support the theory. But wild Pokémon must gain experience somehow, otherwise how would you be able to battle level 40 Raichu in the Unknown Dungeon?

So, what do you think? Taromon777 22:02, 22 August 2009 (UTC)