Kabuto is a fossil Pokémon no longer found in the wild, and must be resurrected from a Dome Fossil.
Physiology
Kabuto is similar to a shellfish with a tan shell. There are two small black dots, which are a second pair of eyes, on the front of its shell. Kabuto uses these eyes when it hides deeper in its shell to protect itself from harm. Its black eyes sense what is going on outside of the shell while it is hiding. Underneath its shell is mostly black, with two red eyes, which glow in the dark, and four yellow-tan legs. Its shell turns to the fossil which is used to resurrect it.
It mostly attacks using its claws, which can scratch or drain energy.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Kabuto and its evolved form, Kabutops, favor using physical moves; whereas the Omanyte-line is more adept at special attacks. Kabuto also happens to be slightly faster than Omanyte while having weaker physical defense. It supposedly also has oils in its shells which can grant immortality; in the Orange Islands, many of their fossils revived in the light of a red moon.
Behavior
Much like a turtle or pill bug, if Kabuto is flipped over onto its back, it becomes defenseless as it cannot flip itself back over on its own.
In Shell Shock, a "deranged old man" named Umberto was saying that an island full of Kabuto fossils would sink once the moon casted a red glow. He was right, the fossils came to life and the island collapsed; since the fossils kept the island together.
Kabuto is a Pokémon that has been regenerated from a fossil. However, in extremely rare cases, living examples have been discovered. The Pokémon has not changed at all for 300 million years.
Kabuto is a Pokémon that has been regenerated from a fossil. However, in extremely rare cases, living examples have been discovered. The Pokémon has not changed at all for 300 million years.
It is a Pokémon that has been regenerated from a fossil. However, in rare cases, living examples have been discovered. Kabuto have not changed for 300 million years.
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In Pokémon Gold and Silver, its shiny sprite shows that it has a green claw. However, in subsequent generations this has been changed to yellow. This was due, mostly because of the lack of an appropriate color palette in the GSC versions, and was corrected starting with the Ruby and Sapphire versions.
Origin
Kabuto's design consists of a mix of trilobite and the still-living (but considered a living fossil) horseshoe crab. Some sprites however, reveal resemblence to a Metroid.
Name origin
Kabuto's name comes from 兜蟹 kabutogani, horseshoe crab. 兜 Kabuto is also the Japanese word for helmet.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
For other sprites and images, please see Kabuto images on Bulbagarden Archives.
