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Description
Name: Mudkip
Classification: Mud fish
Type: Water
Number: 258
Evolution: Mudkip – Marshtomp (level 16) – Swampert (level 36)
Length: up to 40 centimeters
Weight: 5-7,5 kilos
Animal type: Fish, mudskipper
Habitat: Ponds, small lakes and other stagnant waters
Description: A lot of people will be familiar with the Mudkip. Children love to search the banks of lakes to find these little pokémon and dig them up. Mudkip are unique, in that they are very similar to amphibians, but are fish none the less, that have adapted to a life that partially takes place on shore. In water, it breaths with the orange gills on it's cheecks. For breathing on land, it has developed a lung-like organ situated in it's throat. The evenings and nights, Mudkip spends in the water. It's colour pattern is a good example of the classic trick against waterpredators: when seen from below, it's light belly blends in with the lighter water and air above it, and when seem from above it is equally invisible against the dark background. In the water, Mudkip hunts for little fish. To locate these, it uses the fin on it's head. This fin is usually flat on it's back, but there are two occassions for which Mudkip puts the fin up straight, making it twice it's normal height. The first and most important reason, is the perception of certain vibrations in the water, enabling Mudkip to locate prey and predators. The second reason, is to warn other Mudkip of nearing danger. When on land, you can see that if one Mudkip puts it fin up, they all race back to the water. During the day, Mudkip climbs out of the water to warm up and hunt for insects. They are only found in warm and humid areas. During the winter, Mudkip stay on land permanently. With their front legs they dig shallow holes to spend the winter in. In a few days, enough sand and/or dirt will have fallen over the Mudkip to make it invisble. Sometimes, they push rocks to their sleeping place to protect it from wind and predators. Despite their size, they can push rocks twice their own weight with their heads. When they're asleep they pull their eyes - normally protruding from the head - into their head to prevent them from damaging. What is often seen as it's hind legs, are in fact strongly developed fins, which Mudkip uses in water to change it's direction and on land to brace itself when digging or moving rocks.

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Description
Name: Mudkip
Classification: Mud fish
Type: Water
Number: 258
Evolution: Mudkip – Marshtomp (level 16) – Swampert (level 36)
Length: up to 40 centimeters
Weight: 5-7,5 kilos
Animal type: Fish, mudskipper
Habitat: Ponds, small lakes and other stagnant waters
Description: A lot of people will be familiar with the Mudkip. Children love to search the banks of lakes to find these little pokémon and dig them up. Mudkip are unique, in that they are very similar to amphibians, but are fish none the less, that have adapted to a life that partially takes place on shore. In water, it breaths with the orange gills on it's cheecks. For breathing on land, it has developed a lung-like organ situated in it's throat. The evenings and nights, Mudkip spends in the water. It's colour pattern is a good example of the classic trick against waterpredators: when seen from below, it's light belly blends in with the lighter water and air above it, and when seem from above it is equally invisible against the dark background. In the water, Mudkip hunts for little fish. To locate these, it uses the fin on it's head. This fin is usually flat on it's back, but there are two occassions for which Mudkip puts the fin up straight, making it twice it's normal height. The first and most important reason, is the perception of certain vibrations in the water, enabling Mudkip to locate prey and predators. The second reason, is to warn other Mudkip of nearing danger. When on land, you can see that if one Mudkip puts it fin up, they all race back to the water. During the day, Mudkip climbs out of the water to warm up and hunt for insects. They are only found in warm and humid areas. During the winter, Mudkip stay on land permanently. With their front legs they dig shallow holes to spend the winter in. In a few days, enough sand and/or dirt will have fallen over the Mudkip to make it invisble. Sometimes, they push rocks to their sleeping place to protect it from wind and predators. Despite their size, they can push rocks twice their own weight with their heads. When they're asleep they pull their eyes - normally protruding from the head - into their head to prevent them from damaging. What is often seen as it's hind legs, are in fact strongly developed fins, which Mudkip uses in water to change it's direction and on land to brace itself when digging or moving rocks.

Pokémon is copyrighted by Nintendo