[Welcome to sand.
Or at least, that is the sight that's gonna greet people on the network today. There's just a recording starting with a shot of a beach with a strip of ocean in the background. There is a little depression in the sand, like a burrow.]Oh, I needed to show this to everyone. This is incredible.
[That's Armin's voice. It's buzzing with excitement, and judging by the perspective of the camera, he's probably also laying on the beach.
For a long moment, nothing happens until suddenly, a small white head appears out of the hole! It rises and rises up, until there is a wriggly, elongated Diglett-esque pokemon peeking out of the hole and at the camera.]There she is!
She hatched a few days ago from one of those mysterious eggs we received for Christmas. It's always interesting to meet new types of pokemon, but there is something very incredible about this pokemon.
She looks like a Diglett, right? Almost as if she is some variant of it, like Galarian and Kantonian Meowth. But she is actually completely unrelated to Diglett. They don't share a common evolutionary history. In fact, her similar appearance is actually the result of something called convergent evolution. That's when certain traits or even entire body-plans are so beneficial that they will be selected for in completely unrelated species of animal -- or in this case, Pokemon.
Flight is also an example of convergent evolution. The way bird pokemon and bug pokemon and even the various species of bat pokemon fly is completely distinct from one another. They didn't inherit their ability to fly from a common ancestor. Instead, the ability to fly is so beneficial, that they all separately developed it. It's why they also all have slightly different approaches to it. Nature is truly incredible.
[Did you want a nerd lecture on evolution today? Too bad, Armin is giving one anyway cause he's just so excited by all of this.]Her species is called Wiglett. I imagine they were named before researchers found out it has no relationship to the Diglett species. Wiglett are a type of water pokemon. They live their life burrowed in the sand, coming up like this to catch food. They have an incredible sense of smell and--
[The camera jostles a little then suddenly, a bite of food soars through the air (presumably thrown by Armin). The Wiglett takes immediately notices and snaps up to catch it, rising up much, much higher from her burrow, showing off her long and wriggly body.]They are incredibly long!
[He is so excited. The Wriggles!!!]I know most of you must have hatched their new pokemon by now. Has anyone else received something incredible too? And any other new Water Pokemon I should know about? I'm happy to hear about other kinds of pokemon too, of course, but as a Water gym leader, I have a professional interest to maintain.
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