If you hold your breath and look slowly to your right, you'll see a rare thing indeed: a baby Pikachu, commonly referred to as a “Pichu” by zoologists.
Pichus weigh approximately four ounces at birth, and exit the womb with a faint yellow fuzz already present on their shoulders and backs. Over the coming weeks, this fuzz thickens into the striking black-and-yellow coat Pikachus are so well known for.
Also, I'm talking complete nonsense. But it is fun to consider Pokemon at their tiniest and most vulnerable. They're pretty interesting critters with a wide variety of talents, but I guess when you come right down to it, Nintendo's most famous mascot since Super Mario is a mammal. And mammals have an inborn set of instructions they follow when it's time to carry and raise young.
That's what makes “Momachu” by Dogsfather two parts fascinating and two parts disturbing. Pikachus grow up to shoot lightning out their cheeks, but first they have to drink their milk and grow up strong.
Momma is celebrating the circle of life just past the jump.
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I wonder what's with the Pokeball in mom's nest. Careless breeder?
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