No.340Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Whiscash in Japanese
ナマズン
Namazun
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ナna
マma
ズzu
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Strikes its caudal fin against the swamp bed to shake the ground and startle its prey. It will then swallow the fleeing prey whole. People mistook this behavior as the cause of earthquakes.尾びれで地面を揺らして獲物を驚かせ、逃げる獲物を丸飲みします。かつて地震の原因と誤解されました。
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