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PETALING JAYA: Game creators usually look to nature for inspiration to model their creations, like how Pokémon (which is short for "pocket monster") are based on real-life animals (and plants) in the real world.
One of many unidentified isopod species in Singapore.
A new species of cockroach gets its name, Nocticola pheromosa, from its resemblance to a Pokémon.
Unless you've been hiding under a rock like a kachuak, you'll probably know that entomologist Foo Maosheng discovered a new species of cockroach in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, and named it Pheromosa after the Gen 7 Pokemon. If you're a Pokemon fan, confirm you can see the resemblance: [embed]https://www.instagram.com/p/CphQTpjO8lw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link[/embed] That got us thinking... what other "real-life Pokemon" exist on our...
SINGAPORE - A new cockroach species has been found in a forested nature reserve in Singapore. Named after Pheromosa, a cockroach-like Pokemon that appears in the seventh generation of the video game series, the species was discovered through comparing differences between the male genitalia of specimens with its closest relative from Borneo, among other checks. Entomologist Foo Maosheng, who co-authored...