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Is it cannibalism if my Nuzleaf eats greens? He doesn’t eat nuts though.

This is actually an excellent question with an awkwardly simple answer: no. Just as eating beef doesn’t automatically make you a cannibal, allowing your nuzleaf to eat greens doesn’t make him one. There are plenty of species of plants, so a plant eating another plant is really more or less akin to an animal eating another animal, if we oversimplify things.

However, technically speaking, you would be more of a cannibal than your nuzleaf. Although plant pokémon bear striking similarities to actual plants on a cellular level, they’re not even in the same phylogenic kingdom (as opposed to us humans and cows, which are). So, yes, there’s nothing wrong with nuzleaf eating plants.

Hiya Bill! Ever since my Lombre evolved into a Ludicolo, its been a little hectic to say the least! He definitely does help around the house, watering my garden and watching my kids but when he wants to groove and shake his tail feathers, I just can’t keep up! I was thinking of adopting another pokemon that could help Ludicolo get all it’s energy out. Any suggestions?

Jigglypuff.

I would recommend investing in earplugs as well if you take this suggestion to heart.

I’m curious, has anyone attempted to organize any sort of “wild” or otherwise non-captive Porygon populations? Have many escaped from captivity?

No and none. While porygon and porygon2 can exist outside their computer mainframes (contrary to popular belief), they’re actually extremely docile and compliant to human commands. They never stray far from the humans who have created or bred them—unless they’re given to another human, of course.

Porygon-Z, on the other hand, is a bit more wild. Luckily, there have been few documented cases of porygon-z, period, and all of those cases seem to be quite content to stick with their human partners (much to their dismay).

Hey bill! Recently, my decuideye found an egg and has been caring for it well. But, after looking up the egg’s patterns, the egg might be an actual rowlet. I asked around if anyone lost the egg, but no one did. My biggest concern though is that the egg has been uncomfortably cold and pretty dormant. Me and decuideye can warm it up to a safe level, but that doesn’t make it active at all. I don’t remember if I’ve ever even heard s heart beat. Is it too late to save it?

Unless the egg had been frozen solid at one point, there still may be a chance. However, to find out for certain, you will want to use a process called candling. (This is a handy process for any would-be breeder, incidentally, as it’s how you can tell whether or not an egg is viable.)

Now, there are commercial candling lamps available on the market, but in a pinch, you can create one at home by using a box and a desk lamp with as bright a bulb as it can handle. Cut a hole in the box large enough for the bottom of your egg to fit into snugly. Then, place your lamp in the box and turn it on. Fit the egg in the hole you’ve cut and turn off all other lights in the room.

By this point, the egg should be illuminated all the way through by the lamp inside the box, and as a result, you should see indicators that will tell you whether or not the egg is viable.

If you don’t see anything inside the egg, then it’s either not fertilized or too early in its development for this technique to work. You may wish to wait a week before trying again.

If you see a dark mass inside the egg, visible blood vessels, and/or a lighter spot at the base of the egg, then it’s viable. Place it inside an incubator and keep it warm mechanically until it hatches. I wouldn’t recommend giving it to your decidueye or attempting to warm it up yourself, as you’ll need a consistent source of heat to revive it and carry it through until hatching.

If, however, you see a dark, red circle inside the egg (perhaps accompanied by the traits listed above), then the embryo had actually died, sorry to say. Discard it discreetly to avoid upsetting your decidueye.

Hi bill! I need some answers if that’s alright. I’ve noticed that my incineroar carries a different personality compared to others: he’s very sweet and likes to show it, he LOVES helping around, and doesn’t really like fights as much and has never really been disobedient with me. People in Melemele are saying that I should be concerned, but I don’t know. Is it normal for agressive pokémon like my incineroar to be so opposite?

Certainly. Just as humans come with a wide variety of personalities, so too do pokémon. It’s just that the ones we often hear about, such as incineroar’s aggression, are merely the behaviors displayed by the majority of individuals of a particular species; it doesn’t mean that there is no minority.

Besides, the only time you should worry about a pokémon’s personality is when it poses a threat either to the pokémon’s own well-being or the well-being of those around it. (As a note, I don’t just mean hyperaggression, either. Although, yes, an overly aggressive pokémon is worrying, what may be even more worrying is lethargy—especially lethargy that cropped up seemingly out of nowhere—as that may indicate actual health problems.)

In other words, there’s really nothing wrong with your incineroar. He’s simply tame, anonymous.