Not again Bill!
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Bill … care to explain how the internet has a shot of this? —LH
Well, there’s a possibility that the footage from one of the cameras I’d set up saved a backup copy to the cloud, and it was somehow leaked to the general public. Clearly, this means I’ll have to have a word with the other administrators. —Bill
…. —LH
…I was recording a test run of the teleporter for science. —Bill
Are you sure your accidents were actually accidents? —LH
{This is 200% exactly what I’m doing. 8) Thank you for the suggestion!}
Strangely, the nidoran lines are the only pokémon lines whose male and female counterparts … are not the same species. That is, although the two get along well enough, they’re about as similar to one another as plusle are to minun. The only reason they’re both called nidoran is because they look like one another, often form mated pairs (even if the advanced stages can’t breed), and live in the same burrows, so scientists mistook them for the same species with a divergent evolution tree (much like the burmy line) until later studies revealed that they’re only related, not the same.
So that should answer the question about their evolution lines: they are, quite simply, actually two separate lines from their base onwards.
So long as your pokémon gives you consent in this sort of situation (and most pokémon can), it’s actually not considered abuse, although admittedly, there is a bit of discussion in certain pokémon professional circles over whether or not a pokémon would fully understand what body modification entails. (Strangely, yes, this is a common enough question for there to be a debate. It’s just that I normally hear this question asked regarding fighting-type pokémon and tattoos or, bizarrely enough, pikachu and spiked fur.) Personally, I believe that so long as the pokémon and piercer or artist are fully consenting to working with one another and so long as the methods used are, well, legitimate, it’s perfectly fine to help your pokémon modify its body in whatever way it wishes. The professional body modification community evidently feels the same way, as there are plenty of people willing to modify pokémon if you know where to look. They aren’t nearly as common human-only tattoo parlors or so forth because of the above-mentioned debate, but they’re there.
As for the risk of infection, actually, no. Poison-types are generally immune to their own poisons, and if anything, their poisons can actually be a disinfectant, as, well, it can be toxic to bacteria too. Alternatively, some poison-types are symbiotic with powerful strains of bacteria (such as in the case of trubbish, one of the few such pokémon capable of being modified) and thus wouldn’t actually feel much in the way of an effect there. If anything, piercing a nidorino or any other poison-type may pose more of a danger to the piercer, as there’s a chance that the piercer could be exposed to either toxins or bacteria or both as part of the pokémon’s natural defense mechanisms. This goes doubly if your nidorino’s ability is Poison Point. However, if you take your nidorino to an experienced piercer who’s worked with pokémon before, they should know how to avoid a nidorino’s quills.
As with all team issues (even though your friend’s pokémon is technically not on your team), it’s important to communicate in order to determine the actual cause of negative behavior. In this case, your friend should be the one to take his nidorino (I believe? I apologize if it actually is a nidorina, as mentioned in the first line.) aside and determine the root cause of his behavior, then work with you in order to find a workable solution. There’s not much you can do on your own, as it sounds like your mimikyu is well-behaved as it is, which means the issue lies with your friend’s nidorino alone.
However, I can offer a bit of insight as to what may be causing the rift between your mimikyu and your friend’s nidorino. You see, as a ghost/fairy-type, mimikyu sit at a rather unique crossroads. Both types are notorious for their mischievousness, and as such, even other pokémon tend to be wary about them. It doesn’t help that mimikyu are often either shy or the vindictive sort of envious, so it’s honestly no wonder that your friend’s nidorino is especially cautious when he sees your mimikyu.
For this reason, it may be prudent for your friend to teach his nidorino that not all mimikyu aim to trick humans or attack them out of envy. Consider proposing exposure therapy, wherein you introduce both pokémon in a comfortable setting for short periods at a time and work your way up to a point where your friend’s nidorino can safely exist in a room with your mimikyu without attacking her. Either way, the process would be gradual, but it’s up to your friend to work with his pokémon.
Best of luck to the both of you!
By and large, nidoqueen and nidorina are incapable of breeding because for whatever reason, evolution sterilizes female nidoran. Male nidoran and their evolutions, meanwhile, retain the ability to breed throughout their lives, and thus, male nidoran often mate with either female nidoran or ditto to perpetuate their species; they don’t actually mate with a female nidoran’s advanced forms.
As for why evolution sterilizes female nidoran, that’s still a subject of debate in the scientific community, but to be fair, considering the fact that male nidoran grow longer, sharper, and more numerous barbs upon each subsequent evolution (including and especially exactly where you would think), one can hardly blame nature for wanting to offer female nidoran a bit of mercy, if you get my meaning.
Nidoran (male)
The Poison Pin Pokémon
Type: Poison
Official Registration #: 32
Entry: A small, rabbit-like pokémon. An interesting fact about nidoran is that the first pokémon ever to be recorded using the move Poison Pin were members of this and its sister species, hence why they’re both described as “poison pin” pokémon in the pokédex. Of course, the story of how Poison Pin was discovered is equally interesting. Evidently, male nidoran are very protective of female nidoran, and female nidoran have a tendency to fire Poison Pin in tandem with their mates when alarmed. Suffice to say, this writer’s father learned very quickly about the value of antidotes.
Nidorino
The Poison Pin Pokémon
Type: Poison
Official Registration #: 33
Entry: The evolved form of male nidoran, by battle experience. It is interesting to note that nidorina and nidorino have co-adapted for the express purpose of defending different parts of their shared territory. While it is the nidorina’s job to protect the burrow and young via defensive maneuvers, it is the nidorino’s job to protect the general area with highly aggressive offensive maneuvers. Additionally, nidorino are specially adapted to do this job well; while the barbs of many other members of the nidoran family are small and retractable, the barbs of nidorino are, at minimum, six-inch-long venomous horns of danger. This in itself is not necessarily terrifying, considering the fact that many pokémon possess fangs or horns of unreasonable lengths, but in nidorino’s case, these horns are coupled with a nasty temper and a rather unfortunate tendency to charge at anything that is not a member of the nidoran family.
Nidoking
The Drill Pokémon
Type: Poison/Ground
Official Registration #: 34
Entry: The evolved form of nidorino, by exposure to moon stone. True to his name, nidoking rule over nidoran territory, much as a human king would rule over his kingdom: with an iron fist, a penchant for violence, and an extreme fondness for imperialism. Whereas nidoqueen tend to be more focused on protecting their habitats by standing their ground and fighting off intruders, nidoking seem more content on fighting literally anything short of a nidoqueen and her young. This includes other nidoking, anything with a type advantage to nidoking, inanimate objects that happen to be in the way of a nidoking, and bystanding researchers traveling along roads that cut through nidoking territories. It should also be noted that although nidoking are referred to as the drill pokémon (which is an allusion to its drill-like horn), this creature’s preferred form of attack is by smashing things with his heavy, armor-plated tail, an appendage so powerful it is capable of smashing through the engine of a jeep … which this writer mentions as an off-handed example that has subsequently and incidentally been included in expense reports to the Pokémon Symposium.
The Pokédex According to Bill 