Imagine if we actually got good convergent evolutions

>>58007433 (OP)
What if we actually got good bussy

>>58007433 (OP)
Impossible because it's an inherently retarded idea and they also aren't "convergent" to begin with. Convergence is when two different animals evolve similar features in response to similar pressures, e.g. dolphins and sharks have similar body shapes because that's just the most optimal way to be shaped when you're a large, fast marine predator. But Toedscruel doesn't look like Tentacruel because of a similar lifestyle, it looks like Tentacruel because it's a fucking joke. Your fakemon image isn't any better.

>>58007455
autism

>>58007433 (OP)
That's not a convergent evolution. That's mimickry.

>>58007433 (OP)
That's not convergence, it's mimicry. I don't blame you. The official examples are also poor representations.

True convergence, using a Pokemon example, would be Ryhorn and Lairon, which have similar bodies, but one is a rhinoceros and the other is an archaosaurus. Another would be Chansey and Bellibolt, assuming the former is a marsupial and the latter an anuran.

>>58007433 (OP)
Imagine if we got good regionals that weren’t almost all memes.

>>58007531
Exactly, GF did not know how to represent the convergence, according to them PR this is a convergent of a snake

>>58007433 (OP)
Is this a croc thread?

>>58007545
An example of parallelism is where individuals from a close common ancestor develop in a similar way when exposed to similar conditions, even if they are separated by distance. A real-life example is leopards and jaguars, which have a close common ancestor along with lions and tigers, but developed similar fur due to their hunting methods and the wooded areas they inhabit.

In Pokémon, you have Tauros and Bouffalant, who have similar physiology and ecological niches, but one is from Kanto* and the other from Unova.

Although Tauros is likely from another region, as it is found in an ecological reserve with other exotic species.

>>58007579
Finally, divergence occurs when individuals from a close common ancestor change significantly from one another due to the different environmental stresses to which they are exposed. Using the previous example, lions and tigers have a common ancestor, but one adapts to the savannah and group life, while the other adapts to the jungles and snowy forests, leading a more solitary life.

In Pokémon, you have Meowth and its different regional forms; Eevee would be a more extreme case of adaptability.

>>58007433 (OP)
Shame he sold his design yesterday

Excuse the rough ms paint drawing but what do you guys think of the concept of a pelican spider convergent for pelipper? I made the feet into those fluffy bits on the end of spiders like galvantula even though pelican spiders aren't fluffy like that but I think it works. The bottom part of the "beak" would just be part of it's thorax and it would it with the two jaws on top.

>>58007433 (OP)
>Imagine if we actually got good convergent evolutions
speak for yourself
I unironically love Wiglett and Wugtrio

>>58008634
Yeah, Toedscool line is in my top 6 favorites for Paldea.

>>58007455
yeah what >>58007516 said

>>58007551
>>58007531
Is the term “convergent” ever used in-game or in any officially released media. iirc some random leaker called them convergents and fans just went with it

>>58007455
Covergents are really just regional variants without needing to explain why the species changed lorewise

>>58007455
>it looks like Tentacruel because it's a fucking joke
99% of regional forms are like this too

>>58008866
What's the exception then?

>>58008659
It's never mentioned officially, and it didn't even come from the leakers, it was pushed by people like Centro because autists need a strict term for everything and wanted a reason to ditch Khu's original term "regional fakes".

>>58008659
They're only ever referred to as "ecologically similar Pokemon"

>>58009550
>Cento is a lying retard who steals info and spread misinformation
ah I see, that explains it
>>58009579
>ecologically similar Pokemon"
wouldn't "morphologically similar" make more sense? The whole idea is that despite looking very similar they DON'T share the similar ecological niches,

>>58007455
When Pokémon uses "convergence" they just mean mimicry

>>58007551
yo check out my new sandslash convergent evolution