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>>5996854
you're not giving them enough credit; GameFreak used to fool us very well into thinking that Pokemon were one-to-one with real life creatures, but if you look at Walrein for example, you realize it is not bald nor is its body very long, both traits of walrus, and that there was another source of inspo or else they took creative liberties with the design

it's not actually a generic walrus at all, but it feels that way and that's something somewhat intriguing; many of the mundane mons of the early gens are actually not straight-up copies of real life animals