Photo: FB screengrab/Erain Tan
I choose you, Weedle! Huge worm with horn spotted in Johor Bahru looks like real-life Pokémon
Pokémon fans know that the first-generation characters of the best-selling RPG series were highly analogous to real-life creatures.
There’s Rattata, taken from a rat, Pidgey from a pigeon, Ekans (a snake spelt backwards)…and now, Weedle, which was spotted in Johor Bahru recently.
The gigantic, alien-like worm went viral on social media after Facebook user Erain Tan posted footage of the sighting on Thursday (Nov 24).
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She noted spotting the creature outside her store in Kampung Gajah, Johor.
The worm featured snake-like patterns across its back and was quite thick. Ms Tan noted that the slightest sound would cause the worm to twitch.
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She added that the creature probably slithered away as it disappeared when she returned after setting up her store.
The worm had several similarities to the bug-poison type Pokémon, such as its segmented body and horn-like appendage, although the real thing had one at the end of its body.
Its appearance sparked a debate among netizens, with some joking this was an actual Weedle that crawled out of a Nintendo Switch.
Others got scientific and said this was the larva of an agrius convolvulus, also known as convolvulus hawk-moth.
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Regardless of the name or origin, the worm succeeded in scaring countless netizens./TISG
https://theindependent.sg/sightings-of-an-extremely-rare-migratory-huge-vulture-in-singapore/
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