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*According to Silver's [[Pokédex]] entry an Ekans bite (at least a young one's) is not poisonous, to the same point it is still able to use poison moves probably due to its matching type it could also be attributed to the fact that some snakes can ''spit'' poison instead of injecting into to their enemy through use of a bite. In addition, the bite has been called painful and that (according to Mystery Dungeon) fangs are also poisonous despite these claims its fangs have never actually been visible. | *According to Silver's [[Pokédex]] entry an Ekans bite (at least a young one's) is not poisonous, to the same point it is still able to use poison moves probably due to its matching type it could also be attributed to the fact that some snakes can ''spit'' poison instead of injecting into to their enemy through use of a bite. In addition, the bite has been called painful and that (according to Mystery Dungeon) fangs are also poisonous despite these claims its fangs have never actually been visible. | ||
*It is interesting to note that in more recent pictures of Ekans only one band has been visible that being the one on its neck. However, in older pictures, Ekans is seen with the band around its neck in addition to two other ones located on one of its coil and close to its rattle. It is unknown why the other bands were removed. It could be assumed that the band located lower on its body could just be covered up but the one on its tail should still be visible. | *It is interesting to note that in more recent pictures of Ekans only one band has been visible that being the one on its neck. However, in older pictures, Ekans is seen with the band around its neck in addition to two other ones located on one of its coil and close to its rattle. It is unknown why the other bands were removed. It could be assumed that the band located lower on its body could just be covered up but the one on its tail should still be visible. | ||
*Ekans is one of fourteen Pokémon that one could collect foreign Pokédex entries for. | *Ekans is one of fourteen Pokémon that one could collect [[Meister (Sinnoh)|foreign Pokédex entries]] for. | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
It appears to be based upon a boa and {{wp|rattlesnake}}. | It appears to be based upon a boa and {{wp|rattlesnake}}. | ||