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| ==Biology== | | ==Biology== |
| ===Physiology===
| | Golduck are blue duck-like Pokémon that have webbed hands and feet, ending in broad flippers, which they use to swim in rivers and lakes. Their bodies are especially adapted to have a great hydrodynamic shape, and they have {{DL|List of Pokémon by body style|Pokémon with a bipedal, tailed form|long tails} with which they use to steer. Golduck also have red irises, a small, red jewel on their foreheads, and four spikes on their head. |
| Golduck have webbed hands and feet, ending in broad flippers, which they use to swim in rivers and lakes, much in the way as a duck would move. Their blue bodies are especially adapted to have a great hydrodynamic shape, and they have long tails with which they use to steer. Golduck are sometimes mistaken for the Japanese monster and physical inspiration for Golduck, the {{wp|Kappa (folklore)|Kappa}} due to their bluish color, {{DL|List of Pokémon by body style|Pokémon with a bipedal, tailed form|general body shape}}, and webbed hands and feet. Golduck also have red irises, a small, red jewel on their foreheads, and four spikes on their head. Although Golduck have no wings, only webbed hands and feet, it is still deemed a duck instead of a platypus. | |
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| | Golduck are fast swimmers, out-swimming even the most athletic of humans because of their frog-like webbed hands and feet. The gem on their foreheads glows when they use their psychic powers, and occasionally when they swim at full speed, suggesting that they sometimes use those powers to swim. As shown in the [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga, after evolving, Golduck have greater control of their powers. They have the ability to read minds or even give knowledge to their Trainers and fellow Pokémon through telepathy. |
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| ===Special abilities===
| | Golduck are sometimes mistaken for the Japanese monster, and physical inspiration for Golduck, the {{wp|Kappa (folklore)|Kappa}} due to their bluish color, general body shape, and webbed hands and feet. Golduck live in {{DL|List of Pokémon by habitat|Water's-edge Pokémon|freshwater lakes}} and in rivers, though they can also be seen occasionally in coastal waters. They can be found in [[Kanto]], [[Johto]], [[Hoenn]] and [[Sinnoh]]. |
| Golduck are fast swimmers, out-swimming even the most athletic of humans because of their frog-like webbed hands and feet. The gem on their foreheads glows when they use their psychic powers, and occasionally when they swim at full speed, suggesting that they sometimes use those powers to swim. As shown in the [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga, after evolving from {{p|Psyduck}}, Golduck have greater control of their powers. They have the ability to read minds or even give knowledge to their Trainers and fellow Pokémon through telepathy. | |
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| It has been noted that Golduck will often join swimmers when training. They are sometimes found rescuing people lost at sea from danger, their heads shimmering from the telekinetic powers that allow them do so. The headaches that ridiculed its pre-evolution form, {{p|Psyduck}}, don’t trouble Golduck, allowing them to have full use of their formidable mental powers.
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| ===Habitat===
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| Golduck live in freshwater lakes and in rivers, though they can also be seen occasionally in coastal waters. They can be found in [[Kanto]], [[Johto]], [[Hoenn]] and [[Sinnoh]].
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| ===Diet===
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| ==In the anime== | | ==In the anime== |