Sandslash (Pokémon): Difference between revisions

→‎Trivia: added some trivia on how it is called the Mouse Pokémon despite non of its real-life counterparts are actually rodents. Added trivia on some shrew species being venomous
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(→‎Trivia: added some trivia on how it is called the Mouse Pokémon despite non of its real-life counterparts are actually rodents. Added trivia on some shrew species being venomous)
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** If this had happened, it would have been the only Pokémon with the same name as {{m|Sandstorm|a move}}.
** If this had happened, it would have been the only Pokémon with the same name as {{m|Sandstorm|a move}}.
* Although being one of the few pure Ground-type Pokémon in the first generations, Sandslash did not learn any damage-dealing {{type2|Ground}} move via leveling up until Generation III.
* Although being one of the few pure Ground-type Pokémon in the first generations, Sandslash did not learn any damage-dealing {{type2|Ground}} move via leveling up until Generation III.
* Although its species is the Mouse Pokémon, non of the animals it draws its design inspiration from are actually rodents.
* Both {{p|Sandshrew}} and Sandslash are mentioned to have poisonous claws. This relates to one of their real life counterpart the Shrew, where several species are known to be venomous.


===Origin===
===Origin===
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