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| ==Biology== | | ==Biology== |
| ===Physiology===
| | Muk is a large, sticky, amorphous blob-like Pokémon, made of living purple sludge. It has two small eyes with beady black pupils. It also has an enormous opened mouth with a grey tongue and strands of ooze connecting its top and bottom jaws. While it has no visible legs, it does have two arms with three fingers on each hand. However, it typically keeps on hand tucked in while it extends the other hand out and above its head. |
| Muk look {{DL|List of Pokémon by body style|Pokémon consisting of a head and arms|very similar}} to its previous form, {{p|Grimer}}. The main differences are that Muk is larger than Grimer, and has a wider mouth and smaller eyes. It is also usually shown with its left arm being much larger than the right one, along with a strand connecting its upper and lower lip when its mouth is open. The sludge it is made of is apparently less dense than water as it has been shown to float on it in the anime. | |
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| ====Gender differences====
| | It is a living bio-hazard, leaking toxins that instantly kills all plant and tree life it touches. Even it being in close proximity to plants will cause them to wilt and die. Extreme caution is advised in avoiding any contact with this Pokémon. Even an accidental brush up can lead to severe sickness and being bed ridden for days. However, unlike its previous form Grimer, it has developed control over its own toxins. Whereas the former left the landscape irreversibly barren, the effects of this Pokémon only last for about three years. Due to this ability of self control, its trainer and anyone that befriends it can touch it with less chance of suffering any ill effects. |
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| ===Special abilities===
| | In dirty residential areas where people throw trash into the streets, it is almost certain to appear. It will readily consume nearly any waste or refuse generated by people and Pokémon alike. It can be found in heavily polluted bodies of water, {{DL|List of Pokémon by habitat|Urban Pokémon|cities and factories}} across the [[Kanto]] and [[Unova]] regions. |
| The toxicity of Muk's form has reached the point where a single drop of it can make an entire lake stagnant and rancid. Its footprints are toxic enough for a person to contract {{wp|influenza}} if they are touched. Their infamous stench increases in the summertime, due to the toxic substances in its body intensifying. Their ability to exist in the environment without it becoming completely hazardous to other lifeforms may be attributed to their ability to actively control their toxins, as they would likely never want to deliberately pollute a river or spread any harmful diseases.
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| As a fully evolved Pokémon, Muk is capable of using the [[move]]s {{m|Hyper Beam}} and {{m|Giga Impact}}.
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| ===Behavior===
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| In the wild, Muk usually take charge of their family of Grimer and are very protective.
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| ===Habitat===
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| [[File:Urban Habitat.png|thumb|{{DL|List of Pokémon by habitat|Urban Pokémon}}]]
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| This Pokémon likes warm and moist places. Groups of them accumulate in dirty places, such as garbage dumps or sewers. They sometimes also reside in dirty back alleys of towns. Despite their penchant for thriving in dirty, contaminated places, they do seem to have a limit as to how much pollution they can tolerate, as no Muk lived in the [[Lake Lucid]] of fifty years ago until some work was made on purifying it. Wild Muk are normally found only in [[Kanto]] and [[Unova]].
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| ===Diet===
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| Muk will eat anything that is already contaminated.
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| ==In the anime== | | ==In the anime== |