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* Like many other Pokémon, Skarmory's sprite has only had a small amount of change between [[Generation III]] and [[Generation IV]]. | * Like many other Pokémon, Skarmory's sprite has only had a small amount of change between [[Generation III]] and [[Generation IV]]. | ||
==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
Skarmory has much in common with certain species of [[wp:condor|condor]]. It also shares characteristics of [[wp:cranes|cranes]], birds which are held in high esteem in Japan; such characteristics include a long neck and long legs, and a daggerlike beak. | Skarmory has much in common with certain species of [[wp:condor|condor]]. It also shares characteristics of [[wp:cranes|cranes]], birds which are held in high esteem in Japan; such characteristics include a long neck and long legs, and a daggerlike beak. It is also similar to the [[wp:Stymphalian Birds|Stymphalian Birds]] in the Greek story 'The Twelve Labours of [[wp:Hercules|Hercules]]. | ||
===Name origin=== | ===Name origin=== | ||