Parasect (Pokémon): Difference between revisions

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===Origin===
===Origin===
{{Bulbanews|On the Origin of Species: Paras and Parasect}}
{{Bulbanews|On the Origin of Species: Paras and Parasect}}
Parasect may be based on a {{wp|hermit crab}} with a {{wp|mushroom}} for a shell. It also resembles a {{wp|cicada}} {{wp|Nymph (biology)|nymph}}. The fungus on its back is referred as the [[tochukaso]], which is also the Japanese name of a real organism, the {{wp|Ophiocordyceps sinensis}}, an {{wp|Parasitoid|endoparasitoid}} that replaces the host tissue and can affect the behavior of its {{wp|insect}} host.
Parasect resembles a {{wp|cicada}} {{wp|Nymph (biology)|nymph}}. It may also be based on a {{wp|hermit crab}} with a {{wp|mushroom}} for a shell.
 
The fungus on Parasect is identified as [[tochukaso]] ({{wp|Ophiocordyceps sinensis}}), an {{wp|Parasitoid|endoparasitoid}} that replaces the host tissue and can affect the behavior of its {{wp|insect}} host.


====Name origin====
====Name origin====