# Turtwig a Real Species **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** turtwig\ **Created:** [December 8, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/turtwig-a-real-species/45223 "2023-12-08T17:59:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![niece](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/niece/32/295510_2.png) [@niece](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/niece)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/turtwig-a-real-species/45223/1 "2023-12-08T17:59:55Z")
So as a field biologist it so entertaining when Pokémon cross over into my real-life work. Today I saw this article about a plant fossil that puzzled folks. During investigations they discovered the plant material were shells from baby turtles. Scientist then nicknamed the species “Turtwig” after Pokémon’s very own! I may soon start a new species collection! Here is the full article if anyone is interested. [https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/08/world/turtwig-baby-turtle-fossil-scn](https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/08/world/turtwig-baby-turtle-fossil-scn) ![image](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/b/a/ba84eee6efbfba77cf857176f20ee54c103f9607.png) ---
**Author:** ![Dyl](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dyl/32/234623_2.png) [@Dyl](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Dyl)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/turtwig-a-real-species/45223/2 "2023-12-08T19:23:55Z")
Soon enough academic papers will be filled with Pokemon references. > "In the Pokémon universe, you encounter the concept of combining two or more elements, such as animals, machines, plants, etc.,” said lead author Héctor Palma-Castro, a graduate student of paleobotany at the National University of Colombia, in a statement. > > “So, when you have a fossil initially classified as a plant that turns out to be a baby turtle, a few Pokémon immediately come to mind. In this case, Turtwig, a baby turtle with a leaf attached to its head.” ---
**Author:** ![pfm](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/pfm/32/254328_2.png) [@pfm](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/pfm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/turtwig-a-real-species/45223/3 "2023-12-08T19:47:30Z")
> **[Pikachurin](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikachurin)** > > 133584 268780 ENSG00000164318 ENSMUSG00000042961 Reminds me of this > Pikachurin is an extracellular matrix-like retinal protein first discovered in 2008 in Japan by Shigeru Sato et al.[6] and named after Pikachu, a species of the Pokémon franchise.[9] The name of this protein was inspired by Pikachu’s “lightning-fast moves”.[9] ---
**Author:** ![holoshedinja](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/holoshedinja/32/158231_2.png) [@holoshedinja](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/holoshedinja)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/turtwig-a-real-species/45223/4 "2023-12-08T20:02:49Z")
> **[Sonic hedgehog protein](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog_protein)** > > 3HO5, 3M1N, 3MXW 6469 20423 ENSG00000164690 It’s kind of a big deal too 👀 > The gene has been linked to a condition known as [holoprosencephaly](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holoprosencephaly), which can result in severe brain, skull and facial defects, causing a few clinicians and scientists to criticize the name on the grounds that it sounds too frivolous. It has been noted that mention of a mutation in a _sonic hedgehog_ gene might not be well received in a discussion of a serious disorder with a patient or their family. ---
**Author:** ![filthynwah](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/filthynwah/32/156027_2.png) [@filthynwah](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/filthynwah)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/turtwig-a-real-species/45223/5 "2023-12-09T17:24:57Z")
Sleeping on the “landscape and/or civilization on top of a turtle” trope is whack. One day everyone will know. One day… 😂 ---
**Author:** ![nikhil](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/nikhil/32/222563_2.png) [@nikhil](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/nikhil)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/turtwig-a-real-species/45223/6 "2023-12-09T17:40:06Z")
Avatar the last air bender type beat ---
**Author:** ![Rattlesnake](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/rattlesnake/32/245396_2.png) [@Rattlesnake](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Rattlesnake)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/turtwig-a-real-species/45223/7 "2023-12-09T18:38:01Z")
This is awesome. Fossil discoveries don’t get old, they just get better and better as time goes on. ---
**Author:** ![negi980](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/negi980/32/93514_2.png) [@negi980](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/negi980)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/turtwig-a-real-species/45223/8 "2023-12-10T23:40:07Z")
Pokémon threatened to sue Memorial Sloan Kettering when they tried to name an oncogene “pokemon”. They didn’t want the franchise associated with cancer.