Are there any big food chains in pokemon? I know there are pokemon that prey on other pokemon, like Pidgeot with Magikarp, Mandibuzz swooping on Cubone, Sneasel stealing eggs and Mareanie going after Corsola, but no actual chain of pokemon that prey on each other come to mind.
>>31559229
Here's the closest food chain that I could think of going by the dex.
Wishiwashi schools scare gyarados, but that doesn't really count. Wingull eat schools of fish pokemon and lead fishermen to them, but that's again not specified. Wailord and wailmer eat tons of wishiwashi a day. Dhelmise is stated to be able to ohko wailord. Doesn't really count, but it's there.
>>31559229
zangoose and sevipers
slakings (or vigoroths) hunt zangooses
>>31559373
Nice
>>31559373
Where is it said furret eat rattata?
Charizard like to eat Greninjas
>>31560686
silver
>There is no telling where the tail begins. Despite its short legs, it is quick at hunting Rattata.
Sableyes eat Carbinks
>>31559373
How the fuck is a Lumineon gonna eat a Starmie
>>31559229
>anime actually showed how Mareanie fed on Corsola
>>31563035
They nibble at the arms, but the starmie just regenerate faster then lumineon can eat them. Lumineon isn't a very fearsome predator.
>>31563035
>Think of Starmie as the OU Apex Pokemon
>Read the Dex entry that it SOMEHOW has predators and isn't actually the apex of its ecosystem
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>>31559229
I find it hard to make any sense of this. I assume that's how Mareanie captures and poisons its prey, but it obviously has it's mouth on the wrong side of the body to actually be eating the Corsola.
And that seems really disorienting, flipping upside down just to catch your prey.
>>31559229
While never outright stated in Sun/Moon, the Reef Triggerfish is one of the main predators of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish.
So reasonable assumption to assume Bruxish(which is likely based on a reef triggerfish) eats Mareanie and Toxapex.
On the actual confirmed side, it eats Shellders.
>It stuns its prey with psychokinesis and then grinds them to mush with its strong teeth. Even Shellder's shell is no match for it.