Join Jonathan and Michael as they return to the pocket universe of Pokémon to revisit the various arthropods you could catch there. This one has some cultural explorations of video games and gamer identities as well as conversation about why Pokémon might appeal specifically to the entomologists of the world.
Show Notes
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/ckenhi/a_barely_scientific_cladogram_of_arthropod_pokemon/#lightbox
https://academic.oup.com/ae/article/64/3/159/5098346
Entomology Today interview on last article
https://entomologytoday.org/2018/10/22/how-pokemon-opens-door-entomology-education/
The Entomological Diversity of Pokemon
https://jgeekstudies.org/2018/10/12/entomological-diversity-of-pokemon/
The Phylogeny of Pokemon
https://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume18/v18i4/Phylogeny-Pokemon.pdf
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