Pika is a real animal?
Gen 1 pokemon really are just funny colored real animals.
this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2025
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Pika is pronounced "pie-kuh" generally. Pikachu comes from pika pika (japanese onomatopoeia for "sparking/sparkling" usually with the connotation of clean) + chuu (sound a mouse makes/squeak).
Actually it comes from pika(-tto), the onomatopoeia for a lightning strike.
Not according to an interview by the creator of Pikachu, Atsuko Nishida:
“Since it was an Electric-type Pokémon, I thought ‘pika‘ [the expression of light flashing in Japanese].
Actually, name of many Pokemon are multi layered
So there is no wrong, but both right
It is the beauty of Pokemon names and even concepts
Watch some lockstin and gnoggin if interested in this topic 😇
Yeah I just think it's kind of neat how the names of English pokemon are formed in a similar way to how they are in Japanese.
I think these are the same root? Pika pika is used to mean clean but it's onomatopoeia for sparkling. That double word onomatopoeia construction in japanese doesn't really have a direct analogue in English I don't think.
They're the same. The "pika" is from "hika", which refers to light.
Voltorb, Muk, Magnemite, and Mr Mime would all like a word with you. Jynx, however, doesn't mind.
brotlov?
Oh they brought a lot of love alright
Bigger lens is better for wildlife photography and long distance shot. Animals scurry away when you try to get close, so it's best to take a picture from the distance.
Confusingly, there is the animal in the post that is commonly called pika (Ochotona daurica). What I had to think of first was Pica pica though (the Eurasian magpie)
When you stare into pica, pica stares into you. Also sprach Zarathustra.
Casually using an amazing photo for a meme 👍
A top-shelf flex.
I like the content, but seriously I’m baffled as to how this is a science meme?
I would assume because it's related to educating someone about why optical lenses can give an incredible amount of detail that digital just can't compete with. But that's just a guess and that might not even be enough for this forum
What's a digital lens exactly?.. The only thing I can think of are in some point& shoot cameras and phones they have fake factorial zooms that are just cropping into the resolution.
i'm guessing it was a brain shortcut for a "digital zoom lens"
Absolutely correct
Also, because posts like this drive really informative comment sections like this thread. I promise there's a method to the madness.
~~you people do understand it is fake, and if you zoom on the top right eye, it is not the same as bottom right, right?~~
ok, so to my surprise, it seems to be possible. the difference in the eye may be result of multiple layers of shitty jpeg compression.
the author has more pictures on his web - https://www.pjvphotography.com/Fauna/Pikas
it is though
☺️compression did nothing wrong
You are not supposed to zoom into a compressed photo 🤭
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Mountains in the eye of a trailside pika, ...
Eating seeds as a pastime activity
moments lost, like tears in rain
good bye
now I gotta watch blade runner again dammit! RIP Rutger Olsen Hauer for that performance god DAMN!
What does it say, when it sneezes?
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Pi
Ka
Chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
beautiful 🤌
Today's risky click is presented by GreatTitEnthusiast 👀
Hey, I'm just hear because I heard climate change is threatening Great Tits
Why 600mm? Because sometimes you need really good photos of squirrels.
You can also see them directly, with your own eyes
but the pika is cute >.<
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Laughs in micro fourthirds.
Listen buddy, I spent a lot of money on my full frame, and a lot of muscle lugging it around, so I'd appreciate it if you could keep your superior sensor to yourself.
It's not even that much of a sacrifice. There are some modern 600s that weigh less than what a typical 70-200/2.8 does. Granted, they're on the darker side, but if you have the light (supposedly you will during a hike), you don't always need an f/4.
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