I get why they don't have them anymore, but I kinda like the idea of regular animals existing in the Pokémon world too. A lot of Pokémon in Gen1 felt closer to JRPG monsters than animals, especially the fighter types. I prefer that over the idea that people actually eat pokemon.

In the original lore, Pokémon was set in our world, and animals still lived alongside Pokémon. The games were originally set in 1990's Japan, and all of the other countries on Earth still existed. At that time, only 151 Pokémon had been discovered IN THE WORLD, it wasn't just "the other regions have known about them the whole time". Pokémon evolved (Darwinian evolution) from regular animals, and in some cases, some Pokémon evolved into regular animals. Vulpix, for example, evolved from a fox, but foxes still existed. Of course, Pokémon had the advantage over regular animals in most cases, when it comes to competing for food, territory, and survival in general. Back then, the lore wasn't afraid to say that Pokémon were predators and they do have animalistic behaviours, such as hunting and eating each other. A lot of things got rescanned later, especially with the introduction of other regions, but I still love the original lore and would love to see a modern adaptation of it.

No one thought Pokemon was going to become such a cultural phenomenon with actual lore. They just didn't think that far ahead.

I argue that the reason is because they didn’t know about the other region’s Pokémon, despite them already existing. Team Rocket Trio’s James had owned a Carnivine when he was a kid, but first appears as an adult in Kanto with Jesse, in the 2nd episode of Season 1.

I thought the mongoose in the indigo league was a yungoose

Real animals might still exist, in scarlet and violet we can see real fish being served in the restaurants, also the scarlet book mentions pterasaurs not aerodactyl

Real animals appeared in the early step of the Pokemon game series when the world was not yet fully developed, but nowadays the company denies that real animals would live and existed in the Pokemon world.

Heres my headcanon: animals and pokemon are one and the same and live in the same ecosystem

I remember during one of pokedex entries in fire red , there was mention of indian elephant

This reminds me of the Pokemon vs 1000 lions thing

A lot of instances I didn't know. Good job!

I've been wondering that since I saw those fish in the Cerulean episode..

My headcanon is that animals are fictional creatures in the pokemon world like theyre the fictional creatures in the pokemon world unlike in the real world where pokemon are the fictional creatures

Pokemon and Real World Animals live together in the same planet

The theory that real world animals being wiped by Pokemon would kinda be impossible because I highly doubt a Tauros stands a chance in a fight against a Spanish Fighting Bull, hell even with resurrected Pokemon like Tyrantrum would get washed by a T-Rex especially considering their weight and size difference.

I like to imagine animals do exist but pokemon are like the new species in this universe and the real animals are rare

I saw them a lot in the first few seasons them they got phased out. Even in the first strain, pidgy eats a normal worm. Edit: i wrote this before he said it.

That voltorb bit made me giggle

What meat they are eating if there is no animal? Pokemon meat?

This was entirely asinine

I want to see a Pokémon game set in India. Or China. Or Brazil. I think those would be more interesting than another European country.

Check this one, I dont remember seing any pregnant women in the show or games, maybe humans ánd all of creatures in that world actually do came from eggs?.

I think animals do exist and Pokemon are just mutated animals that people created to give animals powers.