Taxonomy in Pikmin

Today I will show the process of how I created a cladogram for various enemies in the Pikmin series.
Twitter: / griffco42
Music:
- Piklopedia/Treasure Hoard (Pikmin 2)
- Awakening Wood (Pikmin 2)
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- The Forest Navel (Pikmin)
- Wistful Wild (Pikmin 2)

[@UnknownUser-ow5zb]

I love this so much. I often daydream about animating a 'documentary' regarding the Pikmin ecosystem, and this scratches that itch.

[@professionalnoobgaming9293]

same

[@thegreygoblin5165]

I'd love to see Pikmin get the After Man treatment

[@monmagog]

If people could make a documentary about bokoblins from the perspective of a Hyrulean in BoTW, a Pikmin documentary should definitely be made

[@alocsx]

Someone wants to help? We can make this real!

[@ShadeGrey]

I mean that is basically what the first Pikmin commercial was

[@ATalkingSock]

I used to love learning about animals when I was younger. This video is so brilliant. Nobody makes videos like you do, man.

[@danielpu9656]

I tried to taxonomy subnautica

[@YEs69th420]

Small correction: live birth is not exclusive to mammals, but the placenta is. There are many species of fishes and several reptiles that do this, though it's merely the eggs being held inside the animal; the young get no nourishment from their mother. I still agree with your placement of bulborbs as mammals. Blowhogs are quite a mystery, as the two clades seem morphologically incompatible. One would potentially have to forgo a skeleton to float, but a skeleton would be necessary to support one's body on land. I think there's a lot of room for speculative biology on Pikmin, and it's an exciting topic.

[@haymyellow1880]

perhaps blowhogs split off very, very far back down the line and just havent changed much, or else maybe the floating ones have hollow bones like birds?

[@YEs69th420]

@@haymyellow1880 Not hollow bones, but close to none at all, since the aim is to be as buoyant as possible in air. Maybe there's one really simple structure like tarantulas have. Splitting a long time ago makes sense though, yeah.

[@smileyp4535]

Perhaps it's convergent evolution and they aren't that closely related at all, just both have developed a blow-snout

[@YEs69th420]

@@smileyp4535 Yeah this is a really good answer, idk why I wrote it off. We have to consider that Olimar isn't actually a biologist as well, his claims really could be little more than pure conjecture.

[@TheManOfManyNames.]

I'd assume that the floating blowhog variants simply have very thin and light skeletons, so they can use their flippers to hover but can be weighed down by pikmin.

[@toxicastigator]

This is one of the most alluring aspects of the Pikmin series to me. I’ve always been incredibly interested in zoology, ecology, etc, so I love how this series is able to really flesh out their beyond unique and eye catching flora and fauna in a similar fashion to real life.

[@gay4sswhovian]

Pikmin's director Shigefumi Hino said that he got inspired by its photograph of wildlife

[@El_Omar2203]

I hope Pikmin 3 Deluxe give us entries on the eponymous creatures, so far we only know the scientific name of the Bulbmin.

[@Burgorton]

Small correction but the Phosbat is likely an amphibian. Judging by it’s skin and eye formation, as well as it’s tail, it becomes more obvious that it’s related to frogs judging by that alone.

[@bigcoffinhunter5500]

Not to burst your bubble but "BAT" is in the name

[@Burgorton]

@@bigcoffinhunter5500 what is a Mountain Chicken?

[@bigcoffinhunter5500]

@@Burgorton Leptodactylus fallax

[@Burgorton]

@@bigcoffinhunter5500 ok so is that a chicken?

[@bigcoffinhunter5500]

@Burgorton that's a really bad argument because its alternative name is "the Giant Ditch Frog". The entire reason it's named the mountain chicken is because locals report it tasting like chicken. Frogs also don't have tails. Tadpoles have tails, but the premature phosbats do not have tails. The phosbat also has two sets of teeth. Amphibians only have one set of teeth on the roof of their mouths.

[@SSJXIIIGG]

The Morgan Freeman of Pikmin content 😁✊🏻

[@peterargenziano1923]

I raised that boy.

[@cabegen973]

same bro same

[@farter_snail]

smae

[@justabasilleaf3304]

One correction, regardless of if Crushblats are vertebrates or not, they are stated as having evolved from mollusks and are therefore not closely related to actual Chordates. Otherwise I love this video and have watched it a few times already. I'm still a bit iffy on the placement of the Grub-dogs and Phosbats given their "uniqueness" but I can't think of a better alternative to mammalia. edit: I've also come across the classification of the Empress Bulblax as being the same as the (Red) Bulborb. The species are technically different but Olimar has already stated that he's willing to give creatures of the same species a different species name if they're distinct enough (ex. Shaggy Long Legs and Baldy Long Legs). edit: Also also, if you were to relate the Phosbats to bats, the Blowhogs to pigs, and the Amprat to rats, then the Phosbats would be more closely related to Blowhogs, because Bats (for some reason) just aren't very closely related to rodents.

[@lasercraft32]

Phosbats also don't reproduce like normal mammals. They're weird. They lay "egg pods" for lack of a better name. The pods just seem to spit out offspring periodically, which is weird from a realistic perspective.

[@Manny4Life948]

@@lasercraft32 amphibians do stuff, kinda like that with their egg sacks, with their offspring, springing out when danger is awry. It would also make sense with how different their wings are compared to bats.

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

Well now, isn't this channel a find! It will be kept an eye on. Great video man! 5:36 _sus_

[@meli-melo9759]

"Sus" is a scientific name meaning" pig".

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

@@meli-melo9759 I am aware, but it is also an internet funni

[@frogust6932]

Your videos are so relaxing, I just wanna get cozy and learn about Pikmin creatures now, this was awesome!!

[@braxiations7868]

Glad someone else agrees that Breadbugs and Grub-Dogs are sister clades I actually think that, considering their eye stalks and lack of four limbs, the members of the Breadbug-Grub-Dog group are actually molluscs, evolved from land snails that internalized their shells to repurpose as a skeletal system, which eventually complexified into having limbs. I think Crushblats would be the sister clade of the Grubbugs/Bread-Dogs, though lacking stalked eyes and having extra digits. Some other notes: I don't think the Empress Bulblax gives true live birth, it just appears so (possibly the eggs hatching before coming out.) This kind of thing is present in some sharks and other animals. They also have larva soooo. Also, I think Empress, Emperor, Larva, and Red Bulborbs/Bulblaxes are intended to be the same organism and Nintendo just doesn't understand how species work. Anyways, super quality vid! I'd love to see more of this kind of thing, and I was hoping someone would pick up this idea.

[@Manny4Life948]

I think they complex eyes is just impossible for evolution of snails to replicate, octopus have eyes, but they’re nowhere as complex as a grub dogs, where they basically have the same anatomy as a mammal for there eyes, the crushblats just appeared to be more on land amphibians, as they’re shown around water and they resemble frogs. Lastly, it is never stated the emperor is an actual normal grub dog, it is only called “bulblax” because that’s just the monicker for a strong grub dog, the Empress is a strong, grub dog, and is so given the nickname “bulblax” so the emperor is its own species, and the Empress and larva are the same as the standard bulborb. One interesting thing to note is that every juvenile grub dog looks practically the same in the second and first moult. (Moults basically make it things way more complicated as snails don’t even moult and nor do mammals) so I’m willing to assume they’re their own family that branched off of mammals. As a reason for them having complex structures like eyes and hair. Just wanted to clear some stuff up.

[@mr.timster1779]

WOW THIS MAKES ME GO COO COO CRAZY FOR MORE

[@n0ah.s_]

Another incredible Pikman based animation created by yours truley: The grifftopian company!

[@Pikminman1000]

If there was a several hour long video of all species on PNF 404, I’d watch it several times

[@willowthesumner]

Your content is criminally underrated and deserved 10 x as much popularity as it gets. And your animation style is quite unique. I would KILL to watch another video with this much effort and love put into it not unlike this one.

[@TabTray]

finally a science video that isn’t slow and boring as hell. thank you sir.

[@pikminjake]

I’m expecting Pikmin 3 deluxe to forget the old nomenclature and just make up new stuff that contradicts the old. Also Olimar himself wrote all his notes, which means he could’ve made mistakes. This list is wonderful, it’s actually something I once tried to do but gave up. I ultimately decided that because Olimar was not in his element combined with Nintendo just making things up as they go, that actually classifying game enemies would be impractical and nonsensical.

[@gay4sswhovian]

Guess you were wrong !

[@Redemptive_Neerdowell]

This just re-inspired me to continue my Pikmin Bestiary I had mostly done for myself. I never got around to finishing it because I was too busy and just forgot about it. Who knows, I might make a google doc for it or something. It would probably be bare-bones though, but that doesn't matter all that much.

[@linkkicksu]

If you read the piklopedia entry for the Empress Bulblax, it actually says that it's essentially a red bulborb that underwent metamorphosis to meet environmental factors.

[@user-bb2op9he1x]

jimble should see this

[@MimicMakesVideos]

I REALLY hope this guys makes another Pikmin taxonomy, now that Pikmin 4 & 3 Deluxe have new scientific names

[@BloomBlanche]

5:36 My etymology-obsessed brain and my "haha funny meme" brain are waging a war against each other at the moment

[@ghirahimlefabuleux8984]

Turns out the Sparrowhead is a cousin of the Scornets and 100% a bug. Good call on that one.

[@rodneylives]

This is a nice video! Pikmin 4 would expand on this, although it's weird, I've gotten fairly far into the game now and haven't encountered many new species.

[@woomy2343]

You should do a revisit of this video now that the piklopedia is available for pikmin 3 deluxe. It definitely changes a few things about this taxonomic tree... calcified crushblats are classified as mollusks. Also, I have a thought. It's possible that scornets are descended from birds. This is very obviously visible in the anatomy of the scornet maestro, with a beak, 4 limbs, and very vertebrate-like eyes. If you look closely, they also seem to have feathers. They also communicate with sounds, which is a very bird-like thing to do. I have the feeling that the four limbs and fuzzy bodies of the spectralids may also suggest that they are descended from a similar common ancestor. As to what birds, likely hummingbirds, as they are already small and insect-like. Also, it may be worth investigating the possibility that bulborbs are a kind of amphibian that developed mammalian features. Their generally smooth skin, wide mouths, and larval stage lends credence to this idea. This is also supported by the presence of aquatic members of this family, such as the water dumples. The hairy bulborb can be explained, as there are hairy frogs in real life. Filaments are easy to evolve in response to cold conditions. Live birth can also be explained as well, as this feature only seems to apply to land dwelling bulborb species. In Louie's notes for the bumbling snitchbug, it mentions that water dumples lay eggs. This taxonomic tree is a good start, I'd love to see where it goes.

[@polygonosc2]

I agree that the sparrowhead is an insect because in its description “ if only the s.s. Dolphin didn’t have such an evasion of bugs”

[@thethreewisemenoftheapocal1189]

Your videos are one of the most unique styles I've ever seen. Also, really good video overall!

[@Kirb-dv5hy]

There's for sure probably a lot of people asking for a follow up now that 4 has been released

[@InfinityPlaysReal]

Science is cool

[@paulwebb2078]

Excellent analysis. You are the next Dave.

[@joshuafernandes6684]

Live-birth evolved in a lot of animal lineages like Scorpions, some insects, sharks and reptiles (the list is bigger). I like to think that Grub-dogs and their relatives evolved from some Mudskipper-like fish ancestor that become fully adapted to live on land and their two fins became the two legs of Grub-Dogs.

[@supercouchpotato9698]

When I saw this video in my recommended, I thought it was one of those KZbin videos that was lost to time, made by someone with like 400 subscribers, and I didn't think it would be well made. I just finished the video, and I gotta say, this video is very well made. You've earned yourself another sub!

[@LukeBeadles]

You played literally 3 of my favorite songs in the Pikmin 1 & 2 OSTs

[@Mex_Luigi]

I did not expect to see anything about Hey pikmin here, but that's considerate of you imo

[@remtheguy]

You have GOT to do this for Pikmin 4. Why? NEW RELATIVES FOR EVERYTHING!!!!!!!1!11!1!!1!1!1!1!!11

[@cosmiccreaturefan]

It's so cool to see the animals of the pikmin world analysed like this! And the pixel art style is so charming too, this is such a fantastic video

[@hermionerayolivarez6224]

your animation is amazing dude

[@joelikespotatoes8321]

Although I hated Bio class you explained everything so well, subbed!

[@BloomBlanche]

Also your channel is criminally underrated

[@cedriccox9480]

This is an awesome episode! I love biology and Pikmin too, in fact it's probably my favorite part of my series. Thank you, I love this kind of stuff.

[@mindavery]

welp, this video now needs an update since the empress bulborb has been confirmed to be the same species as regulard bulborbs

[@tarponpet]

Olimar claims the Bearded Amprat is one very few mammals.

[@slugfactory5113]

I agree that Bulborbs are probably mammals but live birth occurs sometimes in most animal phyla. Aphids give live birth parthenogenically, poecilids are a fish genus that get their common name from their live offspring, a majority of sharks give live birth, we have fossil evidence of extinct reptiles like ichthyosaurs giving live birth, etc. The only group of vertebrates I can think of that are *always* oviparous are birds.

[@williamhills6927]

it'd be interesting to see you revisit this concept with the new information we've gotten thanks to 3 deluxe and 4.

[@mecapotato1659]

Blowhog scientific name 😳😳😳

[@Xoro2203]

I love learning about life

[@pongugy9828]

you raise some good points about bulborbs being mammals , but kiwifruits also have hair. So believe bulborbs fall within the actinidiaceae family

[@pongugy9828]

@빨간 피크민 I was joking

[@Manny4Life948]

Big problem is that they moult, which basically shatters the mammal and snail idea basically. so I believe that they are descended from mammals, but they’re their own family just descended from mammals as why they have complex eyes and hair.

[@umey3445]

Would love to see an update w pikmin 4. Whole lotta enemies. Fantastic video!!

[@ZeroTaichi]

Now with pikmin 4, we know that Bulborbs and Breadbugs are closely related to dogs, since oatchi and moss have many characteristic in common with bulborbs.

[@SSJXIIIGG]

NEED A PART TWO! 😭

[@JJnEverything]

Love the art style, it’s just so pleasing to look at

[@octoinlove888]

This video is ridiculous and amazing. I love it. The classification of Pikmin creatures is extremely ambitious and I'm happy to see some acknowledgement of it.

[@lilorangefella]

Since most of the Dwarf bulborbs are just mimics, I’ve always wondered what a real juvenile bulborb looks like. is it very similar to the mimics so that they can fool the adult? Maybe we’ll find out some day…

[@abra_escaped]

I believe the bulbmin are real young bulborbs, even if they are under the control of the parasitic pikmin

[@brem-]

In Pikmin 2 during one of the Empress Bulblax fights it constantly gives birth to larval Bulborbs, which would be juvenile Bulborbs. But if you mean juveniles that actually walk then I have good news, because in one of the trailers for Pikmin 4 we can see what looks like a larval Bulborb standing on two legs, so in Pikmin 4 we'll probably see more juvenile Bulborbs. And speaking of Bulbmin, because we see small Bulbmin that are clearly the offspring of the big Bulbmin, I think I have a theory on the lifestyle of your average Bulborb. Okay so Bulborbs are birthed by the Empress Bulblax, they're at this moment in their larval stage, where they just crawl around and eat whatever they can find, and probably also their siblings. Then after a while they go trough a metamorphosis where they grow legs, like a frog, but they haven't developped their classic spotty look, so let's call this the juvenile phase, they can now go to the surface but only at night, we'll get back to that later. Then after some time passes they get their spotty look, at which they've entered the adolescent phase, and they now can somewhat safely go to the surface, again we'll come back to that. Finally once they're the big guys we know them as they're in the adult phase, where they sleep through the day and eat at night. Allright so now that whole night and surface thing. When Bulborbs are born they're really pale and larvea, so being in the sun would probably burn them to death, and because they can't run they'll be easy pickings for all the other creatures. Once they grow legs they can probably safely go onto the surface because now they can run away from danger, but still have to go underground to be safe from the sun, since they haven't developped the protective spotty hide. Once that hide comes in they can be safe on the surface during the day, but they aren't completely safe because they're still small, and if we go off the fact that all the tiny Bulborbs and Bulbears die if you throw a singular Pikmin on them, then it could be argued that the same thing would happen to these adolescent Bulborbs. So they either stay close to an adult Bulborb like we see with Bulbmin, or they only come out at night when it's safer for them. Only when they're big enough to not get squashed by a singular Pikmin is when they stay on the surface full time. Now onto Bulbmin. My theory is that Bulborbs work in a similar was a Clownfish do, as in once the dominant female dies the dominant male next in line will turn into a female, so when an Empress Bulblax dies the next male Bulborb will transform into an Empress Bulblax. Because these are fictional alien creatures we can say that Bulborbs have both working male and female reproduction organs, and that the female organs go into overdrive once an Empress Bulblax dies and needs to be replaced. So the parasitic Pikmin inside the Bulbmin probably activate those organs to create Bulbmin offspring, but not to the extent that the host turns into an Empress Bulblax because that would make them an giant defenseless target, I mean why else are Empress Bulblaxes fought in giant empty rooms? Because there's nothing there to pose a threat to the Empress Bulblax. Anyways, because those organs don't go into overdrive the Bulbmin is only able to create 10 or so offspring instead of the endless horde the Empress Bulblax makes. So because it isn't endless the adult Bulbmin makes sure that the juvenile Bulbmin keep following the adult, because that way it can then keep the little ones safe and make it to adulthood.

[@lilorangefella]

@@brem- I ain’t reading all that lmao I just meant like young grub dogs.

[@brem-]

@@lilorangefella TL;DR Pikmin 2: larval Bulborbs Pikmin 4: maybe young Bulborb without spotty hide

[@Slop_Dogg]

Actual juveniles seem to be almost entirely subterranean, likely reaching the surface nearly fully grown, or at least mature very quickly. The adult bulborbs seem to essentially pay the breadbug mimics no mind, like they’re nearly invisible to them.

[@chainswordcs]

can't wait for the sequel to this video once Pikmin 4 comes out

[@gatovolador3677]

Super interesting video I don’t think anyone has done this before!

[@sealink129]

Very cool video! I also made a cladogram like this for Pikmin 1, 2, and 3’s combined fauna (and whatever flora was mentioned in game). And I can say that my sanity has gone a little lol. It’s four pages big with lots of erases and rewrites. And a couple things I think were interesting to compare. For one, I think it’s fascinating to consider the Bulborbs as Mammals. Personally, I had leaned more towards amphibians as the Pikmin wiki page says that they seemed to have more of those traits, but ultimately had sectioned them off on their own since they hadn’t really seemed to fit into either that well. Also, I ended up putting the Red and Orange Bulborbs in one clade, and the Hairy and whip tongue in another, to say both pairs are close relatives. Underneath the hair on the Hairy Bulborb, the creature is white with blue spots, and has a dark nose that lightens. The whip tongue bulborb has some very similar features. White with dark spots, albeit black instead of blue, and a dark face. Now, color isn’t everything, of course. But it seemed odd how similar the color palette of both are. But overall, I was a fun challenge. But I also used the heck out of the wiki pages though, so there’s that

[@Oooze3424]

we know that the future earth of pikmin is highly irradiated from a Geiger counter in the first game which is probably why all the animal life is so weird.

[@Manny4Life948]

I think it’s most likely on why all the wildlife is small, they have all become small to survive the radiation, or the radiation has affected the oxygen levels so much that the 3 foot tall Mireclops moves like an elephant despite being relatively small compare to a deer.

[@sub2tijabe]

I love the pixel art

[@AphidKirby]

The pixel art featuring all throughout the video is very charming! Love it! Also I wish u made up your own names for the new taxa, there's so much real state there, u could even use latin to make em sound cool

[@Aredpikmin]

My favorite series + taxonomy (which fascinates me) + detailed video = great video!

[@a.s.5956]

Waiting for an invertebrates video

[@dualinfinities5549]

I suspect the bulborb/breadbug clade may be descendents of puffy blowhogs, as their loss of the hind legs due to bouyancy-based flight is about the only thing that would explain a lineage with only two total limbs emerging.

[@Manny4Life948]

I doubt it, there are many animals that only have four or two legs. There’s some birds that actually completely lost their wings and are just straight up two legged. Grub dogs, not needing arms for scavenging or eating, and they could stand up using their legs probably just made them slowly overtime lose their arms.

[@dualinfinities5549]

@@Manny4Life948 IRL almost all tetrapods (basically, non-fish vertebrates) have 4 total limbs, including us. the exceptions are snakes, burrowing lizards that are functionally snakes, and cetaceans. short list, that. almost all tetrapods have at least a vestigial tail, too. losing limbs completely basically NEVER happens, other than when a creature changes the medium through which it moves, to one where the additional limbs are actively detrimental. you aren't getting a land tetrapod with only two limbs except by a permanently airborne or aquatic tetrapod that lost them prior, coming back to land.

[@Manny4Life948]

@@dualinfinities5549 that actually sparked the idea in my head, water dumples came first before the rest of the family?

[@ComradeCorvus]

I never really stopped and thought about this sort of thing before, this is really interesting!

[@roddyaxolotl8519]

Sorry to barrel into the video’s construction like this but, multiple invertebrate and vertebrate groups have indeed achieved viviparity! Not to mention setae have also evolved in multiple groups of invertebrate and fur-like integument has evolved at least twice within the vertebrates (archosaurs and mammals), not to mention invertebrates have access to setae. Therefore it is not conclusive enough to say bulborbs and co. are mammalian, as they could be any number of things. Another important thing is that the empress bulblax doesn’t give birth to a well-formed baby like a placental, and while it might not rule out marsupials, the baby is entirely limbless, meaning it’s more similar to the larvae of amphibians rather than to a newborn marsupial. The water dumple is also very un-mammal like yet is one of the bulborb’s closest living relative lineages, it seems somewhat unlikely to me that a mammal would reduce to a blind, water-breathing (they aren’t mentioned to go up for air) form regardless of how far into the future you go.

[@sithlordmikeyp]

So the ol Empress Bulblax was just a Queen Bulborb all along. Guess I can see how translators Made that mistake

[@romantisanon4647]

This channel is so underrated. Fascinating pikmin content! Please, keep it up!

[@6754bettkitty]

IMO, this would be a good project for a taxonomy class.

[@TaliabobMair]

Really not sure about the pinnota being a mammal. It more greatly resembles something like a tunicate or sort of mobile porifera. Other than that absolutely fantastic video.

[@bingcrosbygaming616]

Amazing video i know you havent made any pikmin content in a few years but it would be great to see a remastered version of this video in a higher quality and maybe including more species in the Pikmin universe

[@youraveragephesh3173]

0:45 A dog in a Pikmin video before Pikmin 4?! HE PREDICTED OATCHI, MOSS, THE A[SPOILERS], AND THE THEME OF PIKMIN 4 WITHOUT KNOWING IT

[@SuperCatPrincess]

It's been a couple years, when are we getting invertebrates

[@EpochFlame]

thank you for this video. very cool presenting the piklopedia educationally

[@Xx_Blue_Blur_xX]

so are we all gonna ignore that he predicted glow pilmin??? 0:06 ??? green pikmin… yellow eyes… no legs…

[@Manny4Life948]

That’s his custom goo pikmin. (Tell me if the joke flew over my head and I corrected you because I thought you didn’t know what it was)

[@jacobs.9661]

I've never had any interest in Taxonomy, and this video makes me want to comb through Pikmin 2, Hey, and 3 Deluxe to create my own Tree of PNF Life. Magnificent work!

[@anglure3617]

Great video, I love me some Pikmin biology

[@planetnopey9378]

You just got a new subscriber. science and pikmin my two favourite things.

[@v_a_n_c_e_5863]

I've been waiting for a video likes this about Pikmin fauna, thank you for this!!! 😁

[@suddenlysentient4890]

pixel art advice/ feedback : your structure/form or however you would phrase your skill in the making good shapes is very good, but your shading colors specifically are dull, your color choice is great but when you shade something you simply make the darker parts darker, i recommend you along with making them darker you change the hue warmer if your making something brighter, and make it cooler if you are making something darker, also decrease the saturation if your making something brighter and increase the saturation (not too much) if your making something darker

[@lasercraft32]

The Vehemoth Phosbat is a confusing one... it DOES look mammalian, and is clearly based on real world bats... but its form of reproduction seems to be NOTHING like a normal mammal at all. They have these weird egg-like cocoon pods that spit out offspring rather than live birth. I think the line between species is blurred in the Pikmin universe, as the Grub-Dog family also has a lot of similarities to insects like ants and bees, where they have a very large queen who is in charge of producing larval offspring, despite all their mammalian traits.

[@Manny4Life948]

Phosbat to me, at least seem to be a amphibians, due to their egg sacks, releasing their babies on their own, and the slimy skin (plus the wings not resembling anything like a bat) Grub dogs moult, so they can’t be mammals or snails, unless you’re saying mammals adapted to molt, which at that point means that’s a new type of family. So I say grub dogs are in their own family, descended for mammals (on why they have hair and complex eyes) but also being their own thing. Sort of like birds and dinosaurs.

[@Carlang29]

Blow hog: Wait I’m S U S ????????

[@LudiusQuassas]

Subscribed. One of the best analyses of the Pikmin lore out there.

[@Blowter]

You know. This is such a criminally underrated video, I’m going to do something no one has ever actually done before. *PRESS THE SHARE BUTTON.*

[@Latenivenatrix_Mcmasterae]

This is even better than the cake phylogenetic tree

[@El_Omar2203]

With the Empress Bulblax, I wonder if she can only give birth to only one species of Bulborb (not counting future Empresses) or if the larvae can grows into different Bulborb species depending of the living conditions, if the latter was the case, the fact that the larvae themselves are a different species would make sense.

[@Manny4Life948]

I think it’s most likely that there are just different types of empresses for different species, since the whip tongue basically confirm that every second molt looks the same (besides the bulbear but they’re have more parental instinct than any other grub dog)

[@DuckLovesHistory]

Hey, Griff-co! I haven't watched too much of your videos, but I have been a fan of the Pikmin content in particular. Keep up the good work! In other news, what're your thoughts on the Pikmin 3 Deluxe announcement? Have a great day!

[@linceed]

This is amazing. So much effort and heart went into this.

[@LazurBeemz]

the pikolopedia in Pikmin 4 includes more information! You should make a sequel video!!

[@tomlinnr2466]

very high quality video was a great watch

[@alcole-holic8779]

Please make a follow up, this is way too interesting to leave unanswered

[@LongTailCat3]

True Breadbugs are Omnivores.

[@nathanblackburn1193]

It'd be interesting to see a sort of sequel to this video at some point now that we have more info with the Pikmin 3 Deluxe piklopedia and the Pikmin 4 piklopedia (when the game comes out)

[@hollidizzlemusic6946]

What a great idea! Very well researched and presented i can't belueve i haven't seen your channel before!

[@frowner_and_co]

Bro I love creatures real or not I even pick up bugs off the floor.

[@aaronwilson4504]

Very cool video! I ran across it because I'm working on a very similar project but much lighter on the science. I'd argue that crushblats are related to bulborbs! They even have eyelashes

[@SansTheSkeIeton]

is no one gonna talk about how the vehemoth phosbat reproduces when talking about what kind of animal it is?

[@Yuti640]

love the sprite art in this

[@beastwarrior9264]

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[@micahfurlow2624]

Omoguz

[@lazdahuman]

I'm not quite sure the Puffy Blowhog and Withering Blowhog would fall under the category of vertebrates, seeing as these deflate into tiny balloon-like sacs upon defeat.

[@frowner_and_co]

They could shoot their bones out.

[@chucklesmcgee5693]

Super cool video! Was hoping there’d be a video like this