The Real Biology of Eevee Evolution | Pokemon Real Animal Comparison | Animals in Pop Culture

Ever wondered what the real biology was of eevee evolution? Is there a real animal that does something similar to eevee? What is adaptive radiation and how does this concern eeveelutions? Discover what animals could have influenced pop culture, specifically the pokemon universe!

Join Shelby (and her cat Maui!) as she explores adaptive radiation, how this happened in the real world to some finches and what it means for eevee evoltuion! Discover a real world animal that is similar to eevee, in the sense that it adapted to a variety of different environments and diets!

0:00 Introduction
0:50 Eevee Pokedex Entry
2:36 Intro to Adaptive Radiation & Darwin’s Finches
4:09 Meet the Dull Coloured Grassquit!
6:09 Adaptive Radiation
7:17 Jolteon
8:50 Flareon
10:12 Vaporeon
11:26 Umbreon & Espeon
13:01 Leafeon & Glaceon
14:00 Sylveon

Thanks to reddit u/mawalktheline for the amazing eevee art! Check them out:
– https://www.reddit.com/user/mawalktheline/
Also thanks to my buddy, Chaz for suggesting Eevee! Let me know in the comments below, which pokemon you want to see featured next!

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For more information, please check out:
– https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2830236/#RSTB20090291C38
– https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Eevee_(Pok%C3%A9mon)
– https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150211141238.htm
– https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/18/3/299/1073209

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