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Out of the Pokémon episodes that I have seen, I do not remember ever seeing an
animal that wasn't a Pokémon. I have also not heard of animals being present
in Pokémon.

Which lead me to wonder: Are there ever any animals that aren't Pokémon
present in any episode or Pokémon manga?


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Are there ever any animals featured that aren't Pokémon?


When researching to see if there has ever been an animal featured that isn't a
Pokémon in a scene or Manga I came across this on Bulbapedia's article
[_Animals in the Pokémon
world_](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Animals_in_the_Pok%C3%A9mon_world):

> Real-world animals have been mentioned a number of times to exist in the
> world of Pokémon. Most often, they are mentioned in relation to a Pokémon
> category. For example, Pikachu is known as the "Mouse Pokémon" and was
> directly referred to in the anime as an "electric mouse", hinting that real-
> world mice exist in the Pokémon world. Other than this, all other mentions
> of animals are rare.

There was also this image: [![Let's have a Festival Pokémon Picture
Book](https://i.stack.imgur.com/24jjN.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/24jjN.jpg)

Which clearly shows a dog. However, this is the only image I could find of an
animal that isn't a Pokémon.


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In Gastly's Pokédex entry for Fire Red it states

> a being that exists as a thin gas. It can topple an Indian elephant by
> enveloping the prey in two seconds.

Fish are also seen in the episode Pokémon Shipwreck:

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/I73Ua.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/I73Ua.jpg)


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Several examples exist in early episodes. Shortly before Ash catches
Pidgeotto, it [eats a worm](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP003),
possibly the smallest non-Pokémon animal the anime ever showed. References to
such species lasted longer than their appearances. In a [much later
episode](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP168), Ash mentions catfish.


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There's a pretty comprehensive list of animal occurences in pokemon on
Bulbapedia
[here](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Animals_in_the_Pok%C3%A9mon_world).

Examples:

  * In "Ash Catches a Pokémon" Pidgeotto is seen eating a regular worm before being captured by Ash.
  * In "The Water Flowers of Cerulean City" fish can be seen in the fish tanks inside the Gym
  * In "Battle Aboard the St. Anne" a cooked lobster can be seen as food served on the ship.


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In one of the episodes in the indigo league they eat muskrat kebabs and say
themselves it's muskrat. Don't know which episode though


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In season 1 episode 20 there is this, I don't think it's a Pokémon, but can't
say what animal this is:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FCmCF.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FCmCF.png)


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On the Pokèmon card Inkay (069/198) rapid strike, it is holding a roll of
cheese. This has a picture of a cow on it.

ALSO, on the Peony 150/198 supporter card, there is a wood carving of
(reindeer, mouse, caribou, or something) next to the closest house.


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