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I was reading a [question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/4947/18881) on
what it is like inside of a Poké Ball. It made me wonder what will happen to a
Pokémon if the Poké Ball is lost or damaged. If the Poké Ball was unable to
open, would they simple die?


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What if a Poké Ball was lost and couldn't be opened?


There have been several instances in the show where a Pokémon was in its Poké
Ball for a long time, such as in [_Sandshrew's
Locker_](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/DP047). In this episode, Ash
and friends helped Mira recover Sandshrew's Poké Ball from the bottom of the
lake, where it's been for a long time. Additionally, Mira and her friends
discovered Sandshrew's Poké Ball themselves. In the episode [_Two Degrees of
Separation!_](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/DP002) James found his
Carnivine's Poké Ball inside a box containing one of his bottle cap
collections, where he left it as a child. So, the precedents in the show
indicate that Pokémon can survive a long time unattended in their Poké Ball,
though it is unclear as to why since how the Pokéballs work is not well
explained.


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