Long considered a mythical POKéMON until recently when a small colony was found living underwater.
The existence of this mythical POKéMON was only recently confirmed by a fisherman who caught one.
It is born large to start with. It repeatedly sheds its skin as it steadily grows longer.
This POKéMON is full of life ener gy. It continually sheds its skin and grows steadily larger.
It sheds many lay ers of skin as it grows larger. Dur ing this process, it is protected by a rapid waterfall.
— Pokédex entries (via PokeAPI)