pokemon of the day 76

POKEMON OF THE DAY 76; SNOM! SNOM (JAPANESE: ユキハミ YUKIHAMI) IS A DUAL-TYPE ICE/BUG POKÉMON INTRODUCED IN GENERATION VIII. IT EVOLVES INTO FROSMOTH WHEN LEVELED UP WITH HIGH FRIENDSHIP AT NIGHT. THE WORM POKEMON; ABILITIES SHIELD DUST ICE SCALES HIDDEN ABILITY GENDER RATIO 50% MALE, 50% FEMALE CATCH RATE 190 (35.2%) BREEDING EGG GROUP BUG HATCH TIME 5140 - 5396 STEPS HEIGHT 1'00" 0.3 M WEIGHT 8.4 LBS. 3.8 KG BASE EXPERIENCE YIELD 37 LEVELING RATE MEDIUM FAST EV YIELD TOTAL: 1 HP 0 ATK 0 DEF 1 SP.ATK 1 SP.DEF 0 SPEED 0 POKÉDEX COLOR WHITE BASE FRIENDSHIP 50; IT SPITS OUT THREAD IMBUED WITH A FRIGID SORT OF ENERGY AND USES IT TO TIE ITS BODY TO BRANCHES, DISGUISING ITSELF AS AN ICICLE WHILE IT SLEEPS. IT EATS SNOW THAT PILES UP ON THE GROUND. THE MORE SNOW IT EATS, THE BIGGER AND MORE IMPRESSIVE THE SPIKES ON ITS BACK GROW. SNOM IS A SMALL, LARVAL POKÉMON. MOST OF ITS ROUND WHITE BODY IS COVERED BY A TRANSLUCENT SHELL OF ICY SPIKES. ITS EXPOSED HEAD FEATURES TWO BLACK EYES AND ROUND MOUTHPARTS. FOUR SHORT LEGS ARE LOCATED UNDERNEATH ITS BODY. SNOM ANCHORS ITSELF TO BRANCHES WITH FRIGID THREAD IT EXTRUDES FROM ITS MOUTH TO DISGUISE ITSELF AS AN ICICLE WHILE SLEEPING. SNOM CONSUMES SNOW THAT HAS PILED UP ON THE GROUND. THE MORE SNOW IT CONSUMES, THE LARGER AND MORE IMPRESSIVE THE SPIKES ON ITS BACK GROW. AS SHOWN IN POKÉMON CAMP, SNOM ARE KNOWN TO BE VORACIOUS EATERS, ONLY BEING SATISFIED WITH HEAPING AMOUNTS OF FOOD. STAT RANGE AT LV. 50 AT LV. 100 HP:30 90 - 137 170 - 264 ATTACK:25 27 - 84 49 - 163 DEFENSE:35 36 - 95 67 - 185 SP. ATK:45 45 - 106 85 - 207 SP. DEF:30 31 - 90 58 - 174 SPEED:20 22 - 79 40 - 152 TOTAL:185 OTHER POKÉMON WITH THIS TOTAL MINIMUM STATS ARE CALCULATED WITH 0 EVS, IVS OF 0, AND (IF APPLICABLE) A HINDERING NATURE. MAXIMUM STATS ARE CALCULATED WITH 252 EVS, IVS OF 31, AND (IF APPLICABLE) A HELPFUL NATURE. ORGIN SNOM MAY BE BASED ON A JEWEL CATERPILLAR. IT MAY ALSO DRAW SOME INSPIRATION FROM THE LARVAE OF THE GYNAEPHORA GENUS OF ALPINE OR ARCTIC MOTHS. ONE PARTICULAR SPECIES, THE ARCTIC WOOLLY BEAR MOTH, CAN ENTER A DORMANT STATE THAT ALLOWS IT TO ENDURE TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS −94 °F (−70 °C). SNOM'S VORACIOUS APPETITE IN POKÉMON CAMP IS LIKELY A REFERENCE TO SATURNIIDAE BIOLOGY, IN WHICH THE CATERPILLARS EAT A LARGE STOCKPILE OF FOOD DUE TO LOSING THE ABILITY TO EAT UPON BECOMING MOTHS. NAME ORIGIN SNOM MAY BE A COMBINATION OF SNOW, WORM, AND NOM (SLANG FOR EATING). YUKIHAMI MAY BE A COMBINATION OF 雪 YUKI (SNOW) AND 食み HAMI (EATING). SNOM SHARES ITS CATEGORY WITH CATERPIE AND WURMPLE. THEY ARE KNOWN AS THE WORM POKÉMON. NO OTHER POKÉMON HAVE THE SAME TYPE COMBINATION AS SNOM AND ITS EVOLVED FORM. SNOM: HAS THE LOWEST BASE STAT TOTAL OF ALL ICE-TYPE POKÉMON. HAS THE LOWEST BASE SPEED STAT OF ALL ICE-TYPE POKÉMON. IS TIED WITH SWINUB FOR THE LOWEST BASE SPECIAL DEFENSE STAT OF ALL ICE-TYPE POKÉMON. IS THE ONLY ICE TYPE THAT CANNOT LEARN ICE BEAM NOR BLIZZARD. IS THE ONLY POKÉMON WITH A BASE STAT TOTAL OF 185.