What's that on Primarina?

Question

https://img.pokemondb.net/artwork/primarina.jpg
The thing on the back of Primarina's head: is that hair or what? And if that is hair, why is Primarina 87.5% male, 12.5% female? Include sources!

Comments

I think the reason why it's 87.5% male is that Gamefreak wanted breeding to be more difficult since the offsprings are the same evolution line as the female one. I'm not too sure.

Answer 1

Yes, that is hair. Primarina is supposed to resemble a "cross between a sea lion and a mermaid." Mermaids are typically feminine and have long hair, so it would make sense for its design to include this attribute. If you're still not convinced, Bulbapedia says it themselves: "long light blue hair trailing off the back of its head."

The reasoning for the gender ratio is quite simple: every single starter Pokemon has a gender ratio of 87.5% male to 12.5% female. The reasoning behind this, however, is unknown. Most people theorize that GameFreak does this to give starters a higher degree of rarity compared to normal Pokemon, as you will need a Ditto to obtain more instead of just being able to do this with any old compatible Pokemon.

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Comments

Just took down a long comment chain that became petty and toxic. Calm down please, especially @DahrylJ.
Any problems, direct them to http://pokemondb.net/pokebase/meta/16349/ thanks.

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@ƒιzz DID YOU JUST FLAG ME!????

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Fizz is a moderator, so he wouldn't flag since he already has the power to hide posts himself. Also calm down please.

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@DahrylJ: as mentioned above, I have no need to flag your post when I could hide it instead, as I have done already. Again, if you have any problems with my moderating, direct them to the thread I linked above and do not continue to derail threads with your angry replies. In fact, I will make this a formal warning: cut out this behaviour or I may consider blocking your account.
I will respond to no further comments on this thread concerning this.