tmaier Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 That thought just popped into my head, and I can't get it out. Some of the poky-mons even look like fossils... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrice11 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) I sure think so! All of my friends are into Pokemon GO, but all I'm into is finding fossils.. gotta find em all! There are even some Pokemon with names that are very similar to the names of the animals they resemble! Edited July 27, 2016 by andyrice11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrice11 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) That Pokemon is Omanyte right?? Just like Ammonite EDIT: After reading a list of Pokemon name origins I found another interesting resemblance Anorith and the ancient sea predator Anomalocaris Edited July 27, 2016 by andyrice11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 I guess the way it works, people have to go to specific places(formations) to capture certain critters (species). I painted a mural on a building and it is now one of those formations for capturing poky-mons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) I know a little about fossil collecting but nothing about Pokemon Go. This will remain the status quo. But for those that do - Poky ON. Edited July 27, 2016 by fossilselachian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 not at all, fossils are real "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkinhead Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 There are some similarities, but people tend to run head on into traffic less while fossil hunting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 There are some similarities, but people tend to run head on into traffic less while fossil hunting Yeah, for safety sake, they should rename it to "Pokemon Stop, Look, and Listen... then GO!". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrieder79 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Yeah, except there aren't many pokemon at the bottom of the river. Luck is the most important skill of a fossil diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 Yeah, except there aren't many pokemon at the bottom of the river. Some of the phones are water proof, so there might be some under water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 pokymon is I guess a kind of treasure hunt, but its not real. Fossils are real and its a real treasure hunt. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I have Pokemon on my phone. Please understand I have a 7 year old.... John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 I have Pokemon on my phone. Please understand I have a 7 year old.... I have a 20 year old, same problem. He was into it when he was very young, but when this "GO" game started up he got a renewed interest. He really honed his memory skills by doing that game when he was young. He used to quiz me on pokemon facts, and i seldom passed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Now if only there could be an app that works like the game by recognizing fossils..... Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarleysGh0st Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Now if only there could be an app that works like the game by recognizing fossils..... And help us find them in public spaces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Non-educational collection fetishism. I wish it were set to find those in poverty to alleviate their misery. (Obviously not a fan ) ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anchiornis Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I guess, though fossil collecting is even better since you're actually finding remains of animals that lived millions of years ago. Though I'm not that into GO (it's fun, but pretty much stereotypes all us Pokémon fans as crazy, game-addicted, too-dumb-to-live lemmings), I am a big fan of the console Pokémon games; heck, my profile picture is a Pokémon based of Archaeopteryx! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 And help us find them in public spaces! http://londonpavementgeology.co.uk/ Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 And help us find them in public spaces! What would be cool is an app that would take your present GPS coordinates and give you geology and palentology info of where you are right now. You press the button "Paleo-GO!" and up pops the message "Greeting Time Trekker! You are standing on sands from the Miocene period that were once an ancient dune shoreline. Click here to see a list of Miocene Fauna that wandered this area..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Last time I played video games "galaxian" was all the rage. Pokie's are beyond My date. Tony PS I would get a iphone for that app.!! What would be cool is an app that would take your present GPS coordinates and give you geology and palentology info of where you are right now. You press the button "Paleo-GO!" and up pops the message "Greeting Time Trekker! You are standing on sands from the Miocene period that were once an ancient dune shoreline. Click here to see a list of Miocene Fauna that wandered this area..." Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 To be crusty, I already have enough challenges with millennials who cannot spell, do not read books, have no understanding of the technology they say they are so savvy about, grossly over-entitled, so helpless they cannot make toast, and seem to have far more health problems for their age than my own cohort statistically. I really don't see the "Go" phenomenon helping this beyond some very minor physical activity advantages. Underlying this spectacle is the notion of consumption and collecting fetish that has no educational value. Nature is just not good enough on its own, it seems, and requires some kind of digital "enhancement"? This kind of conspicuous behaviour was already assessed over a century ago by Thorstein Veblen. But, in 6 to 18 months, most people will have forgotten about the "Go" phenomenon after a brief period of knock-offs. /crusty man out ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 To be crusty, I already have enough challenges with millennials who cannot spell, do not read books, have no understanding of the technology they say they are so savvy about, grossly over-entitled, so helpless they cannot make toast, and seem to have far more health problems for their age than my own cohort statistically..... /crusty man out And stay off my lawn, you dern whippersnappers!! Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 And stay off my lawn, you dern whippersnappers!! You bet! And if any of these pokegoers come on my property, they will learn how quickly a 700 dollar iPhone cannot withstand a collision with my patio stone, or an olympic-style hurl from someone who was once bird-dogged as a pitcher! 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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