#022: Fearow

It is often pretended by parents not ready to discuss the "birds and the bees" that Fearow deliver babies, but it is hard to think of a pokemon less suitable for the purpose. Though primarily living off bug and rodent pokemon, Fearow are happy to vary their diet and will eat any meat they can get their hands on, even newly hatched Spearow chicks. Under no circumstances should one be left alone with an infant, for Fearow feed astonishingly quickly, throwing their heads back and swallowing their prey whole in a single, bloodless gulp. Many an empty, abandoned pram bears testament to this danger.

Fearow's grisly habit is mainly due to its distaste for the act of eating, since it must land to feed. At last blessed with wings capable of prolonged flight, Fearow are loathe to touch the ground. It is purely for the joy of flying, rather than any climate-related necessity, that Fearow migrate to distant regions every nine months.