Humans and pokemon are both unique, and even pokemon which seem identical to one another have no difficulty telling one another apart by appearance, voice, or scent. Yet it is only the Spinda who look so different from one another that a single look is enough to tell them apart with a rate of error under one in a billion. This ability developed as a means of confusing predators, who would be unable to realize that the Spinda were all the same nutritious and tasty species and not merely a variety of pokemon of the same shape, yet has proven just as useful for trainers and the Spinda themselves.
One would think that, given the low population of Spinda worldwide, this would mean that they are never mistaken for one another, and history offers no records of this being true among the living. But Spinda, like men, have their heroes, have their villains, and have their history, and every now and then a Spinda is born which looks identical to those of the distant past. The Spinda believe it to be proof of reincarnation, although many scientists believe it nothing more than an expression of the large but ultimately finite number of ways of arranging cream and red on a Spinda's coat.
Although Spinda who have done great deeds in the past are anointed as heroes, and those who have done ones viewed today with controversy can still gain their followers, many Spinda are reviled for cruelties committed by those who wore the same coat of fur, even if it was thousands of years ago. Typically, they flee to the outskirts of Fallarbor in Hoenn, where falling volcanic ash can obscure enough of their fur to let them look unique and live their own lives, untainted by their identical-colored forebears.
