Although parents have long explained to their curious children that the nightly journeys of the Fomantis were taken to hide them from predators, science has long since abandoned this theory. Certainly, given the large number of diurnal herbivores in Alola (and, to be fair, everywhere else on earth), the nocturnal Fomantis can ill afford to sleep without a good hiding spot that preserves their access to sunlight. But the very fact that a Fomantis managed to wake up the next evening is nothing if not proof that their "hiding place" was sufficient for the night before. And despite the old tales of Fomantis competing with Mudbray in a staggered day-and-night race across Alola's plains, Fomantis are in truth as likely to wander into danger when they travel at night as they are to wander out of it.

In truth, Fomantis wander not for safety, but for the same reason their trainers do; a deep and abiding love of adventure. It is not only humans who wish to travel the world and see the unknown, and although these pokemon are so short they struggle to see over tall grass, this fact only intensifies their curiosity at whatever lies beyond their low horizons. In truth, Fomantis discover not one hiding spot, but several – so that whenever the Sun begins to rise, or the land gives way to ocean, they can retrace their steps and have somewhere to collapse for the night.

Fomantis are proud pokemon, yet they are remarkably easy for even beginners to capture, if not necessarily to raise. Not because they particularly enjoy battling, but because the life of a trained pokemon is spent traveling around Alola, and sleeping not in one of many painstakingly sought out hiding places, but in a snug and nigh-impenetrable pokeball.