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Red/Blue Leaf Green Its sleek shape is perfect for swimming. It slashes prey with its claws and drains the body fluids.

Yellow A slim and fast swimmer. It slices its prey with its sharp sickles and drains the body fluids.

Fire Red It swims freely through water. It catches prey with its scythe-like arms and drains the victim's fluids.

Gold In the water, it tucks in its limbs to become more compact, then it wiggles its shell to swim fast.

Silver With sharp claws, this ferocious, ancient Pokémon rips apart prey and sucks their body fluids.

Crystal It was able to swim quickly through the water by compactly folding up its razor-sharp sickles.

Ruby/Sapphire Kabutops swam underwater to hunt for its prey in ancient times. The Pokémon was apparently evolving from being a water-dweller to living on land as evident from the beginnings of change in its gills and legs.

Emerald Kabutops once swam underwater to hunt for prey. It was apparently evolving from being a water dweller to living on land as evident from changed in its gills and legs.