An exchange of perspective with Sean Yap, a PHD student , teacher, field researcher , insect & passionate Pokemon enthusiast.

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Sean is a self-proclaimed Pokemon enthusiast: who in the Pokemon World imagines himself to be an early route Generation 1 Bug-catcher ♂ , leading the fight with a level 2 Caterpie, while having a level 100 Heracross in the backline.

The narrative through Pokemon, and his current work as a PHD student ( studing reproductive evolution in Southeast Asian Dung Beetles ) & field researcher are fascinating, and rather logical, considering the franchise's own history and creator, Satoshi Tajiri, citing bug collecting as a root source of inspiration for the series..

Sean is kinda living the dream right now: he (sort of) gets paid to collect his own poop to attract beetles, with the end goal of examining their horniness and the size of their balls.

Peppered between the talk about poop, he sheds light on his own perspective and thoughts on ecology and the vastness of the insect biodiversity in the world.