Whale sharks are primarily filter feeders, so if anything, he’s just slurping a layer of nutritious plankton off of the net that has negative value to the human fishers anyway.

They’re actually kinda helping each other out.

It doesn’t have much in common with Pokemon at all, IMO… I wouldn’t even describe the concept as “monster hunting and taming,” really. Both have kids who partner up with monsters that start out cute and endearing and evolve to more powerful forms… Which is a significant part of the premise, but the similarities fall off pretty sharply after that.

When will science finally unlock a spam filter with a sense of humor?