Hakuryuu - Pinsir

Pinsir

Pinsir (カイロス, Kairosu?, Kailios), known as the Stag Beetle Pokémon, has a brown body with a large pair of white horns that are dotted with small spikes. Pinsir has short legs with three toes each and skinny, three-clawed arms. Its mouth has long, flat teeth that are arranged vertically rather than horizontally. Pinsir is cold-blooded. Pinsir's horns have enough crushing power to shatter thick logs and allow it to lift things twice its own weight.

Pinsir's movements are more sluggish when exposed to cold weather, so they hide in burrows, treetops or tree roots during chilly nights. Pinsir are known to dig holes with their horns to sleep in. Pinsir are mostly found in jungle-like areas, but have also been imported into Kanto's Safari Zone and the National Park of Johto during bug-contests. Sinnoh also offers a good habitat for them. Pinsir eats prey, gripping it with its pincers until the prey is torn in half. If it fails to crush the victim in its pincers, it will swing it around and toss it hard.

Pinsir is a rare Pokémon found in every main series game except for Red, FireRed, and Diamond, being a version exclusive. In Pokémon Stadium 2, Pinsir stars in its own minigame, alongside Scyther called "Clear Cut Challenge". Players must cut a tree trunk where a white line appears, getting more points for accuracy. In the anime, Pinsir first appeared in Challenge of the Samurai, in which a samurai used it to battle against Ash. In A Sappy Ending, Pinsir were being driven into a forest that was Heracross territory because Team Rocket was stealing the sap from the trees that were in their territory. Pinsir also has many minor appearances, such as in Mewtwo Strikes Back, being used to battle Ash's Pikachu.

GamesRadar listed Pinsir on their list of "The most disturbing Pokemon of all time", citing the violent way it deals with its prey.