'Pokémon Go' gets David Attenborough treatment and it's just perfect

“Bats, with their fluttering zigzag flight are not easy targets."
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You might think that David Attenborough and Pokémon Go was a marriage in heaven waiting to happen.

Who better than the beloved naturalist to narrate a popular game where people go hunting for exotic creatures in the wild?

Thanks to Lovin' Dublin, the dream is now reality.


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The mash-up features Attenborough describing Charmander as a "top predator" and giving a brilliant understatement on a Spearow - "It is, of course, a bird."

But the best one might be his comment on those irritating Zubat:

“Bats, with their fluttering zigzag flight are not easy targets."

And after it's been caught by the player:

“That is one bat that will not return to the roost tonight."

That makes catching Zubat funnier than it is now.

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