Welcome to the first issue of the Pawsrent online newsletter: Pokemon Origins! This issue will be focused around the Pokemon Corsola.
Corsola is based on the coral variety Precious Coral, or more commonly known as Red Coral. It is found commonly in Japan, which may be why they decided to turn it into a Pokemon.
Coral is actually not one chunk of rock as the games suggest, but actually compacted colonies of microorganisms formed into odd shapes. But when the colonies die, their skeletons merge together to form a hard, tough exterior, but it’s still not a solid rock.
In the second generation game Pokemon Silver (and it’s remake), it’s Pokedex entry states that “In a south sea nation, the people live in communities that are built on groups of these Pokémon.” Later, in the third generation games Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald versions, a man states that Pacifidlog Town is built on a colony of Corsola. 
It’s Gold and HeartGold Pokedex entry states that the tip of its head is valuable, and indeed, in real life, Red Coral is quite valuable. It is used for jewelery, and can be turned into fine works of art.
In Ancient Greece, they believed that Red Coral was made when Perseus set Medusa’s head down while he washed his hands after having petrified the sea monster Cetus while rescuing Andromeda. When Perseus was picking up Medusa’s head, he noticed that her blood had turned the water grasses (sometimes seaweed, sometimes reeds) hard and red. In fact, coral’s Greek name was actually Gorgeia, named after Gorgon, which was named after Medusa’s supposed species.
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