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SOME NOSEPASS SPEND A LONG TIME GATHERING MAGNETIC FILINGS AS PART OF EVOLUTION, AND OTHERS LIVE IN AREAS OR FIND PLACES WHERE EROSION AND WIND BRING MICROSCOPIC AMOUNTS OF METAL CLOSER TO THEM. BECAUSE WILD NOSEPASS IN THESE AREAS ARE VERY SEDENTARY, THEY ATTRACT BIRD POKEMON WHO ARE DRAWN TOWARDS ITS POWERFUL MAGNET AND ARE NOT STARTLED BY MOVEMENT OTHER MORE LIVELY POKEMON MIGHT MAKE. THEY NEST IN ITS FILINGS, ADDING TO THE PILE OVER TIME WITH THE MATERIAL THEIR SPECIES USE IN NEST-BUILDING, AND HELP PROTECT NOSEKEEP FROM ITS FEW PREDATORS AS IT DOES FOR THEM. THE BIRDLIKE MINI-NOSES THAT NOSEKEEP DEVELOPS WHEN IT EVOLVES MONITOR AND TIDY THE NEST TO MAKE IT MORE APPEALING TO BIRD POKEMON.

IT IS NOT KNOWN EXACTLY AT WHAT POINT A NOSEPASS COMPLETES ITS EVOLUTION INTO NOSEKEEP, BUT ONE OF TWO METRICS IS USUALLY CONSIDERED THE THRESHOLD: EITHER THE NESTING OF A BIRD POKEMON IN THE FILINGS, OR THE BREAKING AWAY OF THE MINI-NOSES FROM THE ROCK BODY. THE SHAPE OF A NOSEKEEP VARIES WIDELY BY REGION AND BY THE SPECIES OF BIRD POKEMON IT ATTRACTS AND THE MODIFICATIONS THEY MAKE. IT USES BIRD DROPPINGS AS A SORT OF GLUE TO BIND ADDITIONAL ROCK OR OTHER MATERIAL TO ITS BODY OR REFORM ELEMENTS THAT HAVE BROKEN OFF, AND OVER TIME THE MINI-NOSES WILL RESHAPE THE BODY INTO SOMETHING NEW. SOME NOSEKEEP HAVE ALMOST CHECKERED APPEARANCES DUE TO SQUARE HOLES THROUGH WHICH BIRD POKEMON CAN PASS; OTHERS RESEMBLE OLD BUILDINGS WITH RAFTERS BIRD POKEMON ARE KNOWN TO ROOST IN; OTHERS STILL, IN THE FAR NORTH, SIMPLY GATHER MASSIVE NESTS AND SAND BROKEN PIECES OF THEIR OWN BODY DOWN INTO PEBBLES TO APPEAL TO PIPLUP, PRINPLUP, OR EISCUE.

THE SYMBIOSIS WITH BIRD POKEMON DEFINES AND SUSTAINS NOSEKEEP, AND SO MANY ECOLOGICAL GROUPS ATTEMPT TO DISSUADE TRAINERS FROM CAPTURING THEM. IF A TRAINER DOES CAPTURE A NOSEKEEP, THEY ARE ADVISED TO KEEP IT OUTSIDE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND TO CATCH OR BEFRIEND AT LEAST ONE BIRD POKEMON WHO CAN NEST IN AND HELP TEND TO NOSEKEEP. NOSEKEEP ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ATTACK IN SELF-DEFENSE, EITHER BY USING THEIR MINI-NOSES TO DIVE-BOMB FOES OR GATHERING ENERGY WITHIN THEIR NESTS AND EMITTING BEAMS AND RAYS WHEN THEY CAN NO LONGER CONTAIN THE FORCE. THEY CAN HOVER AND EVEN FLY, THOUGH THE STATE OF THEIR BODY AND THE NEST MAY MAKE DOING SO DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE, AND A NOSEKEEP WILL DISRUPT OR TRANSFER ITS NEST ONLY IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. THEY MAKE RELATIVELY POOR POKEMON FOR BATTLING, AT LEAST IN LEAGUE-SANCTIONED MATCHES, DUE TO THEIR STATIONARY LIFESTYLE AND DELICATE NESTS, BUT IF WORKING IN TANDEM WITH THEIR BIRD POKEMON TENANTS A NOSEKEEP CAN PUT UP CONSIDERABLE OFFENSE AND DEFENSE.