A fact from Ladak pika appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 January 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Ladak pika(pictured) is thought to survive the winters of the Himalayan Plateau by eating roots?
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Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
The usual spelling of the region is Ladakh. I am curious why there is no link to Ladakh in this article. μηδείς (talk) 03:32, 19 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 11 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion
I wonder if there is any relation to the Pokémon series star Pikachu? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.146.144.86 (talk) 06:33, 19 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
Not according to our article Pikachu, but the connection seems obvious, and there's no reason to take the designer's word for it, although that may be all the published comment you get. μηδείς (talk) 06:37, 19 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
There are also a number of different Pika species in that region, so while this one may not be the specific species that Pikachu was based on, it would seem likely that it was based on one of them. Miyagawa (talk) 09:35, 19 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
