The death cocoon is very similar to the one they go into to evolve...

Gigazubyte ID:015441 2007/01/24 07:48:40	Reply Edit post Homepage
but it's tinged gray. Most likely you just saw a normal death sequence and confused it for an evolution. Easy mistake to make if you've never seen a chao die before.

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