How does the Safari Zone even work?

The Safari Zone in Gen 1 has 3 options when in a battle: throwing a Safari Ball, throwing bait or throwing a rock. That's a lot of throwing but... what do those even do?! R/B/Y Safari Zone Mechanics on The Cave of Dragonflies: https://www.dragonflycave.com/mechanics/gen-i-safari-zone ------------------------------ The Safari Zone Trilogy: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6PeVETu1eqJVof9G1YgMXJ42wmG3KalR More Pokémon knowledge playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6PeVETu1eqKjTgTK5DIXFMSziNencstF ------------------------------ Music list: https://lyra-made-a.website/music_list/poke_safari_1 Chapters: 0:00 The Safari Zone concept 1:05 Basic overview 3:19 Bait, rock and states 4:40 A Safari Zone turn 8:02 The best strategy 9:52 Yellow changes 11:55 Issues with the Safari Zone