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"Medusal" refers to {{w|Jellyfish#Terminology|medusa}}, a form of jellyfish in which its body looks like an upside-down plastic bag. The meaning of "Slurker" is unknown. Its Japanese name is {{j|トロロタラシ|Tororo Tarashi}}. Internally, it is called <code>jelly</code>, short for jellyfish.
"Medusal" refers to {{w|Jellyfish#Terminology|medusa}}, a form of jellyfish in which its body looks like an upside-down plastic bag. The meaning of "Slurker" is unknown. Its Japanese name is {{j|トロロタラシ|Tororo Tarashi}}. Internally, it is called <code>jelly</code>, short for jellyfish.
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|Jap  = トロロタラシ
|JapR  = Tororo Tarashi
|SpaA  = Viscomedusia
|SpaAM = Portmanteau of "viscoso" (viscous) and "medusa" (jellyfish)
|Fra  = Mégluse
|FraM  = Portmanteau of ''méduse'' (jellyfish) and ''glu'' (glue)
|Ita  = Medusa Vorace
|ItaM  = Ravenous Jellyfish
}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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* The Medusal Slurker inside the cave where Rock Pikmin are found is the only non-boss enemy to trigger the [[Music in Pikmin 3#Medusal Slurker encounter|boss intro musical cue]]. However, it triggers a milder version, the same heard when Pikmin first suffer from [[hazard]]s.
* The Medusal Slurker inside the cave where Rock Pikmin are found is the only non-boss enemy to trigger the [[Music in Pikmin 3#Medusal Slurker encounter|boss intro musical cue]]. However, it triggers a milder version, the same heard when Pikmin first suffer from [[hazard]]s.
* Medusal Slurkers do not spawn with objects or Pikmin inside. Those that have them spawn alongside the items and absorb them once the day starts. This can be seen if one goes to a Slurker using the [[KopPad]]'s [[radar]] and checks the TV screen as soon as the day starts, as well as during the intro to [[Silver Lake Remix]].
* Medusal Slurkers do not spawn with objects or Pikmin inside. Those that have them spawn alongside the items and absorb them once the day starts. This can be seen if one goes to a Slurker using the [[KopPad]]'s [[radar]] and checks the TV screen as soon as the day starts, as well as during the intro to [[Silver Lake Remix]].
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|SpaA=Viscomedusia
|SpaAM=Portmanteau of "viscoso" (viscous) and "medusa" (jellyfish)
|Fra=Mégluse
|FraM=Portmanteau of ''méduse'' (jellyfish) and ''glu'' (glue)
|Ita=Medusa Vorace
|ItaM= Ravenous Jellyfish
}}


==See also==
==See also==