Sandbelching Meerslug

Sandbelching Meerslug
Appears in	Pikmin 3
Scientific name	Unknown
Family	Unknown
Areas	Tropical Wilds
Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages	None
Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages	None
Side Story days	None
Bingo Battle stages	None
Attacks	Shoots rocks Eats Pikmin

The Sandbelching Meerslug is a boss in Pikmin 3 and the third major boss encountered in Story Mode. It has a light brown, amphibian-like body resembling that of a lamprey eel, with very small eyes, thick purple lips and two rows of large, sharp teeth. Further down its body, it gets wider and harbors spike-like protrusions.

Strategy

Upon attempting to dig out the cell phone in the middle of the arena, the boss appears from beneath the sand to attack the captains and the Pikmin. It tunnels beneath the side, causing waves of sand to ungulate across the surface which signifies its location. It will try to consume Pikmin by creating a vortex that sucks in Pikmin. When it emerges from the ground, it attacks by spitting large clumps of wet sand to attack its prey, hence its name. If Pikmin are hit by the clumps of sand, they will be buried back in the ground. After a good portion of its health has been depleted, it will behave very much like a real-life Ant Lion, creating a pit that's used to trap nearby Pikmin with its mouth at the very center of the pit.

Upon defeat, it expels another cellphone, very similar to the Armored Mawdad, and a relatively small watermelon, which bursts into smaller pieces after being expelled.

File:Pikmin 3 Boss Sandbelching Meerslug

Gallery

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  The Sandbelching Meerslug being scanned while shooting rocks.

• Dead SandBelching Meerslug.jpg

  A deceased Sandbelching Meerslug.

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  The spoils of defeating the Sandbelching Meerslug: Whole watermelon pieces and a cellphone

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  The Sandbelching Meerslug seen from a different angle.

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