| Sandbelching Meerslug | |
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| 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.
After removing half of its HP, the holes it creates have walls, meaning the Pikmin can no longer escape.
It is possible to immobilise the enemy by overwhelming it with Pikmin. This causes it to shoot out of the ground and lie on the floor for short while, leaving it more vulnerable to attacks.
Upon defeat, it expels another cellphone, though more modern than the one dropped by the Armored Mawdad, and a relatively small watermelon, which bursts into smaller pieces after being expelled.
Gallery
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
The Sandbelching Meerslug seen from a different angle.
- FerretPhone.jpg
The phone the Meerslug drops being analysed by Drake. Notice the ferret wallpaper.
Trivia
- The design and behaviour might be a reference to several sci-fi monsters. For example: when forming a hole with its open mouth at the bottom, it resembles the Sarlacc Pit from Return of the Jedi. The overall idea of a wormlike creature living inside sand might also be inspired by Dune's Sandworms.
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