Oviparous Snagret
| Oviparous Snagret | |
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| Family | Snavian |
The Oviparous Snagret is a snavian that uses eggs to attack.
In fanon games
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In Pikmin: Elemental Speciation
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| Scientific name | Shiropedes ovigallus | ||
| Family | Snavian | ||
| Caves | Nebulous Nest, Chambers of Chaos | ||
| Carry weight | 10 | ||
| Max. carriers | 20 | ||
| Seed worth | 25 | ||
| Poko value |  × 15
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| Attacks | Eats Pikmin | ||
The Oviparous Snagret is a type of snagret in Pikmin: Elemental Speciation with a light green body and a tawny feathered head. It has a large red comb on top of its head. Despite the similarity to roosters in real life, this comb does not signify gender; quite the opposite, since all members of the species have combs. It has more health than the Burrowing Snagret, and is also distinctly larger; furthermore, it has all its normal attacks, but can also drive its head into the ground and dig up a cluster of three to five eggs that it then launches towards nearby Pikmin. After reaching half-health, it has a chance to launch five to seven eggs spread around the arena whenever it emerges. These eggs can knock down captains and deflower Pikmin and can burst upon impact, revealing nothing, some nectar, a Burrowing Snaglet, or a swarm of Mitites. In the Challenge Mode hard difficulty refight of this boss, its eggs never yield nectar and can rarely hatch into Cocooning Arachnodes. When defeated, it squawks and emerges from its hole onto the ground, revealing a dark brown foot with small talons, as well as revealing nine to twelve eggs at the place where it emerged. These eggs can contain similar things to those used in the creature's attacks.
This creature's scientific name is based on ovum, the Latin word for egg, and gallus, the scientific name of the chicken. Louie's comments on this creature reference the joke that lots of food tastes like chicken, as this creature is based on a chicken.
Notes
Olimar's notes
- “What was thought initially to simply be another stage in the snagret lifecycle is in fact a separate species. This species of snagret produces many offspring at a time throughout its life, and they all mature very quickly. This leads to other snagrets placing their eggs into the clutches of members of this snagret species. And all this leads to the behavior of this species to utilize its own eggs as a method of attacking enemies, seeing as most of them are not their own eggs in the first place.”
Louie's notes
- “The meat of this great squawker is plentiful and mostly bland, and seems to taste reminiscent of pretty much any other meat else you pair it with, so best to avoid it altogether and use its eggs instead. Each egg you take from one of this creature's clutches is most likely from an entirely different creature. If you crave variety, these eggs are for you!”
Shacho's notes
- “Eggs incubated by this creature seem to hatch much more quickly and the chicks tend to be much healthier. We could domesticate it, or at least learn from it how to replicate its techniques, it could be a great boon for the industry. The only thing I'd worry about is the massive racket it would cause.”