Editing Burrowing Snagret

{{Infobox enemy
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|pikmin2=y
|image=Burrowing_Snagret(PikminNPC).jpg
|size=300px
|name=Shiropedes anacondii
|family=Snavian
|areas=[[The Forest of Hope]], [[Valley of Repose]], [[Awakening Wood]]
|underground=[[White Flower Garden]], [[Snagret Hole]], [[Hole of Heroes]]
|challenge= [[The Final Trial]] 
|attacks=Eats Pikmin
|weight1=N/A
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|max_pikmin=10
|seeds=15 seeds
|value=10
|vitality1=2800
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The '''Burrowing Snagret''' is an enemy in the [[Pikmin games]], and the [[:category:bosses|boss]] of [[White Flower Garden]] in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''. It has a blue scaly body, and a head, which is colored white. It appears to be a combination of a bird and a snake, (It is not known what kind of species of bird and snake its body parts belonged to.) and a member of the Snavian family (Snavian being a combination of the words ''snake'' and ''avian'', avian meaning "bird-related"). They remain underground for the majority of the time, surfacing only when approached by [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] or a [[Captain]]. Every few times it emerges, the beast gets stuck with only its head above ground for a while, giving a captain an opportunity to attack without fear of losing any Pikmin. When above ground, it attempts to eat Pikmin one by one gathering them in its mouth. The only way to save your Pikmin is to kill the snagret before they are swallowed. Once the snagret is sufficiently damaged, it burrows back underground.

When killed in ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]'', Burrowing Snagrets explode into many [[pellet]]s; in ''Pikmin 2'', a dead Burrowing Snagret leaves behind its head to be returned to an [[Onion]] or the [[Research Pod]].

Sometimes this creature and the [[Pileated Snagret]] may [[Snagret glitches|remain alive with what appears to be little or no health]].

==Locations==
Their only locations in the first game are [[The Forest of Hope]] where 3 appear in the same area, and [[The Final Trial]] on [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 1)|Challenge Mode]]. In ''Pikmin 2'', a Burrowing Snagret is the boss of [[White Flower Garden]], found on [[sublevel]] 5 - this one contains the [[Five-man Napsack]] and many are encountered throughout [[Snagret Hole]]; one is even guarding the entrance in [[Awakening Wood]] where the three in ''Pikmin'' are located. Another is on sublevel 4 of [[Hole of Heroes]], and yet another guards the [[Pink Menace]] in the [[Valley of Repose]]. Burrowing Snagrets are the most common boss-class enemies in ''Pikmin 2'', having eight different in-game occurrences outside of [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]]. Sublevel 5 in the [[Cryptic Cavern]] is the only appearance in [[Challenge Mode]] in ''Pikmin 2''.


==Killing Strategy==
In ''Pikmin'', they are extremely hard to beat without losing Pikmin if thrown at the head, as they have very high health and are larger than in the ''second game''. When trying to defeat it in the ''first game'', the best strategy is to throw Red Pikmin at its head while it's emerging from the ground as fast as you can, then whistling in your Pikmin right before he shakes them off to prevent them being eaten. Another effective, but risky way is to swarm the head in hopes of making the Burrowing Snagret retreat underground. Don't try [[Bomb Rock]]s, as they are Bomb Rock proof on the inside and out. In [[Pikmin 2]], defeating one is an easier task because of its lower health; even so, it remains a good idea to use [[Purple Pikmin]].

[[Image:Burrowing-snagret-zoom.jpg‎|thumb|220px|Olimar, leading an attack on a Burrowing Snagret.]]


It is easy to take advantage of the fact that sometimes, the beast will not fully emerge, getting stuck for some time. It is best to attack the Snagret then, and Olimar should kill it without losing any Pikmin. With quick, accurate throwing, however, this is not necessary to secure the battle. Throw many Pikmin at its head as soon as possible and the Snagret should die before managing to swallow any of the Pikmin that it may have snatched up from the ground.

Another way (for [[Pikmin_(game)|Pikmin]] at least). When it starting to apear from ground walk with all Pikmin right to that place and dismiss them (with C button). Many Pikmin will hang on head, other will be in the middle of body, so they cannot be eaten. When using many Pikmin in stack (more than about 40) some of them will not attack and stay as they are not close enough, quickly whistle and run away with them to safe distance. Repeat about 4 times to kill the Burrowing Snagrets, pretty fast, as there are three of them.

It is not possible to defeat the Burrowing Snagret with [[captain]]s alone.

==In ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''==
[[File:Burrowing_Snagret_Trophy.jpg|thumb|left|100px|The Burrowing Snagret's Brawl trophy.]]

*A Burrowing Snagret is seen as a trophy in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. Its description is as follows:

''A member of the snavian family with a birdlike head and a snakelike neck and body. An underground dweller, the snagret makes sudden strikes aboveground to capture surface-dwelling prey. It uses its beak to scoop up daily nutrition and can snatch up three Pikmin at once--a relatively small amount made deadly by its strike speed. No one has ever seen its tail.''

==Trivia==
[[File:Burrowing snarrow.png|thumb|206px|The beta Snagret.]]
*The Burrowing Snagret can be seen in a pre-release [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x245evHAhQ beta video] of ''Pikmin'', where it appears to have a light or white body.
*The ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl|Brawl]]'' trophy states that no one has ever seen a Burrowing Snagret's tail before. However, Olimar states in the Piklopedia that the Burrowing Snagret and Snarrow can both be distinguished by the markings on their tails, implying that Olimar has seen it full body, or at least its tail.
*The Burrowing Snagret is the most commonly fought boss in both games, as it can be fought 3 times in the first game, and 11 times in the second game.
*In-game sources disagree on whether the creature's body is lined with feathers or scales: the Enemy Reel states they are feathers, while [[Olimar's Voyage Log]] call them scales. [[Louie's Notes]] refer to the creature's 'serpentine torso', also implying they are scales.
*The name of the Snagret seems to be a combination of the words "snake" or "snag,", which means "to catch," and "egret," a kind of bird resembling the Snagret.
*The Burrowing Snagret is very similar to the mythical creature, the Cockatrice, which is a creature with the head of a chicken and the body of a snake.

===Burrowing Snarrow===
In the in-game [[Piklopedia]], the information provided speaks of a creature called the '''[[Burrowing Snarrow]]''', this creature having never been seen in any game. The Burrowing Snarrow is also mentioned in the [[Pikmin (game)|first game]]'s ''[[Enemy reel|enemy reel]]''

==Gallery==
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Image:71burrowingsnagret.png|A Burrowing Snagret above ground
Burrowingsnagret.jpg|Concept art of a Burrowing Snagret.
File:Burrowing_Snagret.png|The Burrowing Snagret as seen at the end of the first pikmin game in the enemy reel.
Snagret.png
</gallery>

{{Enemies}}
[[Category:Bosses]]
[[Category:Snavians]]
[[Category:Snagret Hole]]
[[Category:The Forest of Hope]]
[[Category:The Final Trial]]
[[Category:Valley of Repose]]
[[Category:White Flower Garden]]
[[Category:Hole of Heroes]]
[[Category:Awakening Wood]]