Editing Medusal Slurker

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The '''Medusal Slurker''' is an enemy from ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. It was the first new enemy fightable in the E3 2012 demo. It is a floating, translucent pink jellyfish-like enemy with two small serpentine eyes and a single antenna sprouting from its top that resembles a seeding dandelion. It has a green pouch inside its head to store food. This pouch has an uvula-like appendage hanging from it, which it extends to the ground and expands to trap Pikmin and leaders. It is first fought in the [[Garden of Hope]], and defeating it will free the [[Rock Pikmin]] it had in its body, allowing the player to use them.

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==Battle Strategy==

[[File:Pikmin3~MedusalSlurkerAttack.png|thumb|The Medusal Slurker using its uvula-like appendage to ensnare pikmin.]]

The Medusal Slurker seems to be generally passive, usually minding its own business and floating gently above the ground, occasionally moving. When a [[captain]] or Pikmin approach, it will simply float away. However, if the Pikmin or captain still continue to pursue, the Slurker will hover over where they are standing and drop its uvula-like appendage (possibly its stomach) onto the ground, which expands to capture any Pikmin in its mucus-like structure. It will then suck them back into its transparent body and keep them for the rest of the day. However, unlike the [[Jellyfloat]]s, it does not digest captured Pikmin. It can also shake off Pikmin when agitated by their attacks. 

To defeat this creature, Pikmin must simply be thrown at its gelatinous body and quickly called back. If they aren't called back, they will be shaken off and be left vulnerable to attack by the creature's uvula. Sometimes the Slurker will make a quick movement away from the Captains, forcing all Pikmin off of it's body as well. This is less predictable, so caution should be taken. Once defeated, the green core inside the creature will explode and its pink membrane will fly up into the air and after a few seconds, fall back to the ground, where it can be harvested. The creature can be defeated very quickly by approaching it with about 15 Rock Pikmin, as one will die after 10 hits from a Rock. Though floating, it may also be killed by a[[ Bomb Rock]] .

File:6e923371.jpg|The Slurker being scanned by the player. Note that this is the beta version of the scanning feature.

Miiverse img04.jpg|A Medusal Slurker after grabbing a group of Red and Rock Pikmin in the [[Garden of Hope]].

MedusalSlurkerGPadView.jpg|Snapping a picture of a Medusal Slurker with the Gamepad.

ZlCfzREdvA8XC6E Hc.jpg|A Medusal Slurker attacking with its "tongue."

ZlCfzREdunYfxXchbg.jpg|A Medusal Slurker floating around.

Medusal Slurker with juicy gaggle.jpg|A Medusal Slurker containing a juicy gaggle

* The Medusal Slurker is the first gelatinous enemy in the Pikmin series whose body doesn't completely dissolve after death, making it salvagable. 

* In the E3 2012 demo of ''Pikmin 3'', Medusal Slurkers required 7 Pikmin to carry, where as in the final game, the corpse only takes 6.

*Though the Medusal Slurker was one of the most advertised new enemies, it appears only twice in the Story, one of which does not respawn.

 

 

 

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