Hairy Bulborb

Hairy Bulborb
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Appears in	Pikmin 2
Scientific name	Oculus kageyamii folliculus
Family	Grub-dog
Areas	None
Caves	Subterranean Complex, Frontier Cavern, Hole of Heroes, Dream Den
Challenge Mode stages	Collector's Room, Cave of Pain, Emperor's Realm
2-Player Battle stages	None
Attacks	Eats Pikmin

Hairy Bulborbs are enemies in Pikmin 2. They are similar in appearance to Red Bulborbs, but have white backs with a lot of fluffy, white fur. Once this creature's health has been lowered to half, its hair falls off, revealing its blue spots, making it more closely resemble its Breadbug mimic, though larger in size. Hairy Bulborbs are similar in most respects to other mature Bulborbs, but tend to live in colder environments. They have less health and are slightly more aggressive than the Red Bulborb, but can be defeated using similar techniques.

Notes

Olimar's notes

“This subspecies of grub-dog has a thick coat of soft white fur that obscures its abdominal markings. The fur also warms its vital organs, making this species well adapted to colder climates. However, its hair follicles are surprisingly frail, which can result in immediate hair loss if the creature is surprised.”

Louie's notes

“Remove all of the bulborb's hair, wrap the beast in foil along with a halved lemon, and place it directly on the grill. The foil should protect the carcass from scorching, and the lemon will give the meat an elegant hint of citrus.”

Strategy

Pikmin

The Hairy Bulborb should be attacked while sleeping and approached carefully to delay it waking up as late as possible. If accidentally awakened, it can be made to fall back asleep by leaving it alone for a while. As with other mature Bulborbs, this creature's attacks are biting and shaking, biting the more harmful.

As with most fights, Purple Pikmin are the most effective, and cause serious damage when thrown; the impact should stun the Bulborb, and it can be taken out quickly. Without purples, defeating one is trickier; rather than swarming it, try continuously tossing Pikmin, preferable reds, onto its back. If necessary, using an Ultra-bitter spray to petrify the beast and swarming it with a fairly large army makes for an easy battle.

Captains

Like all Bulborbs, the Hairy Bulborb can be killed by a Captain, but it will take a while. One must be careful to dodge the creature's bite and, to a lesser extent, keep away when it shakes, as this damages captains as well.

Gallery

Love-Love Stick

Kirby with the power!
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Louie and some Pikmin next to a Hairy Bulborb.
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Louie, and some Purple Pikmin, running from a Hairy Bulborb.
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Concept art of the Hairy Bulborb.

Enemies
Pikmin	Armored Cannon Beetle • Beady Long Legs • Breadbug • Burrowing Snagret • Dwarf Bulbear • Dwarf Bulborb • Emperor Bulblax • Female Sheargrub • Fiery Blowhog • Goolix • Honeywisp • Iridescent Flint Beetle • Male Sheargrub • Mamuta • Pearly Clamclamp • Pellet Posy • Puffstool • Puffy Blowhog • Shearwig • Smoky Progg • Spotty Bulbear • Spotty Bulborb • Swooping Snitchbug • Water Dumple • Wolpole • Wollyhop • Yellow Wollyhop
Pikmin 2	Anode Beetle • Anode Dweevil • Antenna Beetle • Armored Cannon Beetle Larva • Beady Long Legs • Breadbug • Bulbmin • Bulborb Larva • Bumbling Snitchbug • Burrowing Snagret • Careening Dirigibug • Cloaking Burrow-nit • Creeping Chrysanthemum • Decorated Cannon Beetle • Doodlebug • Dwarf Bulbear • Dwarf Orange Bulborb • Dwarf Red Bulborb • Emperor Bulblax • Empress Bulblax • Female Sheargrub • Fiery Blowhog • Fiery Bulblax • Fiery Dweevil • Gatling Groink • Giant Breadbug • Greater Spotted Jellyfloat • Hairy Bulborb • Hermit Crawmad • Honeywisp • Hydro Dweevil • Iridescent Flint Beetle • Iridescent Glint Beetle • Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat • Male Sheargrub • Mamuta • Man-at-Legs • Mitite • Munge Dweevil • Orange Bulborb • Pellet Posy • Pileated Snagret • Puffy Blowhog • Raging Long Legs • Ranging Bloyster • Ravenous Whiskerpillar • Red Bulborb • Segmented Crawbster • Shearwig • Skitter Leaf • Snow Bulborb • Spotty Bulbear • Swooping Snitchbug • Titan Dweevil • Toady Bloyster • Ujadani • Unmarked Spectralids • Volatile Dweevil • Water Dumple • Waterwraith • Watery Blowhog • Withering Blowhog • Wolpole • Wollyhop • Yellow Wollyhop
Pikmin 3	Arachnode • Arctic Cannon Larva • Armored Cannon Larva • Armored Mawdad • Baldy Long Legs • Bearded Amprat • Bug-Eyed Crawmad • Bulborb • Burrowing Snagret • Calcified Crushblat • Desiccated Skitter Leaf • Dwarf Bulbear • Dwarf Bulborb • Dwarf Orange Bulborb • Female Sheargrub • Fiery Blowhog • Flighty Joustmite • Hermit Crawmad • Iridescent Flint Beetle • Joustmite • Male Sheargrub • Medusal Slurker • Mysterious Life-Form • Nectarous Dandelfly • Orange Bulborb • Peckish Aristocrab • Pellet Posy • Phosbat • Phosbat Pod • Plasm Wraith • Puckering Blinnow • Puffy Blowhog • Pyroclasmic Slooch • Quaggled Mireclops • Red Spectralids • Sandbelching Meerslug • Scornet • Scornet Maestro • Shaggy Long Legs • Shearwig • Skeeterskate • Skitter Leaf • Skutterchuck • Spotty Bulbear • Sputtlefish • Swarming Sheargrub • Swooping Snitchbug • Toady Bloyster • Vehemoth Phosbat • Waddlepus • Water Dumple • Watery Blowhog • Whiptongue Bulborb • White Spectralids • Wolpole • Yellow Spectralids • Yellow Wollyhop
Pikmin 4	Albino Dwarf Bulborb • Ancient Sirehound • Anode Beetle • Anode Dweevil • Arachnode • Arctic Cannon Beetle • Arctic Cannon Larva • Aristocrab Offspring • Armored Cannon Larva • Baldy Long Legs • Bearded Amprat • Blizzarding Blowhog • Bloomcap Bloyster • Bogswallow • Breadbug • Bug-Eyed Crawmad • Bulborb • Bulborb Larva • Burrowing Snagret • Chillyhop • Creeping Chrysanthemum • Crusted Rumpup • Desiccated Skitter Leaf • Doodlebug • Downy Snagret • Dwarf Bulbear • Dwarf Bulborb • Dwarf Frosty Bulborb • Dwarf Orange Bulborb • Emperor Bulblax • Empress Bulblax • Female Sheargrub • Fiery Blowhog • Fiery Bulblax • Fiery Dweevil • Flighty Joustmite • Foolix • Freezecake • Frosty Bulborb • Giant Breadbug • Gildemander • Gildemandwee • Greater Spotted Jellyfloat • Groovy Long Legs • Grubchucker • Hermit Crawmad • Honeywisp • Horned Cannon Beetle • Hydro Dweevil • Iceblown Dweevil • Icy Blowhog • Iridescent Flint Beetle • Iridescent Glint Beetle • Joustmite • Jumbo Bulborb • Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat • Male Sheargrub • Mama Sheargrub • Mammoth Snootwhacker • Mamuta • Man-at-Legs • Masterhop • Miniature Snootwhacker • Mitite • Moldy Dwarf Bulborb • Moldy Slooch • Moss • Muckerskate • Orange Bulborb • Pearly Clamclamp • Peckish Aristocrab • Porquillion • Pricklepuff • Puckering Blinnow • Puffstool • Puffy Blowhog • Pyroclasmic Slooch • Red Spectralids • Scorchcake • Shearflea • Shearwig • Shockcake • Skeeterskate • Skitter Leaf • Skutterchuck • Smoky Progg • Snowfake Fluttertail • Snowy Blowhog • Sovereign Bulblax • Spotty Bulbear • Startle Spore • Sunsquish • Swooping Snitchbug • Titan Blowhog • Toady Bloyster • Toxstool • Tusked Blowhog • Venom Dweevil • Waddlepus • Waddlequaff • Water Dumple • Waterwraith • Watery Blowhog • Whiptongue Bulborb • White Spectralids • Withering Blowhog • Wollyhop • Wolpole • Yellow Spectralids • Yellow Wollyhop
Hey! Pikmin	Adult Centipare • Armurk • Berserk Leech Hydroe • Blubbug • Bulborb • Centipare • Clicking Slurker • Coppeller • Crammed Wraith • Crested Mockiwi • Crumbug • Crystalline Crushblat • Electric Cottonade • Electric Spectralid • Electripede • Elongated Crushblat • Emperor Bulblax • Eye-Stalker Bulbeel • Fiery Dwarf Bulblax • Fiery Blowhog • Fiery Blowlet • Fiery Young Yellow Wollywog • Fireflap Bulborb • Fireflinger Groink • Firesnout Beetle • Flatterchuck • Flying Spotted Jellyfloat • Grabbit • Large Splurchin • Leech Hydroe • Long Water Dumple • Luring Slurker • Male Sheargrub • Mockiwi • Muggonfly • Puckering Blinnow • Puffstalk • Puffy Blubbug • Queen Shearwig • Red Bubblimp • Seedbagger • Shearblug • Shearwig • Shooting Spiner (Female) • Shooting Spiner (Male) • Skutterchuck • Sparrowhead • Speargrub • Spiny Coppeller • Sporegrub • Spornet • Starnacle • Stony Flint Beetle • Stuffed Bellbloom • Swooping Snitchbug • Widemouthed Anode Beetle • Yellow Spectralids • Yellow Wollyhop • White Spectralids • Young Yellow Wollywog