Pikmin: Treacherous Treasures/Piklopedia/Shearwig

The Shearwig appears in Pikmin: Treacherous Treasure as a weaker foe. These foes have have green vaguely peanut-shaped bodies with translucent wings and large mandibles. If any wooden bridges are nearby, it will start to deconstruct it.

Stats

 * Health: 100
 * Weight: 1
 * Max Carriers: 2
 * Poko Value: 4
 * Seed Worth: 3

Strategy
Shearwigs are unique from the other mandiblards in that it flies in the air when it digs out of the ground. It does not fly very high up, but they still cannot be charged or swarmed by the Pikmin. The Shearwigs will fly near a Pikmin, swoop down, and fly back up with it still in it's mouth and start chewing on it. There are only a few seconds to save the Pikmin before it is killed, but it can only chew on one Pikmin at a time. A direct throw onto it's back or at it's belly will kill it instantly, and free the Pikmin if it had one. If the throw is imprecise, then the Shearwig will only take a little damage and be knocked onto the ground, but it will be vulnerable to ground attacks. Knocking it into water will deplete some of it's health like the Sheargrubs, but it will proceed to fly out.

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Trivia

 * The Shearwig's japanese name (トビンコ) translates to " Flying Parrot ".
 * If a Bomb-rock is detonated nearby a buried Shearwig, it'll pluck it out.