Pikmin: Return to the Distant Planet/Piklopedia/Hairy Bulborb

Hairy Bulborbs are rarer variants of grub-dogs, only appearing in snow covered areas and migrating as soon as the snowing season is over. Their whole body is white save for a brown spot on its nose and the light blue spots on its back. It also has icy blue eyes and a back covered in fluffy white fur.

Behavior
Hairy Bulborbs are only encountered in areas where it's snowing, migrating from one area to the other as the seasons change. Due to this, these creatures never hibernate and are constantly on the move, following the changing seasons so as to stay in a perpetual winter. They can be found sleeping during the day, however, once they've reached their destinations. They have a much shorter detection range compared to other grub-dogs, requiring you to almost touch it for it to wake up. They also regenerate health, unlike other grub-dogs, and with it, regenerate hair shaken off during combat.

These peculiar grub-dogs prefer bright areas rather than caves, and as such, will never be encountered in caves or areas with darker backgrounds.

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Strategy
Swarming is an effective strategy, however, note that its hairy back will protect it from much more damage than normal, and the falling hairs will cause your Pikmin to be shaken off significantly further than normal. Once its fragile hairs have been shaken off, however, its back will be exposed and take more damage than normal.

Throwing Pikmin onto its eyes is another very effective strategy, as the recoil it causes will make the beast shake off its protective hairs, exposing its weak back to further attacks from your squad.

Take note that, if left alone, a Hairy Bulborb will regenerate its health and its hair completely.

In a pinch, feeding it a bomb rock will kill it immediately.

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