Pyroclasmic Slooch

The Pyroclasmic Slooch is a slug-like creature that can be found on PNF-404, being first discovered by Captain Charlie.

Description
This slug-like animal's body is completely covered in a flammable, combustible mucus that catches fire as its trailed behind it. Its body is striped in bright yellow-orange, making it appear like its body is lava (how it got its namesake). It has a small mouth at the front of the body with a notably large tongue to capture prey, and a set of small antenna on top of its cone-shaped frontal body.

Pyroclasmic Slooches have this combustible coating as a efficient protection against larger predators. Despite this, it keeps itself constantly lubricated as the skin of the creature is, surprisingly, prone to burning.

Moldy Slooches
Recent studies of PNF-404 by the Rescue Corps revealed that this species of Slooch, especially those found in dense forested areas, are often victims to the Toxstool fungus, alongside various Dwarf Bulborb s. The fungus takes complete control of the host, leaving it essentially a mindless slooch under control of the fungi. Unlike dwarf bulborbs, which some argue benefits from the toxic spores natural poisons, the slooch becomes incapable of producing its own fiery fluids when infected, thus leaving it more vulnerable to predation.

As another contrast to dwarf bulborbs infected by the toxstool, once the body ceases it completely disintegrates like Slooches usually do, thus making the body incapable of furthering the Toxstool's life cycle.

Behavior
It is a carnivorous creature, but due to the lack of predatory evolution it's more akin to scavenging. Observations from Olimar himself reveal an almost instinctual behavior that keeps it from causing widespread wildfires within its territory.