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| {{species infobox
| | [[Image:SnorkelSnake.PNG|frame|right|The '''Snorkel Snake''' swimming through the ocean.]] |
| |image=[[File:SnorkelSnake.png|250px]]<br>The Snorkel Snake as it appears in ''Yoshi's Story''
| | The '''Snorkel Snake''' is an enemy character featured in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. It would prowl the Yoshi Sea, waiting for an unsuspecting [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] to attack. When it spots a Yoshi, it would swim in circles around him. However, its body is not long enough for it to make a complete circle, and there will always be an opening for the Yoshi to quickly swim out of. It's possible to see the Snorkel Snake swimming around the levels on the world map. |
| |first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
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| |variants=[[Mr. Eel]]
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| |relatives=[[Dragoneel]]}}
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| [[File:YSSnorkelSnake.png|frame|left]]
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| The '''Snorkel Snake''',<ref>{{cite|author=Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland|title=''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide|page=11|date=1998|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en-us|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19991021230157/http://www.yoshisstory.com/page5-1.html|title=''Yoshi's Story'' official website|publisher=Nintendo of America|accessdate=June 22, 2024}}</ref> also called the '''Snorkle Fish''',<ref name=fish>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19990508193347/http://www.yoshisstory.com/5-1.html|title=''Yoshi's Story'' official website|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=June 22, 2024}}</ref> is a serpentine enemy that appears in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. It resembles a large white serpentine creature with green spikes and a large fin for a tail. Its head is a large ball with red eyes, flippers, and a spout for a mouth. Snorkel Snake have smaller variants named [[Mr. Eel]]s. While identified as a snake in English and an eel in Japanese, it more closely resembles a giant {{wp|pipefish}}, particularly due to the mouth. The Snorkel Snake can be seen swimming on the [[P. 5-Ocean|Ocean page]], and it is found in a single area of the level [[Lots O'Jelly Fish]], where it waits for a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] to [[swim]] nearby. When it spots them, it swims in circles around them, attempting to enclose them within its spiky body; since Yoshis cannot throw [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]]s underwater, the Snorkel Snake is effectively invincible. However, its body is not long enough for it to make a complete circle, allowing the Yoshis to escape if encircled. | |
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| ==Profiles and statistics==
| | It resembles a large, white serpent with green spikes and a large fin for a tail. Its head is a large ball with red eyes, flippers, and a spout for a mouth. It is invincible since Yoshi can't throw [[Yoshi Egg|egg]]s underwater. |
| *'''Website bio:''' ''Swimming in circles that grow ever-tighter, The Snorkle Fish is a prickly Yoshi-smiter.''<ref name=fish/>
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| *'''Shogakukan guide:''' 「長いからだはトゲだらけ。おまけにあとを追ってくる。なんてこった！」 ("''Their long body is covered in thorns. In addition, it will follow you. What the heck!''")<ref name=Sho/>
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| ==Names in other languages==
| | It is unknown if Snorkel Snakes are a species. Oddly, the Snorkel Snake's spout can't hurt any of the [[Baby Yoshi]]s, but all the other body parts can. |
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| |Jap=ウナボン<ref name=Sho>{{cite|page={{file link|Yoshi Story Shogakukan P6.jpg|6}}|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')}}</ref>
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| |JapR=Unabon
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| |JapM=Portmanteau of「{{hover|鰻|ウナギ}}」(''unagi'', eel) and「坊」(''bon'', Japanese affectionate suffix for "boy")<!--"bon" is one of the two spellings of the common "bō" suffix, it is not a typo or anything else. https://www.japandict.com/%E5%9D%8A -->
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| |Ger=Drehwutz<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo 64 ''Yoshi's Story'' Spieleberater|page=20|language=de|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
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| |GerM=From "drehen" (to revolve)
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| ==Trivia==
| | In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', a similar enemy called [[Dragoneel]] appears, as they both try to encircle players with their bodies. |
| *The Snorkel Snake bears a resemblance to the [[Dragoneel]], which was introduced in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and also tries to encircle players with its body. The Snorkel Snake's Japanese name, "Unabon," is used as a file name for the Dragoneel, suggesting this resemblance may have been intentional.
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| {{Yoshi's Story}}
| | [[Category:Characters]] |
| [[Category:Fish]] | | [[Category:Yoshi Enemies]] |
| [[Category:Yoshi's Story enemies]] | | [[Category:Koopa Troop]] |
| [[de:Drehwutz]] | | [[Category:Reptiles and Amphibians]] |
| | [[Category:Underwater Creatures]] |
| | [[Category:Yoshi Bosses]] |
