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'''Maractus''' ([[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Japanese]]: '''マラカッチ''' ''Maracacchi''<!--don't change-->) is a {{type|Grass}} Pokémon. | '''Maractus''' ([[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Japanese]]: '''マラカッチ''' ''Maracacchi''<!--don't change-->) is a {{type|Grass}} Pokémon. | ||
It is not known to [[Evolution|evolve]] | It is not known to [[Evolution|evolve]] into or from any other Pokémon. | ||
==Biology== | ==Biology== | ||
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===Special abilities=== | ===Special abilities=== | ||
Moving its body rhythmically makes its body create maraca-like sounds. It can produce up- | Moving its body rhythmically makes its body create maraca-like sounds. It can produce up-tempo songs and dances. | ||
===Behavior=== | ===Behavior=== | ||
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* Maractus shares its species name with {{p|Cacnea}}. They are both known as the Cactus Pokémon. | * Maractus shares its species name with {{p|Cacnea}}. They are both known as the Cactus Pokémon. | ||
* Two of Maractus's [[Ability|Abilities]] revolve around a real-world cactus's tolerance to water: {{a|Water Absorb}} absorbs direct damage to restore health from them, also making it immune, while {{a|Storm Drain}} draws in {{type|Water}} moves directed at another target, as well as making it immune to them. | * Two of Maractus's [[Ability|Abilities]] revolve around a real-world cactus's tolerance to water: {{a|Water Absorb}} absorbs direct damage to restore health from them, also making it immune, while {{a|Storm Drain}} draws in {{type|Water}} moves directed at another target, as well as making it immune to them. | ||
* Although Maractus can only be found at the [[Desert Resort]] where a permanent {{weather|sandstorm}} rages, it cannot have any Ability negating sandstorm damage, nor is it {{t|Rock}}-, {{t|Ground}}-, or {{type|Steel}}, and thus is susceptible to damage by the sandstorm. | * Although Maractus can only be found at the [[Desert Resort]] where a permanent {{weather|sandstorm}} rages, it cannot have any Ability negating sandstorm damage, nor is it {{t|Rock}}-, {{t|Ground}}-, or {{type|Steel}} type, and thus it is susceptible to damage by the sandstorm. | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||