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Hungry, Hungry Hippowdon!

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Oh look, an actual background!
Hadn't seen one of those in forever! :)

Oh well, on to the Poke' description...
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They may look like gentle giants from afar, but do not be fooled by their 'goofy looks', Hippowdon are massive Ground type Pokemon with a near permanent bad attitude. They may not be one of the fastest Pokemon around, but who needs speed when you've got the Sandstream ability so powerful that it can immobilize your enemies to keep them from escaping while the sand practically rips their flesh into ribbons?

Yes, similar to Tyranitar, the Sandstorms produced by an angry Hippowdon is enough to overpower and trap anything that happens to wander into its territory, not only that, but the sheer weight of the sand once it starts piling up is actually enough to snap bones.
Should the victim not yet be dead from suffocation, they will surely die from being attacked directly from the Hippowdon itself, should it still be angry with you. Now that you're practically trapped in the sand, it no longer has to worry about chasing you down. It can literally just walk up to you and finish you off with one or two well placed Crunch attacks.

This brutal method of killing off intruding enemies is thought to originate from female Hippowdons trying to protect their Hippopotas young. predator Pokemon that are much faster than them such as Magmar, Mightyena, Houndoom, Persian, Luxray, Ursaring and Zangoose and Absol tend to have a thing for Hippopotas meat, as it is much easier to obtain and it tastes great...

In order to retaliate against these predators, the Hippowdon mothers will use this method to trap the fleeing meat eater and allow its young to escape (Being Ground types themselves, Hippopotas can actually 'swim' through the sand to free themselves, when the predator cannot). Death by Hippowdon bite is not very pretty, though in most cases, females will just trap the predator, and then both her and the young will run away to escape. And most of the time the predator will either die of suffocation or starvation. very rarely do they actually manage to free themselves from the sand and live to hunt another day.
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Oh god that's fucking terrifying. Like an actual hippo, but worse.