Editing Piranhacus Giganticus

{{Species-infobox
|title=Piranhacus Giganticus
|image=[[File:PiranhacusGiganticus.png|200px]]<br>A '''Piranhacus Giganticus''' from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.
|species_origin=[[Piranha Plant]]
|related=[[Super Piranha Plant]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' ([[2012]])
}}

A '''Piranhacus Giganticus''' is a gigantic [[Piranha Plant]] that first appeared in the game ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. 

==History==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[File:Piranhacus.gif|thumb|left|A Piranhacus Giganticus from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', they only appear in [[Big Island]]. Although they are huge, a single fireball will destroy them. Despite their size, they are essentially exactly the same as any other typical Piranha Plant, other than they present a larger target and obstacle. They also appear in larger [[Warp Pipe]]s than other Piranha Plants.
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===''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''===
[[File:Venustrapsm64.png|140px|thumb|A Piranhacus Giganticus on Tiny-Huge Island in ''Super Mario 64''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', Piranhaci Gigantici make their sole appearance on [[Tiny-Huge Island]], where depending on which side of the island [[Mario]] is on they could either be tiny or huge. They also had the ability to breath fire. In this game they were referred to as [[Venus Fire Trap]]s in English but still possessed their original Japanese name.

===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
[[File:SMG2_Giant_Land.png|thumb|left|Mario finding a Piranhacus Giganticus and two [[Huge Paragoomba]]s in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.]]
Piranhacus Gigantici appear alongside [[Grand Goomba]]s, [[Huge Paragoomba]]s, and [[Gargantua Koopa Troopa]]s in the [[Wii]] game, ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', where they appear in the [[Supermassive Galaxy]]. However, in contrast to their original appearance in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', they are invincible, thus serving more as an obstacle than an enemy. They can, however, be stunned with a [[Spin]] or a [[Star Bit]], but that just hinders the player as it stops the plant from going back in the pipe.
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===''New Super Mario Bros. U''===
[[File:Piranhacus_Grandecus_NSMBU.png|150px|thumb|Piranhacus Giganticus as seen in ''New Super Mario Bros. U''.]]
Piranhacus Giganticus reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. They act the same way they did in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' although this time need to hit with three [[Fireball]]s to defeat, similar to [[Super Piranha Plant]]s. They are found in [[Soda Jungle]].

== Trivia ==
* Piranhacus Giganticus' name could possibly be using binomial nomenclature, a scientific way of naming species having the genus name with the first letter capitalized (''Piranhacus'' in this case) and a species name in lowercase (''giganticus''), both in italics. Which would result in ''Piranhacus giganticus''.
==Names in Other Languages==
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|Jap=でかパックンフラワー
|JapR=Deka Pakkun Furawā
|JapM=Huge Piranha Plant
|Ger=Pirahna Maxima
|GerM=pseudo latain for Maxi Pirahna}}
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