Everyone’s favorite alley dwelling street urchin having some lunch~

For those that don’t know, this is Spyke from the Nintendo game Splatoon! It’s heavily implied that he eats these Super Sea Snails you bring him for upgrades (tearing them out of their shells with his handy screwdriver), but here’s the thing about that. *slaps marine biology goggles on*

Nearly all species of sea urchins live off a diet of marine plant-life, such as kelp, algae, seaweed, etc. Occasionally they‘ll scavenge around for any decaying animal matter that falls to the ocean floor, but that’s usually in cases where their main food sources are scarce.

Of course that gave me the dumb idea of Spyke making kelp salads with bits of sea snail in them, kinda like a chicken caesar salad, while also using the empty shell as a bowl.

Spyke © Splatoon / Nintendo