Piranha Plant

Piranha Plants are Venus Flytrap-like plants that appear in side-scrolling caves alongside Goombas in Link's Awakening.

Piranha Plants are man-eating flowers that originated in Super Mario Bros. and are common enemies throughout the Mario series. Like their Mario counterparts, they appear out of pipes at regular intervals and try to eat Link as he passes by. Link has to use the Roc's Feather to pass these enemies, but he can also use his Sword to destroy them. Their appearance alongside Goombas in an underground area is a direct reference to World 1-2 in Super Mario Bros. and locations in many other Mario games.

Trivia

 * The appearance of Piranha Plants is based on the appearance in games such as Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario Land 2.
 * Manhandla is stated to be a mutant Piranha Plant, and in Oracle of Seasons it shares similar plant heads to the Piranha Plant, which also suggests a relation.
 * Since Piranha Plants only appear on Koholint, it is not known if they actually exist anywhere outside of the dream world in the Zelda universe.
 * The Japanese name for these enemies, comes from, which means chomping or opening a mouth wide. Unlike their Mario counterparts, they do not share the  portion of their name, although at the time of release, recent Mario games such as Yoshi had not included this either.