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[Pikmin] What happens to enemies once they are in the Onion?

Are they ground to a pulp or are their bodies themselves turned into pikmin Such a A spectralid or a skitterleaf which only give 1 Pikmin.
gpt
Neither! 

See, the onion already has Pikmin seeds available for release. However, unless food is brought back to the onion for energy, the Onion will keep the seeds inside of it. It will not expend the energy to release the seeds unless food is brought. This is why larger enemies and pellets typically give more seeds: The onion will be able to recover more energy and can shoot out more seeds.

Edit: This is also why seeds are able to be produced when there is a Pikmin Extinction. The onion knows it will die unless more Pikmin are created, so it will expend the necessary energy for 3 seeds.