Sailors warn to watch for the sight of Dhelor shooting down from the sky. The tales say that Dhelor latches onto unfortunate ships with its anchor-tail before using its dense and heavy body to drag the ship down to the ocean floor.
Originally making its home in the ozone layer, it hurtles to the ground when the shell enclosing its body grows too heavy. The soul of seaweed adrift in the waves became reborn as this Pokémon.