Lickiterra have highly sensitive taste buds and love sweet foods most of all. To attract mates, Lickiterra decorate their shells with the finest sweets they can locate.
Lickiterra are defensive over the sweets on their back and will slap anyone who tries to take from them. Small Pokémon play games along Lickiterra's back when they fall asleep.
Small Pokémon occasionally gather on its unmoving back to begin building their nests. Whenever it sees something unfamiliar, it always licks the object because it memorizes things by texture and taste.
