The Yoshis: Cute and cuddly on the outside, but truly, they can be weapons of mass destruction, eating anything in their path. The Yoshis act cute to keep their reputation, and it is working. The Yoshis are not evil though, it is the evil they eat. They are actually quite nice! They are good for protecting those who are loved. Just ask the Yoshis' son, Mario! They protect him and his brother like a baby, (they have since Mario and Luigi were babies, actually!) always being there for them. They are even willing to make a sacrifice for those two, boosting Mario and/or Luigi off of them onto ground so they don't fall into a bottomless pit. Unfortunately, the Yoshi falls. This is a very heroic choice of them. The Yoshi race are known for their heroism, after all.