Why does Alolan-Dugtrio have hair?

Sun/Moon gave Dugtrio blonde Three Stooges wigs.

The hair gives Alolan Dugtrio a pretty decent ability; even if it dies, the opponent is slowed down.

It got a few stat changes, as well as Steel secondary typing, all from the hair.

Why? Is there an In-game explanation? I couldn’t find any in the Pokedex entries.

This question could already be here, I couldn’t find it.

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Well, lets see here. The hair I actually liked, because of it looking like it was from the Alola region. Thin about it: Alolan Raichu looks like a surfer from Hawaii, Alolan Exeggutor looks like a palm tree from Hawaii, so Alolan Dugtrio having the surfer cut fits in perfectly.Besides that:

Alolan Dugtrio’s hair may be based on Pele’s hair, a thin volcanic glass formed near Hawaiian volcanoes

So, Alolan Dugtrio’s hair is supposed to be volcanic glass, but also the pokedex entry says they are whiskers:

Its shining gold whiskers are advanced sensors that can detect vibrations from sounds several miles away.

Basically, the game says more in the Alolan Diglet entries:

Its head sports an altered form of whiskers made of metal. When in communication with its comrades, its whiskers wobble to and fro.{Sun} Its golden hairs function as sensors. It pokes them out of its burrow to monitor its surroundings {Moon} The need to dig through volcanic rock in the ground has made them more powerful than the Diglett of other regions. {Ultra Moon}

This ultimately means Diglet is steel type because of the “steel-ground types are stronger than ground types but not really” Game freak logic. In all seriousness, the game says they got more powerful but slower, so that’s why they have a lower base speed than Kantonian Dugtrio.

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