Rathalos & Rathian, Rulers of Sky & Land | Monster Hunter Ecology 

You're awesome man 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤

Do you have a genetic tree we could see? The moment I saw the scientific names I really wanted to see all the monsters together on the MH Tree of Life

​@@lucasrios2089yeah its the phylogeny linked in the pinned comment! :D

I thought you would’ve talked bout unknown(the black rath thing from frontier) but then again nobody knows anything bout them fr in lore so it’s fine . Video was great tho !

So out of curiosity I have a question based on the criteria you mention here. Using Espinas as an example, would you only use information on it from Rise or would you then use info from Frontier then as well?

every IG main ever: "is that a CHALLENGE?"

Said equals: *psychopathic knife wielder and even more psychopathic flying toaster*

Every flagship in mainline games: am I a joke to you

Me after knocking a Rathalos out of the sky with a FLASH BOMB: What about a grounded one who can’t see anything?

@@BobThePenguin.also the psychotic electric dragonfly

i guess that's what a power couple is.

@@jacktheomnithere2127the Rath couple’s combo attacks are vicious in the new games.You’ll be fighting one if them and get thrown by a fireball or a lawnmower attack.Or you’ll get thrown by the poison tail swing.

I feel so bad if I have the mission to kill them

​@@Melody-yu9ueit's my next quest, i'm just too scared to do it 😅

​@HaykInWonderland beating a Rath isn't hard all you need is confidence but still it hurts me every time I kill them so I normally kill them really quick

You and your pupper have such good taste.

Pup 🐶

That is from MHW Complete Works, correct? Because that book specifically speaks of New World Raths (which is why the harem stuff is mentioned later in the video). Is there any other source that mentions this behavior for Old World Raths as well? The old books all say "its unknown" and I havent checked the Rise book yet :D

@@Oceaniz Yeah I saw you mention it later in the video. What I'm mainly basing it on is that capcom has openly said the way the monsters look and act in world is the most accurate in the series. If they could've made the old world raths look and act like world's raths they would have. So I take that to mean the looks and behavior of world's rath is the default.

Serves it right, I'd say!

I know right! I thought that was overkill.

I'm assuming that also applies to pink rathian, too, for exactly the same reason.

HELL YEAH

@@typeoddnamehere2362 Aye but not as devastatingly potent (in game it gives the chameleos poison status for gold rathians but not pink)

@@typeoddnamehere2362maybe not since pink’s are are mostly in the coral highlands where they would blend in well but maybe the old world pink’s have stronger venom

Thank you! The Apexes will be excluded from the series intentionally because they are extremely boring to talk about imo. They all boil down to "Same as Deviant but caused by Ibushi" so I decided I'd rather spend that time on other stuff :D

Holy crap, you might be onto something...

Isn't black diablos a female diablos in heat not a subspecies

@@rafaelacielo3948yes

​@rafaelacielo3948 i mean The bloodbaths lore doesnt really block out it being a female or capable of being in heat

Maybe natural selection favored the Metal mutation in areas where Raths had more frequent run-ins with Elder Dragons or other monsters with Dragon affinity?

I don't think those are related that closely to the Raths to be part of the same genus, also Unknown despite looking like a Rathian, have individuals of both sexes.

Thank you! Apex Monsters are extremely boring to discuss because they all have the same origin (Ibushis winds) and just recycle the abilities of the deviants to varying degrees. Risen Dragons will be included though! (if the series gets that far lol)

@@Oceaniz Oh alright that makes sense, thanks for clarifying. And I can only hope you’ll get that far but good luck!

They are a sub species not a complete different one

@@LTDragoonIII Not really. The Royal Raths are a sub species of the species rath. When I said, "different species" I mean subspecies. For example a Northern white rhinoceros is different from a southern black rhinoceros. Both are rhinos but they are different species. That's what I'm trying to say

​@@jikemusic8081 You started off with not really, then proceeded to say subspecies, the same thing I said. Also your analogy of rhinos is wrong here. black/white rhino is A specific species of Rhino. (with White rhinos do have 2 sub species.) Where as in monster hunter they are literally called a subspecies of the red/royal Rathalos and green/royal Rathian, not a separate species under the umbrella of rath. Or at least thats what the guides, and games say. This videos great but it does get a few things wrong. (For instance only the gold rathian gets more conductive from metal, the rathalos instead becomes weaker to water, with it's conduciveness unchanged).

@@LTDragoonIII Nope. That's scientifically not how subspecies and species work. A species would be something like a tiger or a star fish. A subspecies would be a Bengal tiger, or a crown of thorns star fish. The northern white rhinoceros and the southern white rhinoceros, yes are subspecies. But so is the northern black rhinoceros and the southern white rhinoceros. They are all subspecies of the species rhinoceros. Black rhinos and white rhinos are the same species because rhinos all come from the same species. What you're claiming is that the black rhinos and white rhinos come from the same family and not the same species, which is wrong. The regal raths are a subspecies of raths and so are the chromatic and metallic raths. Secondly, the raths are more conductive if they are coated in metal, however the gold rathian is more conductive due to golds high level of conductivity while the silver raths weakness is water due to rust. Iron rusts faster in water and gold conducts electricity better. Both conduct electricity however, so he's not wrong. TLDR; There are families (mollusks) then species (starfish) and then subspecies (crown of thorns). For rhinos it would be family (whatever family rhinos are from) species (rhinoceros) and then subspecies (Northern White Rhinoceros). The White Rhinoceros is not a species, it is a subspecies. The northern white rhinoceros is just one type of subspecies. The black rhinoceros is also a subspecies. Same with tigers and all other animals. Secondly, he got his facts right. Silver isn't as conductive as metal but it's still conductive. He didn't say both were weak to Thunder, he just said they could conduct electricity, which is true. Rathalos is just covered in iron which makes him weaker to water than thunder because Capcom couldn't make them have the same weakness (though iron should be just as weak but whatever). Mind you, all his videos are hard off scientific data from the real world applied to a fictional setting. You can't really nitpick about science because it is literally science.

​@@jikemusic8081 I'm going to address your points from bottom to top. Before I start, I just want to say, it's to debate science with someone who knows science. First you can nitpick science that's how you make new changes and discoveries and as for his science nothing he said is a scientific law. As only laws can't be changed. A good example of nitpicking of science is atomic structures. There are 5 models, and when I went to college last year, they made me learn all 5 of them. To show us it was subject to change, outside of laws as we know them. This is further proven when you are using science and talking about a video game's universe. You have to consider the science of that world. Your comment on iron kind of proves that point. Also you are wrong about silver. It's more conductive then gold. "Silver has the highest electrical conductivity of all metals. In fact, silver defines conductivity - all other metals are compared against it. On a scale of 0 to 100, silver ranks 100, with copper at 97 and gold at 76." - Lehigh University (Gold is more used due to it's inert chemicals.) Both fe/male Raths base (royal) start off with 2 star in thunder. Which silvers stay with, but it's increased in the females. Now I wont get into what weakness they should have because...well you and I both know the game kinda follows it's own rules. However my point stands. He should mention that it's different for both. The video is 30+ minutes long. He can add in a few seconds. (Side note I'm not sure where you are getting the iron part from either. I don't remember that mention in the video. Nor is it said in any sources, that i've found.) That being said, on to your point about family's. I'm not claiming that at all. And you missed my point about the rhinos. There is a black and white species. However, the white species has a subspecies, after it. (Though that could be no longer canon as seen with world, and in fact there is a change they new models could be used if they return to the old world in future games invalidating the regional differences. ) To be honest it appears it ws a misscummication. You're exact words were "Had no idea that pink and azure raths are a complete different species. I just thought they were variants. That's literally insane" Which implies what you thought I was implying, "complete different species" implies that they are from the same family but different species.