The Beasts of Monster Hunter – The Bird Wyvern | Ecology Documentary



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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Intro
03:23 – True Bird Wyvern
04:22 – Ear Birds
07:27 – Voice Birds
08:36 – True Bird Wyvern w/o Superfamily
15:10 – Runner Wyvern
16:37 – New World Raptors
17:47 – Old World Raptors
21:12 – Dog Wyvern
27:30 – Outro

SOURCES:
Hunter’s Encyclopedia G, pg. 56-60, 69, 70, 89-91, 125, 137
Hunter’s Encyclopedia 3, pg. 43-45
Monster Hunter World Complete Works, pg. 208-219
Monster Hunter Rise Setting Materials, pg. 88-95, 148-155
Official Phylogeny: https://twitter.com/BannedDino/status/1483853487310053377

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  1. (sources + Notes below)
    TIMESTAMPS:

    00:00 – Intro
    03:23 – True Flying Wyvern
    04:22 – Ear Birds
    07:27 – Voice Birds
    08:36 – True Bird Wyvern w/o Superfamily
    15:10 – Runner Wyvern
    16:37 – New World Raptors
    17:47 – Old World Raptors
    21:12 – Dog Wyvern
    27:30 – Outro

    NOTES:
    – Avepoda is simply called "Bird Feet" in most translations.
    – "Old World Raptors" and "New World Raptors" are not named as such in the official phylogeny, but they are classified in groups as shown in the video.
    – All species names are made up.
    – Whenever I say "native tongue", I mean the original japanese names and terms.
    – Boggi wasn't included because a) we don't know where he'd go yet (probably Dog Wyvern) and b) he has no large monster equivalent. I didn't include Barnos/Mernos in the Flying Wyverns video either for that same reason.

    SOURCES:
    Hunter's Encyclopedia G, pg. 56-60, 69, 70, 89-91, 125, 137
    Hunter's Encyclopedia 3, pg. 43-45
    Monster Hunter World Complete Works, pg. 208-219
    Monster Hunter Rise Setting Materials, pg. 88-95, 148-155
    Official Phylogeny: https://twitter.com/BannedDino/status/1483853487310053377

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  2. I am so excited! Bird Wyverns are my favorite group of monsters especially the Raptors! They may not be apex predators but they often do a great job as mesopredators and due to their higher population are arguably more successful than most other monster groups.

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  3. 7:06 no they have not. This fan theory that Yian Garuga is a brood parasite has zero evidence behind it and doesn't even make any sense. Especially since Yian Garuga are also found in areas where Yian Kut-Ku are nowhere to be seen.

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  4. Something I am curious about is the extreme morphologic variation in flyings bird wyverns such as the 4 completely different types of wings, being 1st gen wings, 3rd gen wings, 4th gen wings and redesigned 1st gen wings. I personally would like to see future and old flying bird wyverns unified in the 4th gen malfestian morphology with broad tails and feathered wings. They have updated the designs of flying bird wyverns before, with world giving Yian Garuga getting the redesigned 1st gen wings.

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  5. I noticed a lot of convergent evolution between the runner wyverns. I'm guessing this is a result of their flightlessness not allowing a single species to occupy similar environments at the other side of the continent. Thus the local species evolve to fill the niche

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  6. species endemic to the new world should have been kept to the new world
    rise breaks too many rules with this. Not saying rise is bad it's just really confusing that so many things from the new world suddenly appeared in the old world.

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  7. I kinda miss Great Jaggi to be honest. He was a punching bag but he was THE punching bag. Also it makes no sense for other games to have jaggis and jaggia but no great jaggi. Same for stuff like velociprey and no velocidrome

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  8. If through the bird wyvern family is considered to be the weakest family of monster (not include herbivores and bugs), i consider them also the most versatile one, that can be found eny where. Every biome got 1 or 2 bird wyverns as basis, and sometimes even some big shots like garuga or malfestio. Also liked the part when not all got the same strategy, some got bigger numbers some got better team work, some just go chaotic ape-shit(maccao and garuga xd). I wish for some true bird wyvern that fly as a pack, and some big lone raptors for high/master rank.

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  9. Bro… the craziest documentary in terms of sheer length and information to break down would be either a flying Wyvern one or an Elder Dragon one.

    Either way one of those documentaries would be godsend to listen too.

    I’m currently in college and I actually listen to these while I’m at work or working on an assignment.

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  10. Great video as always 🙂

    Just a quick note though, `Superfamily` seems to be mis-spelled in the individual species block. Not a huge deal, but now that I've noticed it, it kind of sticks out.

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  11. One interesting thing is the Wroggis weakness to ice.
    The cold would cause the liquid poison in their poison sacs to freeze, which could cause internal damage or could even have a Wroggis repsiratory system blocked, making them suffocate.

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  12. I love that nod to the Japanese naming conventions for the dog wyverns! It would make sense in universe with how many different cultural groups there are who likely have their own linguistic paths and the way communication isn't exactly instant between major guild centers and these villages.

    As a bonus fact, Korean translations still call them Dos(u) too, I got a kick out of it when I was playing 4u on my Korean cart.

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  13. 5:24 Why do you treat "kut-ku" and "garuga" as genuses when they aren't properly capitalized in their scientific names? Why did you use "Yian" as the genus for those cases instead?
    17:24 Same goes for here: why use "Ya-ku" as the genus in the scientific name, despite what is said above it?
    18:33 Ok, now you're just confusing species name with genus. Seriously, these taxonomic naming errors need to be checked.

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