The Bird Wyvern - The Monsters of Monster Hunter | Ecology Documentary

(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: twitter.com/BannedDino/status/1483853487310053377

I'm still a massive fan that Yian Garuga's survival strategy is "be so batshit aggressive and crazy that you aren't worth making a meal of."

Not even a mention of the Gargwa... They may be small monsters, but they're Bird Wyverns too!

Just realized that (True) Bird Wyverns are most likely my favorite type of monsters Edit: I did not know that Izuchi snuggle with eachother. That's adorable

sad Boggi noises

Finally a video about the best monster of them all: Great Jaggi

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.

Bro, imagine a game where you're back in time and fight the ancestors of all the monsters, including ones that are completely new due to some species never left bones of their existence.

Biology at school: I sleep Fake MH biology: real sh*t

Great follow-up to the last video, cleared up my confusion with the raptors and dog wyvern. Can't wait to see what family you cover next in this series. PhylogenyIsCool/10

Loved this video. Out of all of the bird wyvern, the Izuchi family is my favorite. I love their pack tactics, their look, and personal weapon. Not to mention the weapons and armor you can make from it look pretty cool too lol.

Hell yeah! I really love this series I hope you will continue to do more! This type of lore vid is so fascinating and fun to watch thank you!

Awesome video. Glad you mentioned the translation differences between the -dromes and the greats in a believable way to the Monster Hunter story.

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.

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.

I would love to see Leviathans next!

ALWAYS UP FOR A NEW OCEANIZ VIDEO

I find it odd how ecology videos such as this don't go into how the Jaggi also produced a specific female-only counterpart, the Jaggia.

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.

finally the Izuchi's time to shine my fav bird wyvern