Talk:Master Ceadeus 27 Rathian and Rathalos Subs Theory/@comment-4212769-20140626100123/@comment-5448890-20140627015726

I'm not going to try to bend your mind one way or the other, but seriously! It makes you wonder why they don't push each other out (as species do; dominant variants will always overcome recessive variants, starting from genetics up) if they're different variations/species. Now, the Silver Rathalos as a subspecies could be theorized as a mutant that is ostracized in youth and can live only in the Tower, but that can be likewise said for an older member of the species--when they get older and begin losing ability to support themselves in an active environment (see explanation below), they would need to find a new place for food, a new place to keep alive.

Why do I say they couldn't support themselves...? The older these creatures get, I think, the higher their metabolism gets as they get heavier and stronger to support themselves. Thus, they can't hunt enough herbivores to support themselves on the, say, Deserted Isle... The tower is the next best thing. And then, their comrades most likely abandon or ostracize them after they get so old and unable to reproduce; they can no longer advance the species, and are then useless. That's another reason I have this theory.