Talk:Monster evolution theory/@comment-5448890-20140703055630

Your writing style could improve, but aside from that, I have some notes on the theories. You see, I agree with most of these theories, especially the one about Piscine Wyverns being an evolved form of, basically, Lungfish. That would explain their long habitation of practically waterless areas (Old Desert) and their continued reputation for behaving like fish both on land and in water. Fanged Wyverns, however... I don't know that they are technically reptiles, as reptiles are cold-blooded, scaled vertebrates and Fanged Wyverns are obviously warm-blooded, furred vertebrates--Just look at Arzuros, Lagombi, and Bullfango, for example. Zinogre is the only Fanged Wyvern I could see being a reptile, but that's only because of his art style. I'm sure he's a true mammal, too.

I don't see that much difference (though I know it exists) between Fanged wyverns and beasts, and the only one I can think of would be that Fanged Wyverns act more like dragons, and tend to have elements, while Fanged Beasts are pretty much bears, pigs, and such. I think, in those specific cases, the "Wyvern" title is not a biological but rather a similarity grouping, somewhat kin to the relationship that exists between roses and tomato flowers: they're only both called flowers because they have petals, can be fertilized, and produce fruit after that. But that's where the similarities end.

I personally believe that Leviathans can be one of two things: Land animals (reptiles) that adapted to life at sea, or sea animals (amphibians) that adapted to life on land. The best example of leviathans is naturally Lagiacrus: it is adept in both water and land, but as we can see from it sleeping on land and going inland all the way to area 5 in MH3, it clearly has an attachment to the surface world, and not just the sea.

Wyverns, of course, had to have evolved in a similar way to real-life birds and giant lizards (Komodo Dragons, ostriches, Giga Monsters, and archaeopteryx fall into the category of "wyverns" IRL in my book), with three distinct classes having evolved: Bird, Brute, and Flying, with the lesser Fanged and Herbivorous having developed later.

These theories aren't bad, actually.

You seem to believe that monsters are essentially of another plane of existence, wherein evolution took a different path to form all the diversity. I don't personally believe that, but it's not illegitimate. Good work.