User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Theory... Blog/@comment-1758220-20110706160008/@comment-1653324-20111220062008

When I first read the descriptions of Azure rath shells as well as being subspecies, i assumed that they had gene mutations that caused their shells to harden/mature in their adolescence, thus different colors. And more gene mutations probably caused the difference in behavior... There are reptiles and amphibians that have vastly different looks based on genes, and then there'e neotony, another complex phenomenon too long to explain...

- jasper, having low bandwidth problems and difficulty logging in, as always