User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Theory... Blog/@comment-5043481-20130101122918/@comment-184.38.5.102-20130102171454

I think I have a possiblity.Each Rath species could have a specialized way of living like

the normal Raths could patrol mostly Plain areas and some Forest during the day and during the night,they sleep.

The Azure Rath and Pink Rath could hunt mostly in the denser forest during day and possibly sleep.(From them living in the forest,it's possible theres more competition in the forest than in the plains,so that could explain their higher firepower.)During the night,they do most of their hunting in the Plains but,during mating season they could be more active and could be found in the middle of the day in the Plains,besides being found in the Forest or during the night.

The Gold Rath and Silver Rath may be found mostly in the Swamp and Towers because unlike the other Raths about 25% of their diet could be some pretty high quality or rare ore or minerals that have or have not been discovered yet and they may only go to the towers to make nest(That could explain them in the 1st place).It also seems,they have have a much slower metabolism than the other two (since in MH3G/MH3U their only tired for like 10 to about 20 seconds)so they may not need as much food as the others do.Another thing to note is it seems,they prefer living in areas where their is very few humans or hunters.

Anyway I see them as 3 different species that are closely related and have their own specializied ways of living but besides this theory I have one more that could explain them.