User blog comment:Ohmpahkan/Cycle of life/@comment-1011548-20110511171854/@comment-1011548-20110511184819

Lol, definitely a Plesioth. And thanks for the kind words. :-) You've hit on the thing I struggled most with this ecology - trying to make individuals of the same species different enough for the reader to tell apart. I tried to make one big/one small, gave one the cut on the flank, but as you pointed out, I don't think I quite pulled it off. But yes, it was the bigger one that got nom'ed (I like the idea that in Monster Hunter, you can be the fittest, toughest member of your species and you can just get eaten in two seconds flat with no warning). Hey, have you ever wondered why Bulldromes are really rare in the Jungle? They all get eaten by Plesioth! (Ok, maybe not). It's definitely good that I'm finding different good and bad things about the different Ecologies, though. I think.