User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Theory... Blog/@comment-5020152-20120829202114/@comment-5020152-20120830002943

@Democide: Arrggh, you're right! I completely overlooked that!

And no offense, but even though I do like your color-change theory, I still think it makes more sense to simply consider them different species. I mean, weren't the common Rathian/alos discovered before their Pink/Gold and Azure/Silver couterparts?

And if I'm right and they ARE different subspecies, if they form bonds outside of their "typical" pairing like you say (regular Rathian and Silver Rathalos, for example), wouldn't the genes mix and form a completely new color (metallic green, maybe)?

And also, if the "single" common Rathian and "single" Azure Rathalos met, wouldn't they start fighting? After all, they are territorial, so the Azure Rathalos would most likely attack the Rathian because it would be intruding on its territory. Plus, that Rathian clearly doesn't have its pink coloration, so the Azure Rathalos would most likely view it as an intruder instead of a potential mate (after all, they most often pair up with a Pink Rathian).