User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Jungles/@comment-6050823-20140713221451

Old Jungle: The classic all of us old hunters remember in MH1/MHF1/MHFU! To be honest, its one of my favorite of the Jungle line up and its for some controversial reasons. One, in its waters it has giant crocodiles that live within it, which are also preyed upon by Plesioth. Two, this is the first place where we hunt Yian-Kut Ku, the most iconic monsters in the series. Three, the Old Jungle's BGM is Rathian's Theme(Why doesn't this play when you hunt her?!). Lastly, four, the plants covering some of the zones and blinding hunters made the area feel a bit more natural and it is a nice little hazard! I'm shocked still this area is that close to the Forest n Hills and Castle Schrade.

Interesting Fact: The Old Jungle caves are connected to the Old Desert caves by a river leading to an underground lake.

Jungle: Hmm... I can't really think of anything to say about this area besides it being pretty dang cool! Kushala Daora eating ore in this area, Yama Tsukami sometimes making a random appearance in the area, and the recent Baruragaru and Abiorugu invasion in Frontier. I actually prefer the original a bit more from it being an actual jungle but this area as a lot more going than that one.

Interesting Fact: The BGM used in the area is Congalala's Theme.

Great Forest: Dear lord... This area has a lot mysteries to it! What was the Elder Dragon Espinas fought in this area(Its either Kushala Daora, Rebidiora, or Shanthien)? How many monsters haven't been discovered in this area or yet to be discovered? Does it have some connection to the Towers? There are so many questions left unanswered plus they've only been in some of the Great Forest while a large amount of it is unknown, just like the Tower. The area itself is overall different though I feel more can be added to it in the future and maybe another part of the Great Forest sort of like the Nest Hole. So while we were hunting Nargacuga in the Great Forest in MHFU, Lucent Nargacuga might have been watching us since its confirmed to have been sighted in the area. Any who, nice area with many mysteries yet to be answered(Give us answers Capcom!).

Interesting Fact: Nargacuga has been known in this area by the Guild for a long time but before it was known, its weapons and armors were used by natives in the Great Forest and all the equipment is based on designs from them.

Primeval Forest: Is this place even a jungle? Its much more like a swamp plus the Flooded Forest is a bit more like a jungle. Even the Old Swamp BGM is used in Garara Ajara's intro. Though to be fair, outside of Chico Village it looks likes a jungle. I'm not going give my thoughts on this area but I have hunted in this area a lot in MH4 and will do some more hunting in this area in MH4G!

Interesting Fact: In Zone 9, hunters can see giant Venus Flytraps that are constantly opening and closing their mouth.