User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Appreciation Week: Silver Rathalos and Gold Rathian/@comment-6050823-20130908215529/@comment-7584137-20130909091019

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Never saw those before, but maybe they are just prey items. That poor eagle does look a little defenseless. Maybe those birds flying in the D.Island and the Great Desert are actually those eagles? They may be juveniles or something, even though those look more like vultures. And that crocodile may be the same thing. A prey item that lives in rivers. Plesioth is big enough to prey on the largest of crocodiles, after all.