Khezu

Khezu is a species of wyvern that live in the cold dampness of caves. Their sickly white flesh is very moist, which keeps the creature's skin from drying. Living in dark caves, the Khezu's eyes have regressed greatly, though it is made up for with their superb sense of smell. A layer of fat helps to keep them warm and prolong their time without eating, as there is not much in the way of wildlife roaming in the Khezu's choice habitat.

Khezus are hermaphrodites, meaning an individual is both male and female. To reproduce they paralyze a creature and inject their young (Khezu whelps). The welps grow inside their victim until it dies or they are strong enough to leave.

Although the Khezus are cave dwellers, they go out if they please, or if food inside grows too scarce. The Khezu's habitat is often located near active sources of water, however, this is typical only in high humidity areas, such as swamps, jungles and the like. It would seem that the Khezu only lives for parts of the year in these warmer areas and migrates to the snowy mountains during the breeding season. It is there that the Khezus lay their eggs in the shedded skins of Kushala Daora, which also migrate there regularly. Juvenile Khezus are called whelps and a kind of material called Khezu Whelps can be mined in the Swamps and Snowy Mountains.

=The "Missing Link"= Due to the Khezu's unique body structure, it's been difficult for researchers to pinpoint exactly where the Khezu fits in the evolutionary paths of wyverns. It's fairly obvious that they are not part of the bird-wyvern or piscine orders, but it doesn't fit well into the order of true wyverns, either. It has recently been more regarded as a survivor of the link between true wyverns and pseudo-wyverns, albeit a highly specialized one. This conclusion arose from its ability to travel faster on all fours than on its two primary legs, as well as its wing structure (which is smaller and much thicker than most true wyverns). However, this information has yet to reach a factual basis, so other theories as to the Khezu's place are still plausible as well.

Facts

 * A Khezu's body has internal organs that spark electrical currents through its body.
 * Khezus are able to cling onto the ceiling in order to investigate the area.
 * Khezus can not only manipulate lightning to send currents across the floor, but can shield itself in it, which is incredibly dangerous to the unprepared hunter.
 * Khezu's Flabby Hide are very weak to Fire.
 * The most sensitive part on their body is their neck.
 * The saliva of Khezus has strong acidic properties that can burn the floor of caves and deliver huge damage to hunters.
 * Due to their hightened sense of smell, dung bombs are effective tools in stunning Khezus.

Trivia

 * In Monster Hunter 2, the Khezu gained the ability to leap at the hunter while generating its signature electrical field, and in MHP2ndG he gained a thunder bite, and a improved thunder blast where he shoots out more thunder balls than the normal move; you can tell he is going to do this when a Thunder bolt strikes across the large ball charging up in its mouth.
 * If a hunter finds himself to close to a Khezu who is about to use it's electric shield and cannot run away it should be noted that this attack can be blocked by normal weapons with a guard ability.
 * When Enraged, they are infamous for their most fatal combo: Roar + Thunder ball which can instantly kill a Hunter in High-rank & G-rank missions
 * One must be care to avoid Khezu's electric leap as a hunter who would usually land near the Khezu will then be exposed to his electric shield - which would almost certainly would finish off the rest of the hunter's health the moment they stand up.