User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Theory... Blog/@comment-4361439-20130528183518

So, thanks to whoever hacked into the game files of Monster Hunter 3 (or Ultimate), and found a model of Cha-Cha without his mask on, I think we now have a good idea of what the Shakalakas' face actually looks like. The Shakalakas' true face is very unintimadating, their heads are very small, skinny, and pointy, and they also have small, almost cute facial features. The masks make the Shakalakas' head appear as much larger then it actually is. My theory is that the masks serve as a way to intimidate predators by making themselves appear as bigger then they actually are. This survival mechanism is utilized by many real life animals such as the King Cobra, who uses its hood to appear as larger then it actually is to ward of predators, so I think its plausible.