User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Theory... Blog/@comment-5089728-20120926040336

I have one thing to say before I retire to my bedquarters. I find this problem very interesting so I would love for someone to provide their thoughts on this. In other words, please counter me.

Ok, so basically, Agnaktor, Uragaan, and any other volcano dwelling monster would not be able to go into lava as casually as they do without dieing. Lava is 700 °C to 1300 °C (or 1300 °F to 2400 °F) hot. That is hot enough to give humans '''third degree burns from 10ft away. '''No matter what evolutionary adaptation anything could have gained, it would not be able to withstand the intense heat of lava (Lava is the exstrusive equivilent of magma).

Even if Agnaktor had a shell able to withstand the heat of lava, it would not ba able to swim as it does,because one, lava is molten rock and definetely not as fluid as water, two, if Agnaktor so much as opened its eyes, mouth, or other holes, it would die from a breach in its shell and the heat entering, basically cooking it alive.

My final point is just a complaint about Agnaktors solid lava armor. When it hardens, lava becomes the equivilent of flaky rock, so either Agnaktor wouldn't be able to move due to the lava solidifying into one solid piece, or the entire thing would just flake off from its movement (and hunters smashing it off).

So there's my two cents, I look forward to seeing rebuttals when I wake up. :D