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Khezu Whelps are small worm-like larvae of the Khezu. They first appeared as an item obtainable through mining in Monster Hunter Freedom 2/Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. They will appear as an actual monster for the first time in Monster Hunter 3.

Spawning from large, organic "sacs" in dark caves, they exhibit unique behavior. It is also believed that Khezu Whelps are "injected" into large or dead Wyverns/Dragons to incubate. This has been proven at least partially true by the discovery of Whelps inside of the Kushala Daora skin-shed atop the mountain outside of Pokke village.

In MH3 when the torch is drawn, they retreat in fear, however, when the torch is extinguished, they chase hunters down and latch onto them, constantly draining "blood", doing damage similar to poison, and must be "shaken" off. This is evidence of the scarcity of food in these cave environments.

Recently however, it has been speculated that these creatures are not Khezu Whelps, but whelps of an entirely new monster. This is heavily supported by the fact that the Khezu is not present among the icons ripped from the MH3 demo disc, although one of the icons does depict a very similar monster. Scattered reports call this new monster "Giginebura", and detail it as a poisonous cave-dwelling creature that likely bears some relation to the Khezu. This issue should become more clear as more information is made available.