Gigginox

The Gigginox is a wyvern that lives in the caves of Monster Hunter 3's Tundra area. It is related to the Khezu, in that it is a cave dwelling Wyvern, but it doesn't sense prey with its nose; the Gigginox has a special organ that can detect the body heat of its prey.

It can also attach to the ceilings of caves like the Khezu. In this position it can do a unique attack where it will drag the hunter underneath it, then drop down and slowly consume the hunter unless freed by his own effort or with the aid of fellow hunters. A Dung Bomb will instantly free a trapped ally.

Gigginox is wide and very flat, unlike the Khezu which is bulky and has large fat reserves. Its top skin is sickly grey-white, and its under-skin is dark red. When in rage mode Gigginox's top color will change to black. Its head, tail and chest marks are white but have eye-like sections that glow purple when inside dark areas; these markings can also be broken. Gigginox has a circular, leech like mouth. The Gigginox is a quadruped like the Tigrex and Nargacuga.

It can spit poison or release it as a form of gas from pores under its body. Gigginox can excrete two types of gelatinous globs; one that explodes into poison spores on impact and one to spawn its young, known as Giggis.The Giggi egg laying process is slightly longer than the poison egg and the color of its spit tells you which type it will lay. During the laying process Gigginox is defenseless against most attacks. When Gigginox is laying the egg, it is in your best interest to stay towards his head. This maximizes the amount of time you have to hit him, and decreases the chance of you being hit by either Giggis or the poison egg.

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Trivia

 * When low on stamina, Gigginox will be unable to spit poison. To recover, it will retreat to Area 4 of the Tundra and eat from the bone pile.
 * The Gigginox's name is a combination of the name Giggi, shared by its offspring, and the Latin word nox, meaning "night".