User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Appreciation Week: Nibelsnarf/@comment-5020152-20130420191156

Nibelsnarf is my second favorite Leviathan in the MH3U, right behind Gobul. I like both of them for one thing - how unique they are. Both are completely different from the standard Leviathan form, and that shows how a family generally thought to be aquatic hunters can spread into all different niches.

I like Nibelsnarf for his fluidity. He just seems completely at home in the Sandy Plains, cutting through the sand with his wide snout as if it were nothing. I love his colors - throughout most of the fight he's just a drab-looking sand salamander, until he exposes his belly and you get this unexpected flash of color. The bone-crushing jaws are another excellent touch, and for some reason they make this already cute Leviathan seem even more adorable.

The sounds he makes are equally cute - the hisses and growls, and in particular, the squeals he makes as he lunges at you. His weapons don't seem to be anything special, although some of their names are pretty hilarious. Uber Deathsnarfs looks to be funny, but "Soldier's Snarfonica" is a name that makes me want to wet myself.

Overall, Nibelsnarf looks to be one unique fight that I won't be missing out on much longer.