User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Theory... Blog/@comment-4081776-20110718203558/@comment-1758220-20110718232024

Sorry pal, but D. island and FnH are nothing alike. The D. Island is on the shores of a vast sea. It's not like that entire thing dried up, lol. Same goes for the Flooded Forest, which is the exact opposite, wherein the Jungle in right on a sea, which I doubt very much randomly appeared there in a short amount of time. As for the differences in those monsters, if you are willing to ignore the fact that it was likely just a revamp by Capcom, you could argue that they are just different subspecies, such as the American and African Flamingo, or the African and Indian Elephant.