User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Theory... Blog/@comment-74.193.207.108-20120817162235

Here is what I've recently realized about flying wyverns like rathalos, rathian, and berukyurosu. They're ariel predators that obtain their prey and travel by flight. When I watched the Tri cinematic opening the rathalos did the right thing in retreating from the lagiacrus because not only was the rathalos vunerable to electricity one good solid bite from the leviathans bone-crushing jaws would ultimately cripple the wyvern. Wyverns like rathalos and berukyurosu can't afford getting into tussles with large and powerful land based monsters like bracchidios and kuarusepusu because their wings are their most important assets to their survival. If one of a rathalos's wings gets fractured or broken in a confrontation with an agnaktor it's very life is in major jeopardy even if the wyvern manages to drive off it's attacker. A predatory flying wyvern like rathalos that can't fly can't hunt and if not able to hunt they'll most likely die of starvation if not being preyed upon themselves by a large predatory land based monster.