User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Theory... Blog/@comment-1011548-20110828105142/@comment-1758220-20110828174726

The Emeralds are probably older males (I guess that explains the big grey beard) who split off from social living to live the rest of their life in isolation. They are probably less tolerant of infants or young Congalalas, and prefer to spend time alone, especially since they're past sexual maturity, and therefore do not need to find a mate. That's my theory.

The Hypnock thing may just come down to this: If the Hypnock sprayed sleep gas at you and it immediately knocked itself out and you got a ton of free hits, wouldn't that be a tad cheap? It may be a gameplay thing.