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Some New Things Discovered About Astalos (Info Comes from Nintendo Dream and Twitter)


 * The Astalos in-game are males.
 * Astalos uses Piezoelectricity.
 * Even while young, Astalos don't hesitate about anything, including cannibalism.
 * Astalos's Japanese name, Raizekusu, comes from a combination of the Japanese word for Thunder, Rai (雷)/(ライ), and the German word for insect, Insekt/Inzekuto (インゼクト).
 * Astalos was created after pterosaurs. Astalos was to fit into the prehistoric theme that Monster Hunter Generation has for monsters like Glavenus and Gammoth.