User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter Generations Discussion/@comment-6050823-20161003221508/@comment-27125903-20161004214310

@MHAdvent

You can say Astalos has a more primitive intellect than most monsters but still having a brain capacity.

@Blazing Black Dragon

Well bugs tend to be primarily instinctual and since Astalos is based off of Dragonflies.....