User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter X Discussion/@comment-26836109-20151202235319/@comment-25119729-20151203152014

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The mounting animation could have been different because of that whole Skypiercer-Dilemma. The hp you are required to deal to the head in order to break both horns and as such even get a chance of getting them in the rewards has been extremely high, making atleast in 3U hunts common where the team kills Alatreon before the horns are broken. Yes the body structure is the same, but it would have been a chance to solve that problem.

I called Teo and Kusha "lowly" because they are simply weaker than Alatreon (and other questionmark elder dragons for that matter). They have less health, less attack damage and from a lore standpoint can't cause as much destruction as Alatreon. They are not "lowly" by any regards, but they simply pale in comparison. If you want to discuss this further we should do aso in the forums, otherwise the comment chain could be deleted.