User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Kulu-Ya-Ku/@comment-26034899-20180210022403

Like many other people, I just adore this derpy raptor; not only is Kulu-Ya-Ku oddly cute, what with that dodo-like head, but it's also funny to see it go all Leeroy Jenkins and attack anything in its path with reckless abandon once it grabs a rock, regardless of the differences in strength between it and its intended targets. Its name is also fun to say at times, especially in a high-pitched, strained tone (or at least I think so), and seeing those feathers fall off its body whenever it gets struck is a nice touch. Gameplay-wise, it makes an okay early-game boss from what I can see, going from a more agile, docile version of the Dog Wyverns that shares attacks with early-game True Bird Wyverns like Yian Kut-Ku (ex. the running peck) to throwing all caution to the wind once it grabs a rock, and it's good for teaching new hunters how to capture monsters and, to a lesser extent, use the slinger effectively against them. It's not much, but it makes for a better early-game boss than Great Jagras, who's just too slow, weak, and fragile to make good use of its more varied moveset. The eAll in all, it's not bad.