Gigginox

Gigginox are wyvern that live in the caves of Monster Hunter 3's Tundra area. They are related to the Khezu, in that they are a cave dwelling Wyvern. However, they don't sense prey with their nose; Gigginox have a special organ that can detect the body heat of their prey.

They can also attach to the ceilings of caves like the Khezu. In this position they can do a unique attack where they will drag the hunter underneath themselves, then drop down and slowly consume the hunter unless freed by his own effort or with the aid of fellow hunters. A Dung Bomb will instantly free a trapped ally.

Gigginox are wide and very flat, unlike the Khezu which is bulky and has large fat reserves. Their top skin is sickly grey-white, and their under-skin is dark red. When in rage mode a Gigginox's top color will change to black. Their head, tail and chest marks are white but have eye-like sections that glow purple when inside dark areas; these markings can also be broken. Gigginox have a circular, leech-like mouth. Gigginox are a quadruped like the Tigrex and Nargacuga.

They can spit poison or release it as a form of gas from pores under their body. Gigginox can excrete gelatinous globs that spawn young Giggi or explode into a cloud of poisonous spores.

Gigginox uses countless hair-like scales on it's back in order to scale walls and cielings.

Trivia

 * When low on stamina, Gigginox will be unable to spit poison. To recover, they will retreat to Area 4 or occasionally Area 6 of the Tundra and eat from the bone pile.
 * The Gigginox name is a combination of the name Giggi, shared by their offspring, and nox, the Latin word for "night" and the base in the word "noxious". (It isn't confirmed whether both of these "nox" examples are part of the noxious deep-cave-dweller's name, or just one.)
 * Gigginox will take longer to excrete an egg than an exploding blob of poison.
 * As Gigginox detects targets by body heat, it does not have eyes and therefore Flash Bombs have no effect.
 * Like all flying wyverns, Gigginox can be attacked while in the air, causing them to fall over.
 * Oddly enough, despite being a Poison Wyvern, Gigginox can be poisoned.
 * Gigginox can occasionally lay a Giggi-spawning blob on the ceiling, where it can only be hit by a gunner.