User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Discussion of the Week: Sexual Dimorphism/@comment-5020152-20160312144315

1) Not sure. I mean, I've never really thought of it before, so it's surprising, to say the least. It'll be nice to have more than one thing to look forward to every week.

2) Seltas and Seltas Queen. There is no question about it - those two are easily the most dramatic example of sexual dimorphism in the MH universe.

I also like the mention of Farunokku being male in-game. It makes total sense, owing to Big Bird's wildly-colorful plumage as well as the fact he attacks by performing dance-like moves.

3) Teostra and Lunastra. Now that 4 Ultimate has been out for a while, I keep forgetting Lunastra even exists. It doesn't help that there's nothing distinguishing her from her red counterpart, except for the way she telegraphs her charge and pouncing attacks more obviously than Teostra does.

Same goes for Lavasioth and Red Lavasioth. Completely forgot those two existed. And come to think of it, what's the difference between them anyway? Does Red have any new attacks or behaviors (not asking about the HC one, just the original).

4) I'd like to see more sexually dimorphic traits that are purely aesthetic, instead of having the males and females be completely separate monsters. Think of it like Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, where some Pokémon had very minor gender differences. For example, the mention that male Tigrexes have longer horns - I'd like to see that in-game when initiating a quest. When the Tigrex shows up to start the battle, it could randomly have either short or long horns.

5) Absolutely. A peacock wyvern would be pretty cool.

6) The Bulldrome and Bullfango. Of course, in hindsight, it makes perfect sense, but I never suspected that those massive Bullfangoes that irritated the hell out of me in FU were close to becoming alpha males. That's definitely an interesting fact and proves that you learn something new every day.

7) Mizutsune females lacking fins. Just... I'm glad we don't see that in-game, because Mizutsune is such a beautiful monster. Seeing one without the petal-like fins would look so plain in comparison.