WYVERIANS LAY EGGS?!

[@SkojSkull]

Happy Easter everyone 😌❤️

[@yamato9753]

There was this special helmet in World that made monsters not attack you if you don't draw your weapon, right? Now hear me out: What if it was a fedora, that only appears when the Player has their weapons drawn?

[@bussy-slayer]

Oh no I hate what you did there -._-.

[@SkojSkull]

@@bussy-slayer 😏

[@Project_6Traveller]

But if there platipuss that would there mammals not reptilian

[@BellaDixonCox]

Jesus loves you~

[@Ark_N]

The community must've inhaled too many of the Rotten Vale's fumes to have come up with that.

[@SkojSkull]

It was... wild LMAO

[@MeguminDStaff1007]

​@@SkojSkullno way the whole community foreshadowed the title of the first game of 6th Gen and they did in the Wildest way lol

[@DarkLightBlade17511]

High on effluvian. Effluvian. Not even once.

[@thaxasaurian]

It smells like my nightmares

[@LilDragonkaijufan]

Yeah thats true.

[@airfryersarecool1139]

bruh platypuses don't even have breasts,those guys just straight up sweat milk

[@SkojSkull]

That definitely was not the connection I was trying to make 😂😂

[@stargrazt1159]

Would you drink sweated milk from Hinoa & Minoto?

[@yusufpremyoum2707]

​@@stargrazt1159I could always make an exception

[@kyrexxerxesvenegas7934]

​@@stargrazt1159ayo wt-

[@big_sm0ke-_-221]

​@@stargrazt1159yes

[@George_Gogo01]

Wyvernians: "Look 95% human,5% lizard" The whole degenerate internet: "They OBVIOUSLY lay egg!"

[@Galaxys0825]

I mean is not really a bad question

[@foxmask8032]

Well hey platypuses look 95% like a rodent and 5% like a duck and yet they still lay eggs.

[@George_Gogo01]

@@foxmask8032 They have a huge beak and honnestly remind me more of an otter mixed with a duck than an rodent but regardless...i wouls say they look more like 20-25% like a duck while the wyvernian barely have anything remotely looking like they are lizard beside weird foots.

[@foxmask8032]

@@George_Gogo01 I was thinking about beavers, but otters work too. Also, you're gonna have to point me towards the humans that have long pointy ears and only four fingers. Edit: Also their eyes glow in the dark. But that might just be the two of them in particular.

[@gamingispleasure8436]

​@@foxmask8032as said said: degenerated internet community. todays people stopped using brains cuz of braindead trust to someone drops a statemenment and they just think yep thats right.

[@justanotherimperialfist]

"This Question Came out of nowhere in 2021" Totally unprompted. Totally had nothing to do with a pair of Wyverian twins that everybody thirsted over

[@TheUnseenKrab]

The hunter committing heinous acts by blowing Hinoa a kiss. "Don't tell Minoto about this"

[@Lazymindflayerwithcofffee]

@@TheUnseenKrab *furiously sharpens my gun-spear*

[@doomguy19931]

A lot of people seem to forget that certain species of reptiles have live births, so that's something to consider

[@strider7198]

True but then why doesnt the wyverian man in the concept art have a belly button, or none of the wyverians show their stomach at all? Capcom is hiding the truth

[@pierrickoger1148]

@@strider7198 capcom*

[@MacDonellCashRicher]

@@strider7198 You mean Capcom

[@strider7198]

@@MacDonellCashRicher yeah, my bad

[@Mr.IceCoal612]

Monster: a wyvernian? Wyvernian: *puts on fedora* Monster: PERRY THE WYVERNIAN!

[@nathanielhanson216]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Ashera5469]

Perrrrryyyyyy🎶🎵🎶

[@christianmartinez2321]

@@Mr.IceCoal612 i think "Wendy the Wyvernian" fits more

[@Mr.IceCoal612]

@@christianmartinez2321 you're right lol.

[@productivestruggle9489]

SHE'S WENDYY!! WENDY THE PLATYPUS!!

[@Flores_1314]

Why did this just pop up for me now? I don't need to relive this again 😂

[@SkojSkull]

LMAO

[@naynay9133]

From a biological standpoint, if they look human ore is possibly humanoid, there's a high possibility that it's a mammal, but hell, the MH vers is weird

[@hcrdfju4954]

from a biological standpoint, as convergent evolution is a thing, there is an equally high possibility that they are reptiles.

[@chaledy8998]

Some mammals still lay eggs

[@limaliw3508]

@@chaledy8998 that's not the real issue tho it's between "mammal that lay egg" or "reptile with mammary gland"

[@chaledy8998]

@@limaliw3508 it can’t be a reptile with mammary glands because that's what a mammal is, if it has mammary glands it's a mammal. The question is between them being a mammal that gives birth or that lays eggs (or maybe they're ovoviviparous, or are repriles and their breasts are just evolutionary convergence and are just lumps of fat with no other use). As a biology student, it's fun to speculate

[@kennethsatria6607]

Its an alternate world, its not ours its just how things evolved to be less seperated.

[@Hypnobard6115]

"which makes Wyverians a platypus!" Is the best out of context thing you can say in any conversation about mhr

[@yamato9753]

Athal ka: A Monster hunter? Wyverian: *equips fedora* Athal Ka: PERRY THE MONSTER HUNTER

[@SkojSkull]

LMAO YES 😂

[@MrWood-uy3xh]

I love the idea of athal ka talking like doof

[@yamato9753]

​@@MrWood-uy3xhand it does build things you end up destroying... Kinda like... An Inator perhaps?

[@zakkymiftahurrahman1665]

@@yamato9753 BEHOLD, THE MECHA-INATOR!!!

[@CisnePelado]

"Behold, Perry the monster hunter: My Elder-Dragon-Inator!"

[@thaxasaurian]

My theory: the wyverians would definitely be on the monotreme clade and judging on their feet their ancestors must resemble a “lizard dog foot, hominid with pointy ears”. And they convergently evolved into a human like beings during their version of the ice age.

[@diegomontiel2088]

That way they shouldn't have breasts, or separate reproductive organs either

[@emanuelmendozaaviles7858]

Alright, so it appears MHST2 isn’t acknowledged here, but… the chief from Hakolo Island is a wyverian from what I know of, and guess what, he’s showing his belly, and yes… HE HAS A BELLY BUTTON (barely seeable but he has one)

[@Black_Templar_]

So we're Good? No unnatural and disturbing egg laying from the hot women? Hell yeah!

[@chaledy8998]

It's possible for animals born from eggs to have a belly button, the umbilical cord still exists, just inside the egg

[@emanuelmendozaaviles7858]

@@chaledy8998 huh, I wasn't aware of such fact, so that makes the debate still open

[@Thesilentone88]

Given that all animals of this world descended from wyverns it makes sense. Btw humans in this world are of alien descend lorewise (basically isekai)

[@foxmask8032]

The original bard, wielder of the hunting horn. Man created the entire human population out of horniness.

[@ekosubandie2094]

Well, Fanged Beasts are genuine mammals It's just that they may or may not be the mammalian lineage that gave rise to humanity on the planet

[@nabuchodonosormcgalapatram6941]

To be fair, animals that hatch from eggs also have an umbilical cord, it's just linked to the vitellus, a nutrient reserve in the egg, not to the mother. So even oviparous animals can potentially have a bellybutton if their integuments allows it.

[@andrewowens4421]

It just wouldn't be as pronounced as it is with mammalian creatures but it theoretically could exist.

[@nabuchodonosormcgalapatram6941]

@@andrewowens4421 If I remember correctly, we do have the fossil of Psittacosaurus showing a little scar where an umbilical cord was attached before hatching, it's indeed faint, but it's there, and it's a dinosaur covered in scales (minus the quills on its tail, of course), so a smoth-skinned Wyverian could possibly have one as well.

[@dracodracarys2339]

"Platypus are the only animals to make eggs and milk!" Knuckles: **cries in echidna**

[@jacepro2827]

the one's who got the idea were the ones who have an egg laying wyverian fetish and want to see hinoa/minoto lay some eggs. change my mind.

[@foxmask8032]

I mean you're not wrong... But that doesn't mean I like the fact that you're right...

[@hypersonic2180]

@@foxmask8032 This brings in mind another question: Do Hinoa and Minoto have cloacas? (I'll see myself out)

[@kenetickups6146]

Based

[@akakuzen]

i mean who wouldn't wanna see that?

[@heromedley]

stop kink shaming

[@andrewotaku1679]

I've seen concept art for a Wyverian character from Monster Hunter Stories 2 that had a bellybutton.

[@appallingace6449]

Hinoa and Minoto making me act unwise

[@pharmercy_eu]

This just showed up in my feed and it's bringing back bad memories... thanks Skoj XD

[@SkojSkull]

Ya welcome 🫡

[@reebalamaka]

😏So that means Hinoa and Minoto got that platapu- *struck by a lance to the back*

[@foxmask8032]

I'm getting my local Shagaru Magala on the line to Wheel of Fate the hell out of you.

[@reebalamaka]

@@foxmask8032 neat. I'll buy some *SNACKS)))))))))))))))))))*

[@altarion7491]

*loads heavy bowgun with religious intent*

[@渡渡]

"don't be afraid John" with a loaded holy bowgun

[@theeoneandonlyushygushy]

don't be surprised if a swarm of kinsects eat you alive one of these days

[@AnimeFanBadAsS]

That ara ara did things to me.

[@the0sanitydokutah967]

A wyverian? Perry the Wyverian? P E R R Y T H E P L A T Y P U S ! ! !

[@Master_E444]

My Headcanon: They're already rather strange in certain ways so both laying eggs yet producing milk are fine, especially compared to certain monsters with EXTREMELY weird bits of their anatomy.

[@kylestanley7843]

@@Master_E444 yeah honestly I feel people are overthinking it.

[@Master_E444]

@@kylestanley7843 like if Nergigante can reproduce by essentially budding off special fertilized spikes, Wyverians can lay eggs

[@ekosubandie2094]

@@Master_E444 to be fair, most true Elder Dragons are borderline alien lifeforms that lies outside phylogenetic tree of life of the world

[@Arutayro]

Platypuses aren't the only egg laying mamals. Echidnas and platypuses are both monotremes (egg laying mamals) another weird win for Australia

[@marcopc220]

Wow thats messed up 😂

[@SkojSkull]

This community is something LOL

[@destroyerinazuma96]

In Dragon Half it was simple. Human father, dragon mother. They marry, they cuddle, dragon lays egg, protag gets born. Dragons can take human shape in the universe btw. Though it's unclear whether protag can take dragon form. She looks like a hybrid and she's already very OP as is.

[@ShadowReaper1227X]

Would. Next question.

[@The_Dark_that_Sees]

When someone says they'd lay an egg, it usually means they would fail miserably.

[@kingghidorable931]

Pretty sure the human features out way the wyvern ones. Probably a situation similar to humans and elves. No one questions if it would be possible for them to breed they assume it’s really cause of how similar they are. I assume it’s the same with wyverians

[@themeekwarrior]

Wyverians could be monotremes! But clearly Capcom is having a bit of fun teasing people about this obsession with how Wyverians have babies

[@Thesilentone88]

Platypus are not the only egglaying mammals there is also the echidna who does the same

[@diegomontiel2088]

And pangolin (don't know how it's called in English)

[@cjlite0210]

@@diegomontiel2088 same thing, tho some call them scaly anteaters apparently

[@ekosubandie2094]

​@@diegomontiel2088Pangolins are Placental contrary to their scaly appearance To be exact, their closest extant relatives are the Carnivoran mammals

[@skunkapestories4622]

There are therapsid-like monsters in MH. Wyverians being descended from a Fanged Wyvern makes perfect sense too

[@gamingdevilyoutube]

Doesn’t the hub maiden lay eggs randomly that’s why you hear her scream in pain sometimes

[@zetomer5468]

Trchnically Platypuses and Echidnas laying eggs is the "hardware" all mammals were running on back in the day, I don't remember when exactly did birth giving come around in mammals but Platypuses existing is like seeing a WWI (not WWII, WWI) veteran today in my opinion

[@chargemankent]

That laying egg joke would be a pretty dirty and flirty joke if Wyverians do Lay Eggs. 😅😅😅

[@Peultaro]

Also though pigeons don't lactate per se , they do produce something similar

[@RNKTS-714]

That might answer the question of why there are no human-wyverian hybrids

[@paulandreig.sahagun34]

After watching a lot of Wyvern breeding Ark. Bruh, Wyverns do infact produce freaking Milk.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

Even if they had bellybuttons that wouldn't solve anything, as most birds and reptiles also have bellybuttons from where the yolk was attached but you can't see them easily due to feathers or scales covering them.

[@aurolineblack3692]

I want a game where you can choose to hunt as either a human or wyvernian

[@JanusHoW]

Capcom's never going to tell us, and I suspect if the question ever comes up in-game, the Wyverian being asked will probably say something along the lines of "How rude of you to ask that!"

[@federicogalvan2026]

It’s not just the platypus that can do both. In fact there is an entire order of mammals called monotremes which can both lay eggs and produce milk

[@donaldcralle7964]

in monster hunter world the rathalos has a egg nest that you can take from at the top part of the ancient forest

[@donaldcralle7964]

i did not notice it said wyverians and not wyverns

[@barbatos9441]

"B-But I can't paint! And I definitely can't paint in front of people! I'd LAY AN EGG!!" --- Minoto, Hub Maiden of Kamura Village after the Fierce flame of Kamura saved the kingdom.

[@jdr1109]

Idk man, ducks and chickens in cartoons are prone to laying eggs out of surprise or fear

[@SkojSkull]

Are you saying that wyverians lay eggs but out of surprise or fear? 😂

[@jdr1109]

@@SkojSkull yes

[@xCarsonxTwilightx]

“Hm Wonder who put those wyvern egg at the 11 area in the shrines” Me-

[@Leviathan1000]

What about a hybrid between human and wyverian? Is there any records of a hybrid?

[@SkojSkull]

I'm not sure tbh 😅

[@Leviathan1000]

@@SkojSkull it is like the dunedain. Might make a story of that one day.

[@keroro407]

Probably if a human and a wyverian copulates, their children will either be a human or a wyverian, but no hybrids.

[@Leviathan1000]

@@keroro407 probably, I myself did make some concept art awhile back. I called them Hurains, look human, but the only difference is that ears are a little bit sharp, have unique claws, a powerful sense of smell, and a better set of eyes great vision Stronger, faster, and more agile. Oh, and long life like a wyverian but age slow like a human. Just like a Dunedain from LOTR.

[@rollinthunder1000]

​@@keroro407 i don't think you understand just how long wyverian lives are. Any wyverian woman you date would've been old enough to know you're grandfather as a baby, and they would have looked the same!

[@yamamotohiromori419]

I like to think that human in the past, past as in those who constructed the tower in which we can find kushala shell, fight lunastra and white Fatalis in mhfu, and potentially create equal dragon weapon, create dragon and wyvern just because they can, until some think of other stuff they can do with it, and make wyvern in the body of a human

[@Shane-sf9pv]

Lahey falling down the stairs never gets old

[@straightjacket308]

I now need to see those two with a secret agent hat on!

[@cameroncox2739]

Monotreme Wyverians! That wasn't on my monster hunter conspiracy bingo card.

[@sovansundertale3845]

Damn If they were reptiles, I would've sniffed what remains of Hinoa and minotos shed skin

[@Dreadhead669]

Actually, there are two animals who lay eggs and give milk. The platypus and the Echidna.

[@diegomontiel2088]

There's a bit more, one is the pangolin, and there was one more discovered recently, tho it was just another kind of equidna-like creature

[@Dreadhead669]

@@diegomontiel2088 OK, I didn't know that the pangolin is one, too! 😮 And I totally missed that they discovered another one! That's awesome, thanks for letting me know!

[@idc681]

Does this mean they also have venomous spurs?

[@SkojSkull]

Maybe lol

[@LilDragonkaijufan]

Possibly as a defense mechanism.

[@KusunekoBrainless]

Smash, You can't change my Mind

[@kingofflames738]

Just so you know, reptiles also have bellybuttons. That's where the yolk connects with the embryo in the egg. These bellybuttons just tend to get covered by scales or are lost through shedding. And milk is just a substitute to not fully developed children being born. Which can also happen with egg laying animals such as birds. And some birds produce milk too.

[@MansMan42069]

KAKYOIN DID YOU LAY THIS EGG

[@MOONWOLF7395]

Finally, an answer to the age-old question. 😂

[@apateon18]

To me, Hinoa's line in Sunbreak is the only evidence I need. EGGS!!!

[@cdayo8393]

The Kafka theme in the background?

[@kevink2146]

Now why the FUCK did youtube throw this on my homepage again after nearly forgetting about this

[@toriquill1505]

Really late, but birds and reptiles have belly buttons when they're young. Even snakes. They just fade as they get older

[@The_Court_Poet]

Technically this makes Wyverians Monotremes. Thats the class of animal that the platypus belongs to where they're mammals that lay eggs

[@MrBomb-nn9ds]

I mean monster hunter stories has almost every single creature come out of eggs so I wouldn’t doubt it

[@skiffy8121]

no, this came up in mh discord servers for years before this

[@Kyzoren]

Do Wyverians lay eggs? ...in the words of Bayformers Optimus Prime; "Time to find out" **sick battle mask clangs shut**

[@Seafor-v4l]

Someone was on one too many nitroshrooms when they came up with that

[@MetaRunnerMomAndFriends]

PERRY THE WYVERIAN PLATYPUS!??!?!?!

[@KingLatent]

Christ, Yall been hit too hard by Bazelgeuse's bombing runs

[@cyberchrist6808]

Perhaps they also use a cloaca. One hole to rule them all!

[@TransmutedCuppyCake]

“Laying an egg” is an expression for failing something and embarrassing yourself. She’s not literally admitting to laying eggs.

[@ThorDude]

The Monster Hunter crew (or at least the translators) are very aware of the memes and silly things in the community. It really wouldn't surprise me if they wrote that line to fuck with people.

[@themasterofmonsters309]

It's hard to say, cuz apparently duramboros rear live offspring too despite being very much saurian looking.

[@hypervt8816]

LMAO, that event was rather fun

[@davyjones3755]

I think it's like chameleons, they lay eggs that immediately harch

[@Milenos]

I have layed an Egg. - Bortus

[@HexManiac-nf1yg]

there's only one way to find out for sure...

[@SunnyC.D.A221]

If Wyverians are platypus's, why aren;t they teal?

[@alcole-holic8779]

I really hope so because that’s… exciting, so to speak.

[@amadhollow635]

I definitely never thought about it But yeah, they are pretty neat

[@lucas-ib1rr]

Best ways to know IS to try💀 The friendly hunter from the little boat.

[@Diablos43]

My man! 😏🤜🤛💀

[@lucas-ib1rr]

My boy​👇👆@@Diablos43

[@TinyShadedForestCreature]

No question comes out from nowhere

[@kaizoaudio1798]

Same with Echidnas. Monotremes.

[@ogremair803]

Who said the breasts are infants? Me: *Sweats profusely*

[@淡い炎]

Why am I not surprised that GH is the one who's most invested in the convo.....

[@Lightforeverandever]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 i knew nothin about this but i laughed way too loud at your edit

[@aruakise9803]

Im very much on the lays egg side of things.

[@Ryuji_Vt]

Even if artwork showed them with a bellybutton, Wyverians could still lay eggs. Reptiles, despite being born from eggs, have belly buttons; instead of connecting the fetus to a placenta it connects it to assorted egg membranes for breathing, waste disposal and food (stored in the yolk sac).

[@datedjr1]

SMASH! Next question

[@Diablos43]

Why did she said "ara ara" like that... man I got lucky i was alone, my sound was almost at max! 💀

[@Pallyk426]

Echidnas do as well! They're monotremes

[@oarai9806]

Okay lets prove it guys!!!!

[@ShatteredGlass916]

Am i the only one seeing them as Monster Hunter version of elfs?

[@RAPTOR948]

For all we know, a Wyverian may lay eggs, but it's all rubbery like a snake egg, and when the baby grows big enough, it shreds it's way out of the egg. Just pitching a biology thing and see if it hits.

[@fluffymawilefan]

I kinda dig the whole monotreme Wyverian concept tbh. How ethical do you think it would be to eat a (hopefully unfertilized) Wyverian egg?

[@fluffymawilefan]

Another thing to consider is if the eggs are hard or soft? Most reptile eggs actually have pretty soft shells

[@AngiraBlu96]

Either Monotremes (*platypuses and echinsor, further back, Therapsids.

[@Jellydoughnuthole]

Wooooo we are totally the best hunters with the most sound logic… and probably an alcohol addiction from the free beer that the guild gives you to just drink to your heart content

[@Goatgoatgoatgoatgoatgoatgoatg]

I left the community for 9 MONTHS, AND THIS IS WHAT I COME BACK TO?

[@trapper1211]

if they lay eggs, they must do number 1 and 2 using the same hole