[mr man]

these theory topics were doing well on the old boards, so i thought i'd necro them, nothing more, nothing less

[ProjectKira]

Jhen Mohran mate by inserting their semen into the rocks surrounding them and firing them at the females womb opening. That's why they're so accurate...

Alternatively it makes for a very noisy romp...now we really know what rumble in the desert is about.

Sorry guys I can't help but come up with silly theories. Is this even allowed or should I delete my post to something more sensible?

[mr man]

erm, well it would account for some things i suppose, or alternatively, they could make sperm sacs, like a scorpion, which are completely rock like in structure, and fire them, the fighting between males for the mate would be fun though

[Vult]

ProjectKira, on 30 July 2010 - 03:17 PM, said:

Jhen Mohran mate by inserting their semen into the rocks surrounding them and firing them at the females womb opening. That's why they're so accurate...

lol.. and I thought the delex were Moran semen!

[mr man]

actually, they would be the sperm, and the sand the semen


eww, scary stuff, and moster guts are the nucleus...

[SemajChaos]

Delex seem like young Jhens.

[Assassin9996]

ProjectKira, on 30 July 2010 - 03:17 PM, said:

Jhen Mohran mate by inserting their semen into the rocks surrounding them and firing them at the females womb opening. That's why they're so accurate...

Alternatively it makes for a very noisy romp...now we really know what rumble in the desert is about.

Sorry guys I can't help but come up with silly theories. Is this even allowed or should I delete my post to something more sensible?

LOL that's great! Man this post really gave me a good laugh.

[wapaloola]

So thats why he flings rocks at the ship.. he confuses it for a female Jhen!

when he comes from the front, he must just want a hug =3

[mr man]

that does make a perverted kind of sense, although it doesnt explain the ramming, or the final showdown, unless when he comes to the front, he realises that it isn't a female jhen

[wapaloola]

perhaps the ramming is some kind of mating encouragement? fish do that kind of thing all the time, and Jhen is sort of a fish. Sort of.

Also notice how he puffs his chest up really big when he does belly flops? Many species in real life can be noted doing the same thing, birds for instance.

maybe hes just trying to do his bit.

[mr man]

or maybe he just likes to ram females

[ProjectKira]

wapaloola, on 31 July 2010 - 11:26 AM, said:

perhaps the ramming is some kind of mating encouragement? fish do that kind of thing all the time, and Jhen is sort of a fish. Sort of.

Also notice how he puffs his chest up really big when he does belly flops? Many species in real life can be noted doing the same thing, birds for instance.

maybe hes just trying to do his bit.

Hmm maybe the two tusks are actually part of Jhen's reproductory function more notably known as its phallus (to use its scientific term) and jhen actually needs to ram from the front. Jhen could confuse the front of the ship with the tail of the female because of the shape of the ship. This may explain why he cries really loud when the tusks break and more crucially, why his mouth is so weak to attacks. It's like being kicked in the balls... Ouch!

Ok more seriously, since giggi hatch from gigginox eggs, how the heck do they appear in the sandy plains, flooded forest and deserted island if the gigginox's habitat is caves in cold places? I know there's a cave in the sandy plains and the deserted island, but they're too small and the flooded forest doesn't even have any! I'm guessing there could be some sort of migration pattern since gigginox seems to be able to fly.

[mr man]

erm, well it obviously takes a while for giggi's to grow up, so they might crawl there

[Time Lord]

ProjectKira, on 31 July 2010 - 12:30 PM, said:

Ok more seriously, since giggi hatch from gigginox eggs, how the heck do they appear in the sandy plains, flooded forest and deserted island if the gigginox's habitat is caves in cold places? I know there's a cave in the sandy plains and the deserted island, but they're too small and the flooded forest doesn't even have any! I'm guessing there could be some sort of migration pattern since gigginox seems to be able to fly.

Good question. This is the sort of thing we need Halos for.

Gigginox can fly (for instance, when it leaves one of the non-cave areas) but its body really doesn't look adapted for it and it seems to be far more comfortable just walking and crawling. And with a big heavy body like it has, it's certainly not flying all the way to the Volcano or Deserted Island.
The Giggi also don't seem to be big to traverse massive distances on their own, but seeings as they are parasites, it's possible they hitched a lift on something that travels from the Tundra to the other maps. The only thing I can think of that does this is Deviljho (although MHP3 seems to show Tigrex in both the Tundra and Sandy Plains).
So there's my guess; the Giggi themselves hitch rides on wandering creatures. It allows for a few of them in other places, I think, but I worry that for all those Giggi to be in the Deserted Island and what-not there need to be swarms of Deviljho to get them all there.

My question: What does Jhen Moran eat? That Great Desert looks really rather empty for such a huge creature...

[Narvinyë]

@ Time Lord
You may have probably seen this, but nevertheless:
Jhen Mohran Ecology

You get the information of Jhen filtering the sand for nourishment in-game as well.
My question would be: why are Giggi so unefficient parasites? Aren't parasites suppossed to act inconscipicuous, so their host won't notice them? Then again, I guess that's just this way so this little beasts can bother you while you have more important things to do

[Joker]

Narvinyë, on 31 July 2010 - 09:22 PM, said:

My question would be: why are Giggi so unefficient parasites? Aren't parasites suppossed to act inconscipicuous, so their host won't notice them? Then again, I guess that's just this way so this little beasts can bother you while you have more important things to do

My guess here would be that Giggi are not actually designed to be effective. They need to first mature and grow into a Gigginox, or at least grow up to be more effective.

I am hereby assuming that the reason Gigginox can lay so many eggs is because it increases the chances of some Giggi growing up. For example, if Gigginox only laid ten eggs at a time, these ten Giggi stand little chance of growing and maturing, as they are so ineffective. However, if you lay hundreds of eggs at a time (like Gigginox does) then it increases the likelihood that SOME Giggi will mature into Gigginox. Not all will make it, but laying hundreds of eggs is better than laying ten.

[Narvinyë]

Hm, that would be similar to turtles. Still, I can't believe that any normal animal would ever tolerate such a painful, in your face assault and parasitism long enough for a Giggi to actually mature into a Giggnox. It could be Deviljho though, which probably wouldn't even notice all those little suckers or at least not care about them. Goes well with Time Lords theory.

[pyr4m1dh34d]

easy, those tropical gigi's aren't gigi
its khezu whelp, just misknowledged as giggi

here's the proof

This post has been edited by pyr4m1dh34d: 31 July 2010 - 11:53 PM

[Narvinyë]

Khezu do not live in tropical habitats.
Edit: Oh, they do... but there's no Khezu in Tri.

This post has been edited by Narvinyë: 31 July 2010 - 11:25 PM

[AHB]

Khezu is in the jungle caves, so its possible.

I like the Jho idea though