#hermitaur

[marina-the-witch]

New Monster chat :))) Torraltia 8 Stars (Minor Elder Dragon Level Threat) Desert Bloom Titan Class: Titan Wyvern Elements: Water Ailments: Poison, Soiled Size comparison in scale to sympatric animals In the arid regions of the Old World, rain is heralded by the arrival of a titanic beast known as Torraltia. A wanderer of steppes and desert, this Titan Wyvern possesses fleshy humps on its back that store water to nurture the titan on its travels. In the rare case a Torraltia is under attack, most commonly by large Brute Wyverns like Glavenus or Deviljho, it will spit the water out at the aggressor. However, as this is a waste of precious ressources, it tends to prefer using its venomous neck spikes and the strong pheromones , that smell of rotting flesh and cheese, secreted by its tail, to deter any threat. Many desert cultures view Torraltia as a divine figure and, in the case one is successfully hunted or found dead in a good condition, festivities are held as the village gathers around to turn the carcass into food and its bones into beautiful decorations. Many desert species benefit greatly from the presence of Torraltia, as the burrows they carve into the ground for their nest often fill up with water from rivers and underground sources after they leave, creating small oasises that dot the otherwise dry and deadly wasteland. Such species include the herbivorous Diablos, the piscivorous Qurupeco and Delex and Daimyo Hermitaur, which rely on the water to reproduce.

[venn-art]

Alright I'm impatient. Here's the rest of the Monster Hunter lifecycle pieces I've done in 2022!

[crabsinvideogames]

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

The Daimyo Hermitaur initially appeared in Monster Hunter 2, and has since appeared in various other Monster Hunter titles.

[guairescp]

One of my favorite tropes in fiction is fully terrestrial crabs, i love them all, moreso if they are based on Hermit Crabs, this, and only this, is why Monster Hunter and pokemon have some of the best designs for fictional animals

[symskellet]

New video is out

[lordmortimor]

[damnwyverngems]

x ダイスケ(daisuke)

[iamthekaijuking]

I didn’t have a part in this one since no organ system illustrations were needed and the bones of crabs are on the outside, but it’s still a really fun video because crabs are always a really fun thing to research.

Like UHC said, the duo having half the legs of other decapods is actually advantageous at a larger size. Less legs means less energy expenditure and more focus on the legs you have, and many of the fastest running animals only use 4 or 2 legs so it’s also a speed advantage.

And surprisingly, at least in sunbreak, Hermitaur and Ceanataur have somewhat realistic crab mouths. While their mouths are surrounded by spikes, they do have 2 out of the 3 maxillipeds visible. Albeit just oriented weird.

I do have to disagree with UHC thinking they’re unrelated though. They have too many anatomical features in common and their juveniles are identical as well. But as far as where they and by extension Shen Gaoren go in the decapod family… it’s hard to say. I’m not entirely sure since I’m not very knowledgeable about crustacean phylogenetics. Hermit crabs are an obvious answer but the ‘taurs have abdomens that are very different from real hermit crabs (although it’s entirely possible the person who modeled them didn’t know what hermit crab asses looked like).

(Image curtesy of @krmoaten-blog)

[rafopolho]

THE HERMITAUR GOT MY GREAT SWORD !!!!!!!!

[winter-doggo]

Rathalaugust Day 22: Monoblos (...?)

Even in death, life still finds its way. Maybe it's cheating a bit, but I figure its skull still counts and I get to include some crab :]

[acrosaurotaurus]

Daimyo Hermitaur

Drawn in pencil, colored digitally.

[krmoaten-blog]

Arboreal Monkeys

[hakuramen]

Daimyo Hermitaur Superbowl

[organizedchaotics]

The two tease-crabs are next. I remember hunting them the first time in MHFreedom2. I still love fighting them and celebrated the return of ShogunCeanataur and DaimyoHermitaur, i just wished they had different skullhouses...... teasers...

[buriedaliens]

Monster Hunter posters I made for our Sunbreak release party last weekend

Hang In there Baby palico

Hermitaur rave

a tigrex named Kyle who ran out of Monster Energy Drink

[db-toons]

These might be the weirdest things I’ve ever drawn