What are Mirelurks?- Fallout 4 Theories and Lore
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- There are a lot of strange and mysterious creatures in Fallout 4, each with their own secrets. But one of the strangest of all, due to their appearance and behaviour, our Mirelurks.
Mirelurks:
So we all know and hate these creatures. They come in about 4 varieties. Mirelurks, Mirelurk Hunters, Mirelurk Kings and Mirelurk Queens. There are also hatchlings, and the nukalurk variation. Today, I want to talk about the behavior and appearance of these creatures, as well as how sound plays a part in the species, and how the kings and queens use it. We shall also be talking about why they are different from the ones in Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas.
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I have returned from beyond the grave. Apologies for being away for so long. Was dealing with some stuff. As always, likes and comments do help, both in telling me you want more of this type of video, and in suggestions for new videos. Hope you enjoy it.
Nice vid! Please make more of these, but take as much time as you need! I'll be looking forward to them!
thenthapple ''tis very good. I like what you do as it helps with some parts of the game I don't understand and it helps when I want to learn about the creatures in the game
thenthapple you are the best dude. take all the time you need off. your content is amazing and the atmosphere you build with your deep voice is orgasmic. (not actually orgasmic)
id imagine the mirelurk kings more likely evolved from salamanders than frogs
It's alright. Please take your time.
Playing in survival, the soft shell mirelurks that aren't buried and are guarding the eggs behave differently: rather than charging at you, they instead perform a territorial stance by shaking themselves with their claws up.
CommandantAlpha I've noticed that outside of survival. Could be a glitch with my mods triggering it. If there's a swarm of them and there's kings, they stay back and let hunters and kings kill me. Until I kill the kings then they charge.
It IS a glitch lmao they always do it to me when they get stuck somewhere.
gameplayer2014 its a glitch and only happen 10% in game...
They are showing you the dance of their people
The dance is used as intimidation, they only do the dance if you start to get too close, if you leave while they are doing the dance they will leave you alone, if you come any closer they attack. So it's best to stay away. Unless you are OP as hell.
So there's this giant enemy crab, attack its weak point for massive damage
*Groan*
That's one fresh new meme ya got there!
Me: and stay away from their big meaty claws
Mirelurks: what did you say, punk?
Thank you hentai icon.
I think regular hatchlings, mirelurks, and queens are of the same species, and the hunters/kings are just different species with whom they have symbiotic relationships.
MireLurks are lurkers that lurk the mires
ender king lakelurks are lurkers that lurk in lakes
@@culture4519 l u r k k
He lurk
English please
erm ackshually you can find them on ocean beaches 🤓
I knew you were still lurking around.
Nice pun.
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I expected a laugh not to be mired in controversy.
There is a species of ants that have figured out how to hire another species of ant as mercenaries with food. It could be that the species collectively known as mirelurks are a group of species that share symbiotic relationships.
The queens may be a different species entirely, used as siege-breakers on coastal forts before making them into large heavily fortified mirelurk nests.
The Kings are probably employed for having a sonic ranged attack. Their job would be to stay back and blast anything while the more resilient crab-like mirelurks tank.
The lobster-like 'lurks are probably used as, well, hunters. Their greater speed allows them to chase down weaker prey, but that's not well-suited for guarding the nests.
The crab-like mirelurks are the most common, so I suspect that they formed these symbiotic relationships. If each of the other species work with the crabs, they probably learned to tolerate each others presence. Not that they would seek out each other's help, that's what the crabs do, but they don't attack each other for the same reason you don't attack your boss's other employees.
The hatchlings are interesting, it seems only one of these species can lay eggs on land. Probably the crab-based mire-lurks.
Alternate theories include:
-A mirelurk goes into a cocoon at some point with metamorphic results, transforming into a different one with a different role like bees but more-so. Hatchlings become the crab-based mire-lurks, which transform into hunters as they grow older, which transform into full queens. The kings are a different species entirely, someone else suggested they were turtles with a thinner shell that acts more like a cuirass than plate-mail.
-Zetans.
-Aquatic FEV program for hunting Chinese submarines, like the deathclaw program but 10X worse. The fact the enclave was not aware of their origins can be explained easily by the group in charge saying it never happened because of embarrassment.
-ZERG RUSH!
Zerg Rush for sure.
Ke ke ke.
I think of the hatchlings/Spwan like human stem cells. They all start the same but change due to environmental or climate reasons, or something else. And that's my theory on all the different "species".
The other day I saw a Mirelurk Queen fighting a Deathclaw Matriarch, the Queen won.
Sounds about right
thenthapple yep, it was pretty brutal but the ending was to be expected, the funny thing is that as soon and the queen finished off the deathclaw she immediately attacked me.
Ryan O'Keeffe I saw a deathclaw rip apart another deathclaw
Ryan O'Keeffe I got a Queen to fight a behemoth. Long story short the Queen won even though I got her health done quite a bit
I once saw two deathvclaws fighting I watched too close and the next time it was a group of super mutants that killed me ,I went home after that
Glad to see you back :) try not to worry too much about uploading all the time! Your videos are worth waiting for :D
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What she said!
Lucas Maas c
+wasteland seven bet she never said that to you
someone wants their hole filled by him^^
My beliefe is mirelurk is just a general term for sea creatures in the fallout universe not one specific species. They are probably not even friendly to each other and feed on one another.
Maybe, although that doesn't explain how despite their differences they look very similar to each other, as well as their close proximity. If they were different species, I'm sure we would have seen them somewhere in Fallout 3 or it's DLCs. (or it's just Bethesda trying to make cool new looks for Mirelurks)
One theory is they are three different species, but they have a form of symbiosis. The Mirelurk Hunters (which are lobsters not crabs) and the King (which is some kind of amphibian) help protect the nests and in return they get safety in numbers and have an easier time hunting food.
Yeah I talked about the naming convention at the end
I think the Mirelurks were actually a mix of different crustaceans possibly a result of the radiation screwing up the the process in which genes are picked maybe resulting in a crab and a lobster accidentally cross breeding.
my second theory is that some chump threw a lobster and a crab and a couple different crustacean species together in a Fev vat. and they broke loose, they could possibly be similar to a beehive in the way they have different subspecies.
Mutation is definitely an unpredictable process. I just assume Mirelurks is what we call mutated aquatic creatures, turtles, fish, frogs, crabs, whatever.
Gat the Man In the same way people use the term "bug" as a generic term I can see that making sense. The average wastelander is hardly going to be a qualified biologist and cares little for specific species names. What they need is a name to refer to water dwelling mutant creatures so the name mirelurk came into use.
I like how they went from two legs to like 6,
The Chosen Moose
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The Chosen Moose *4 legs and 6 appendages
the mirelurks in fallout 3 and new vegas are mutations of the Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs and the mirelurks in fallout 4 are mutations of the Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs, thats why they look different
Mirelurk Hunters in Fallout 3 had 2 claw arms, 4 smaller arms and 2 legs. That's 8 appendages.
Also not all mutations are the same. The way things mutated in DC might not be how things mutated in Boston.
Diablo 544323 I'm pretty sure the Fallout 3 mirelurks mutated from horseshoe crabs.
i have a theory on how they breed. perhaps its something similar to anglerfish, where in a male is effectively fused with and absorbed by a female, constantly pumping them full of the means to fertilize eggs. such a melding would explain how queens seem to be a mix of the regular and hunter designs, and the size could be explained as bloat from near constant egg production or perhaps mass from the absorbed partner, or a mix of both.
Wait, what? Nightkins don't have the natural ability to go invisible. They use stealth boys, as heavily explained in Jacobstown.
He probably meant nightstalkers.
Even so, they don't either. The only ones with a 'natural' ability to go invisible are the ones in Jacobstown, who were mutated by a chewed stealth boy, and the ones in Big MT, which were experimented on.
@@agentfuse6416 thank you my friends don't know if it was a mutation or a gene
@@agentfuse6416 I think Bethesda made a mistake trying to make Mirelurk Kings a threat
Under the radiated sea! Under the radioactive sea! Everything is green under the sea!
how about a lore video about how the supper mutants are different in fall out 4 then the once we fought in 3 and new Vagas
Cory Dorton, The super mutants in Fallout 4 were created by the institute I believe, and have no connection to the ones in FO3 and NV.
Dale Wearmouth you are probably right but their has to be more than just that like i don't think they are as intelligent or organized as they are in the other two Fallout
the Super mutants in Boston are indeed more organised than their DC cousins. Yet the most brutish and largest are the DC variant most likely due to that strand of FEV. The commonwealth muties are the weakest of the super mutants while not being as organised as the masters army they might be more intelligent. though i doubt it since Super-mutants in the commonwealth are more prone to aggression than their western counterparts.
Especially my but then that brings up other questions we know the Institute did have a FVE at their disposal so the super mutants that are in the Commonwealth do have a FVE in their bloodstream so their lack of intelligence and overall growth is not because they don't have a FVE they do have FVE in their system so the better question is why are they less intelligent and organized than the DC
Cory Dorton I think these are the ones that survived from fallout 1. the mutants made by the Master headed east after the events of that game and they could have splintered and formed the groups from fallout 3 and 4
"if anything they look like frogs." JESUS CHRIST KERMIT WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED
if you ask me the mirelurks are have a higharchy like a bee the male's are the common ones we see all trough out the commonwealth the females are the hunters and inherit the acid for hunting and 1 pair of their claws became a extra pair legs for extra mobility and speed. the kings are mutated frogs like you said. the queen is like with bees only born once a while and is the only one able to mate and lay eggs. and i must say because of the Amphibious nature the eggs get laid in the water where the males fertilize them and the kings steal them to create a herd because of this i also believe the egg on the altar is one that will become a mirelurk queen.
p.s love your videos keep it up (and if i miss or got something wrong here pleas let me know)
I should read more about bees
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I think the entire mirelurk family is all one big clusterfuck of symbiotic life. It's just advantageous for them all to live together. I think queens may be related to mirelurks and lay the eggs or work as giant oversized nannies in return for food. Hunters get the food. Normal Mirelurks protect the homestead and kings kinda just hang on there. Not doing much but not getting in the way either and is clearly helpful in protecting the homestead so the rest of the mirelurks have no reason to complain.
Dats just me dough
I remember when you only had 9000 subscribers, i'm glad you have blown up
Vandsaz Vinzani lol, I was here since 30,000 subs XD you're an early sub like me
Yes, yes we are
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The mirelurk kings look more like mutated Lion fish, and Lion fish are an invasive species in the US. I also think their sonic attack is a sort of roar and their ability to cloak is a homage to the stalker nature of lions. Plus lions are seen as the kings of the wild, hence the name Mirelurk kings. Welcome back btw, I've missed these videos 😊
This is what I needed. Nearly 20 minutes of extreme closeups of a creauture that makes my skin crawl. Giant creepy bugs with too many appendages.
There's a settlement in need of our help, I'll mark it on your map.
Preston Garvey do the settlers like pistacios?
i like pistachios hell yeah
i like pistachios as well
Preston Garvey you're a fucking synth! Or am I a synth? Oh shit.
Preston Garvey until the settlers stop growing mutfruit and start growing pistachios, i'm not doing a thing.
As the thought ever occur to you that the Mirelurks Queens might actually be reproducing asexually?
They probably do what that lizard does and clone itself as babies in that case. Asexual reproduction doesn't really happen, the animal just clones itself in its eggs.
your talking about that one species of Lizard that are all female right?
Yet if they reproduced asexually every Mirelurk would be the exact same looking as the Queen, as asexual reproduction creates an exact copy, and it's obvious from looking at hatchlings that they don't have the same type of body.
Agent Fuse Not how that works, Emerald cockroach Wasp.
look they are mutant Crustaceans brought about by the FEV anything can happen and all but a few Sub-Species like Fog Crawlers and Hermit Crabs seem to have a some what Hive Mentality!
my uncle is a marine biologists so i'll ask him to throw in his two cents next time I meet him
cheers
he tried to explain but I got more confused and I ended up saying to him
"uncle jim, I understand nothing you just said. then he said, "think of it like a butterfly it changes through out it's life drastically or like an ant colony there females are bigger there males are smaller and there queens have wings" he also said that kings are obviously a defferent species and are there probably because a win win relationship i don't know how much it helped but I hope it did
also "SENPAI NOTICED ME".
Its cool man just do what works best foe you. No one want to see you get burned out on something you enjoy.
thanks :)
I think the normal Mirelurks can lay eggs. They can be male or female, reproduce through sexual reproduction, with fertilization before the eggs are laid. The Queen is a seperate, relaited species with a symbiotic relationship. The small lurks feed the Queen and she protects the nest. The Queen does not have the same role as in other species. She is beneficial, but not necessary. The Queens can reproduce somehow, but do so rarely. Considering how there is one in both the Castle and Spectacle Island, that could be their breeding ground. Kings, if they are descended from frogs, probably lay eggs underground that we don't see.
I was really wondering when you were going to make more of these videos I have watched every fallout 4 video and the day I watched your last one I waited and waited and was like WTF where are you APPLE and your Fallout lore. I absolutely love these videos and yes keep making them!
Hey man, don't push your self to insanity. I can say for myself and probably for a few others that if the commentator is not having fun, I am not having fun. To be fair, from my experience with you, I don't think people expect a ton of videos from you anyways. If people want you to upload more often but you don't feel like it, don't do it. Waiting 2 or so weeks for a video with your quality is completely fine for me. ( I am implying your videos are very good quality and are worth the wait lol).
Toney Sebits or wait a few months
I remeber the first time encountering the Hunter. I wiped out a Raider Camp near a lake, and that thing just came barrging out. I was so creeped out, I wasted a mini nuke, because I didn't even know what that hing could do.
Mirelurk Chitin/Deathclaw hide Armour, make it happen Bethesda
Might I suggest that the mirelurk queens are similar to bee queens and the mirelurks operate in the colony like format. Bee queens undergo a physical transformation increasing their size and appearance when compared to regular female bees. Regular mirelurks are sterile females operating around a queen gathering food and protecting eggs. Male mirelurks are perhaps never seen as they are non-combatants that live with the queen underground living solely to breed with her. While mirelurk hunters and kings, as is suggested, are different species just given the same name.
Glad to see you're back! Don't worry about us wanting videos. I'm sure we all understand. Your videos are worth waiting for!!
I've been operating under the assumption that they are 3 different species living in a mutual-hive situation. The kings are clearly not at all crustaceans, possibly derived from a fusion of mudskipper and turtle. But their sonic attacks strongly resemble the Mesmetron attacks in FO3. If their sonic abilities allow them to hypnotize regular mirelurks and rule them, like a king, then they would be living in symbiosis with the mirelurks as part of their species hunting/survival strategy, like a pilot fish to a shark or a hornbill to a rhino. The hunters are CLEARLY based on crawfish (come on down to Louisiana, we'll show you up close how those pointed head-structures work, before teaching you how to eat them) but again it's a matter of symbiosis. The hunters are adopted into the mirelurk nests and possibly controlled via pheromones or sonic manipulation (we know sound can affect them, thank you Spectacle Island and that one vault in 3 screwing around with sonic mind control), becoming jannisaries for the mirelurks, hunting on their behalf.
I prefer these mirelurks a million times more than the fallout 3 mirelurks!
Your joking, the ones in fallout 3 were slow and pathetic.
Diarmuid Marsden and very scary looking and hard to kill!
Neither of these look scary. The original ones look like something out of a cheesy 60's horror film (probably intentional), while the new ones looks something out of a Hollywood movie/remake. At least the new ones look neat.
Pepper Millers what about the hunters?
SRBproducs Zoidberg. Just Zoidberg.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU BETHESDA, for changing the way the mirelurks look overall, seriously, am I REALLY the only who's scared of the mirelurks (especially the mirelurk hunters) in fallout 3 ,seriously after going in the Anchorage I was fucking DONE with fallout 3. That was the most traumatizing mission I have EVER played!
Mirelurks don't frighten me but after watching a queen trounce a super mutant behemoth in two hits that frightens me.
Richard Fox having a mirelurk queen pop out of a random puddle made me shit my pants! Seriously its like the developers are trying to scare us!
Richard Fox a Mythic Deathclaw can beat a mirelurk queen. Not by much though. I should try radscorps. They kill Deathclaws easily. Maybe they'd kill a queen.
when I cleared the mirelurk queen out of Mirkwater construction site didn't have any deathclaws. but I kited her near a super mutant behemoth west of suffolk county school thinking it would wear her down.... didn't even phase her in the least
you're the kind of person that was happy to see deathclaws get nerfed the living shit out of them
whatever your schedule is always great to see a video from you!
I think they look so different from fallout 3 is because there's a lot more water area in fallout 4 in fallout 3 there more bipedal because there's a lot more land
"Perfect for planting a boot into" that was a beautiful statement
certain cuddle fish and frogs can blend in to environments add some radiation and you have a creature that can turn invisible.
3:48 The fact that they can shoot their acid at you from literally a Lon distance is terrifying, ngl, especially considering the damage n all.
they are just a very very large delicious crabs
"The Crusty Cunts." Fucking hell man that is Great
mabey the mirerlirk kings evolved from lung fish
Makes sense, but the only problem is that Lungfish don't live anywhere near Massachusetts. Otherwise, it seems possible, so perhaps Lungfish live in Massachusetts in this timeline? I also think they live in freshwater, but I could be very wrong. Either way, I think it is the most likely theory
I'm aware that things have been tricky for you recently, good luck with that my man. I like to listen to your lore videos (particularly before bed) to broaden my lore knowledge and because your voice is soothing, if that helps.
I hope to see you do more of these in the future. Perhaps fog crawlers in a future iteration? Keep up the good work my dude :)
Yeah I plan to cover the fog crawlers
As much as i don't want to see this, could you do this for Radscorpions in all of the other games they were counted as common enemies that you would see all over but in Fallout 4 they are a lot more dangerous and you rarely ever see them, plus there's the lack of a queen and there new ability to burrow underground.
Glad to see you back ! but if you need a break or vacation to get fresh again then you should take it the true fans will always comeback and watch your vids ;)
"crusty cunts" this is why i love this channel!
a few random thoughts, the creation of mirelurks could have been another experiment at Big MT that was not talked about in the fallout new vegas dlc, another possibility is that the eggs function somewhat loosely like the eggs of bee's with certain eggs hatching forth certain varieties of mirelurks, (I am not hugely knowledgeableabout insects), and lastly it is possible that the term mirelurk is not meant for a creature but for a new subspecies of similar entities. as always I love your videos, hope to see more of them.
You do you, mate! Really happy to see you around, and I certainly enjoy the longer, more researched videos over the shorter ones out of pressure.
You're a good dude, so don't burn yourself out. Honestly, I like an unpredictable release schedule, as it's a nice surprise to see videos from my favorite people on my front page on TH-cam. Keep on keeping on!
Thank god you're back, I've been lost haha. Just a little suggestion, during the video you were comparing the looks of the mirelurks to those in FO3 and NV, maybe when doing this you could input some pictures or vids of those other mirelurks from other FO games, just to spice it up a little?
every gamer has felt the way you have at some point in there life with games you can only play a game so much before you grow tired of it but look on the bright side you have the new high resolution texture pack
Oh yeah. I haven't installed that yet
Good to have you back!
Interesting video once again!
The Kings looks like they were inspired by the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Am I really the only person who likes Mirelurks and think they are cool and cute in some way? I wish there would be a mod for Fallout 4 on PS4 to make a Monster your permanent companion._.
KeinNameLP there's a guy working on it that makes one act like dog meat. That's a rumor anyway. Uses no scripts and uses in game assets. Idk though. Give the idea to modders if you want.
+gameplayer2014 If this is true what you say then I would be so happy! It's getting boring with all these human, Ghoul or Robot companions. I want Deathclaws and Mirelurks :D thanks for the Info ^^
I'm pretty certain you will be able to find Deathclaw and Mirelurk companions somewhere on the Nexus. It's impossible that they haven't been made yet.
+Agent Fuse but are nexus mods for PS4?
KeinNameLP
Ohhhh baby deathclaw :3
I'm not sure if you know or not, but why are most of the animals post war turned carnivorous?
Jessica - Rae They would be pretty much forced to in order to survive in a harsh new environment.
Most turned carnivores because a lot of the Surving species of the Black Rain were all ready carnivores and omnivores and many plant species went extinct so it would be easier to eat meat then plants
You do you man. I love your lore vids when you weren't so crunched. Keep up the good work, speed is not needed :)
Like traditional mirelurks, she can be found buried in the sand, before bursting up to make your day a little bit more shit. Lmao
To put it simply: Mirelurks are cryptids. Cryptid pertains to organisms people simply lumped together when further knowledge was not available. Like how people used to think mushrooms were plants, when they are their own kingdom of organisms entirely.
Mirelurks are a series of different animals living symbiotically and people just assume they are the same species.
I feel like the Queen is a blend between the Hunters and regular Mirelurks...
The kings sonic attack sound is so fucking scary, especially when they are invisible and you have no idea where they are coming from
They most likely breed by the female lays the eggs in the water, then the male fertilises them later. Maybe?
I love all the random unexpected humor in this video, lol.
I honestly think the mirlurk kings came from salamanders
Omg me too!
I'm sure that most of us understand, people have priorities that must come first, upload as you see fit. Your videos have been wonderful so far.
thank you
A giant pain in the arse that's what they are
Can't wait for more--one or two week wait--and hope nthApple n everyone is having a happy new year too
I just realize mirelurk hunters are similar to crawfish
indeed
Oh boy!! I've been waiting for this for so long!
Nightkin don't turn invisible on their own, they use stealth boys and all they are are elite super mutants designed by the master to be more effective.
Night stalkers on the other hand don't usually turn invisible but you can encounter some that can during a quest, and it turns out they were chewing on a stealth boy.
As for the mirelurk king a stealth boy was similar tech was probably involved in their mutation.
I meant to stay nighstalkers, hence the comment about them being engineered. Going to be hearing about this for years :(
thenthapple - Eh, it's fine, i'm a bit of a super nerd when it comes to fallout lore and most people probably wouldn't have noticed this relatively small error.
@@Nyghtking Nightstalkers are more likely to turn invisible at night(who would have guessed) and inside
i think hunters are more like Crayfish than Lobsters, the claws aren't quite as beefy as a lobsters. the kings may very well be frog mutations, but they might have some mudfish or cuttlefish in em, it would account for there camouflage ability. BTW, take yer time with these bro, we know life happens and it can derail even the best laid plans. we ain't goin nowhere.
your voice is so soothing
There's also a group of Raiders so farm them in a quarry.
I hope you're feeling better. You do you and stay healthy. Just posting anything is more than we deserve. Thank you for everything you've done. You should be proud.
A Mirelurk Shell made into a shield? That's actually a good idea.
Thatdeal79 oh, or a death claw scythe!
Bboy Deeznuts scythes are horrible weapons though
@@Cailan_Mors deathclaw pokey-stick then
I think we might have an "Aliens" situation here the queens lay eggs that become hatchlings wich grow into the other Mirelurk varieties.
Once again the wonderful world of Lovecraft (much better than the wonderful world of Disney in my opinion) gets recognition in Fallout the game director has to be a fan for as many references to Lovecraft that made it into this game it is the only person I can think who has the power to ok them all.
We need a Lovecraft World. The scariest place on earth
I can imagine the reviews now "Park goers rave best worst nights sleep I ever had after visiting park." "If you want the genuine Lovecraft experience then come and visit the Wonderful World of Lovecraft." I admit that the name probably won't stick.
Lol, that pun at the end!
And hey take as much time as you need!
THE MIRELURK KING IS A CHAMELEON!!!😮
Thought that was a death claw .
The Stealth boys almost definitely played a role in the kaygus(?) the NIght Stalkers from New Vegas gained the ability from chewing on stealthboys, so it would serve to reason that the kaygus (?) could too.
Dare ya to play titainfall 2
Raiders and radscorpions would be a cool one to look into.
I will
Welcome back, sir Apple
good to be back
thenthapple Indeed.
I have a suggestion! Have you considered doing a video about the possibility of TES being the same universe as Fallout? I like to theorize that Deathclaws are the ancestor to the dragons.
When it comes to the Kings turning invisible there are studies showing that sounds can affect vision to some degree. It could be they use some form of sound to make people just kinda not see em.
hmmmmm
There's a channel called Oxhorn that does a lore video on fallout 4 locations almost every day. They're not as good as yours or as funny but I just wanted to let you know.
I know. Unfortunately I don't want to make a video every day just to meet a deadline.
Kaleb Sharrer no they’re way better than this crap
I think I know what the Mirelurk King is. The face and color remind me of an Aquatic Iguana. The radioactive pollution in the water Prewar (if I understood you correctly) may have mutated a migrated population of Aquatic Iguana that somehow spread throughout the coasts of the US. This may explain Iguana on a Stick, an item from the game. It's possible the US was harvesting the population of mutated Aquatic Iguanas. After the war, the Iguanas changed into the shitlords we know and love today. Gills to hunt underwater and ambush people above, spinal fins for better handling in the water, sonic pulse for better hunting, and partial invisibility to help with ambushing prey. How these evolution happened, radiation and FEV are the answer-alls of the games. The communications with the Horseshoe Crabs, the Lobsters, and the mutant hybrid bullshit crab known as queens were most likely an adaptation for the specie's survival.
Meant to say Marine rather than Aquatic. Hopefully this helps you in further videos.
I keep trying to watch your videos but I fall asleep before I can finish the video
Although I think im just pull on straws but I think the reason why the Mirelurks in 3 and 4 are different may have to depend on the location. My theory is that since the Bombs fell and the areas that held the F.E.V mixed in the atmosphere (Although it would be minute doses if anything) which caused most of the animals to mutate and depending on how much radiation/F.E.V was stewing around it would effect the evolution of the wildlife. As the Yao Guai in Fallout 4 are completely bald (unless im mistaken) but are much larger than most other Yao Guai (Except the ones in Zion Canyon). Possibly due to the glowing sea's constant radiation and frequent radiation storms its possible it forced the Mirelurks to evolve even further than their counterparts up in DC. But then again this is just theory.
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I hate mirelurks, the only loot they drop is food no matter how hard they are
peter burczyk ever killed a mire lurk queen? It has a sniper rifle usually
Richthofen Friedrich Well usually I get some Mirelurk Queen meet and nothing else so maybe my game is glitched.
SO THE MIRELURK QUEEN IS SECRETLY A SNIPER!?!?!?!?
@@8balls122 it may of changed today for you. But usually Queens drop things such as combat shotguns and heavy armor. As well as meat.
Red Lobsters gonna have a good year.
Do what you need to do thenthapple, your fans will appreciate your work no matter what. Another excellent video btw.
the presence of scales, claws and bony fins makes me think the kings came from reptiles who re-adapted to aquatic life. they may not be mutants but pre-war genetic experiments like the deathclaw, perhaps a frog/chameleon splice. This would explain their ability to camouflage.
Kings as frogs, they look more like snapping turtles with an adaptation to hunt.
Their head looks like a snapping turtle and they look scaly but also fleshy in patches because they evolved out of a shell.
The larger species of snapping turtles also have razor sharp claws and a razor sharp beak. And you can see these on the Kings.
If there was a frog in fallout, would most likely be really strong, poisonous or a squishy yet sneaky predator.
Also, some ant species can cross breed. They only use specific dna strands to reproduce.
If you have a pure melee character then these things are pure hell to deal with.
dear thenthapple, in real life there ace frogs that are see through and are known as glass frogs (you can google it if you want), it apears that the king's have a simular abillity.
The video starts, and instantly shows me Mirelurk behavior that I've never seen before. I always knew they had to be eating _something_. I had just never actually seen them do it...until now.
Looks creepy right?
Not really. They eat like regular crabs do.
I'm of the opinion that the mirelurks actually didn't necessarily all evolve from crabs but instead are a clear example of Carcinisation where crustaceans seem to really like re-evolving into crabs. I think the mirelurks are all the same species, aside from the king, and the hunter is the male, who during mating seasons will carry a normal mirelurk on it's back, after which the hunter will be consumed by the normal mirelurk, which will then transition into becoming a queen. The reason we don't see very many queens I'd supposed is because the hunter mirelurks are more often killed before successful reproduction, and mirelurks have adapted to closely guard eggs as an adaptation to cope with this. Mirelurk kings are, in my opinion, are almost certainly a symbiotically associated species, and only associate with Mirelurks to avoid the horrors of the depths, and more frequently venture into the water for sustenance, hence their more fish-like appearance. I'd suppose they evolved from seals or sea lions, and their gill-like things are not actually gills but are actually just skin folds.
I'm also not a marine biologist, but I do know that Amniotic eggs have to be fertilized before they are laid for a baby to come out of said egg, so unless they were somehow laid without the shell and the fertilization somehow initiates the formation of the shell somehow... there has to be some kind of internal fertilization.
Burnout is a huge thing is a big deal. Especially here (on TH-cam), I honestly do not blame you for wanting to go back to the old schedule.