Humans are so op to think that they can even kill dragons with this caliber (can be soloed and ganged up on) and the ability to use science tools and use a monster they killed as armors.
@@DiorskiePrepossessing Hahaha yeah but let's also remember how outclassed humans are lore wise. Those Black Dragons (hell and even most elder dragons) are pretty much human delete buttons with wings.
Considering how fast the beast heals, I'd say its cells split really REALLY fast, so I wouldn't be surprised to wake up in the middle of the night a couple weeks after taking the spike with me with a little Nergi cub on my chest growling menacingly at me.
Fun fact: Nergi _does_ actually have a special power, which is his absurd regenerative abilities. This is likely so that he can get away with fighting walking natural distasters that will severely injure him at times without dying from injury. While this doesn't show in game (because it wouldn't be fun at all) it explains how Nerg is perfectly fine with taking huge hits in turf wars with other extremely powerful monsters.
While Raging Brachydios has an "Immortal Reactor" which developes endless stem cells for eternal life and growth, Nergigante clearly one ups Raging Brachy due to a hyper regen factor.
Thomas Allen sorry, why did you make up such a thing for raging brach. That’s so stupid. Read the description of the immortal reactor and you will discover that it simply makes his slime stronger. Please tell me where this stem cell thing came from?
So lemme get this straight. Nergigante is a porcupine, Godzilla and Wolverine hybrid dragon that reproduces asexually by litteraly planting its spikes into other Elder Dragons to suck up their bio energy, to feed the developing Nergi embryos? Damn...
This just makes it even more terrifying who knows maybe you killed a nergigante then a completely identical nergigante appears out of no wear and your just like what i just killed you
Fun Fact: Lore wise, all monsters in the elder dragon class are considered to have human level intelligence. This is why it is impossible to trap and catch them. Love the vids, keep up the good work. Please do Namiel soon.
From what I understand only black dragons have the intelligence of a human but other elder dragons are somewhere in between black dragons and other monsters
Better yet: Remember that you're wearing those all over your body. Better hope that forge flames made them inert, otherwise you've got a few baby elders incoming.
Stephen Lamb most likely starts when it actually eats an elder dragon.. uses the bio energy and cuz of that one the spikes fall off.. becoming an egg of sorts
I like how the reckless Nergigante grows into the cunning Ruiner Nergigante. Regular Nergi would have exhausted itself chipping away at Shara Ishvalda’s rock armor. Combine that with Shara’s air blasts and spirit bombs, and a tired Nergi would likely get beaten. Ruiner Nergi just plays dead, lets hunters do all the hard work (and carting), puts all its strength into killing Shara, and roars its version of “I am the greatest”. This increased its chances of getting a meal rich in bio energy without endangering itself against an unfamiliar Elder Dragon and that’s impressive.
Not just that, but I assume it did so because it already is QUITE familiar with the Ace of the Fifth and their strength. I believe its actually The Nergi we fight in the main story of base World, it just barely survived the fight. Its why it looks at us as the only rival it has, the one who can best it. So the 'rematch' before Shara Ishvalda is it squaring us up thinking its able to win now, but not foolish enough to assume assured victory. And when its clear it wont win against us, fakes death knowing we will fight Ishvalda ourselves with our Elder level power making an easy meal. Thus the MR99 Quest, To the Very Ends with You, makes it sound its the true final throw down with your adversary, that finally one of you dies. Its description even makes it sound as such, "I know you've been waiting for this, and I bet Nergigante has, too. You guys are basically joined at the hip. But it's time to end this. Go get 'em, Hunter!" That is not a descriptor for any random monster you hunt, no clearly that's the kinda history you have with only 1, just like Gore Magala.
Yes, the part about Nergigante's Reproduction is confirmed by capcom. My videos include a fair bit of speculation but the section on Nergis procreation is based on "Dive to Monster Hunter", an artbook released in Japan BY CAPCOM that included, among many concept arts and sketches, information blurbs about some Monsters. This is where this truly bizarre info came from, right from the creators pen. The book is incredibly imteresting (for example describing the life cycle of the Zorah) so I highly recommend giving it a peek if you can get your hands on it!
About that part of reproduction, it could be that the Bioenergy it absorbs slightly mutates the spikes, including creating bigger or smaller Nergigante. That could explaing why some are smaller than others.
The "reproduction through spikes" completely defies biology for a vertebrate organism like nergigante, especially since we know for fact that it's close relatives in the true elder dragons do lay eggs, so I would REALLY like to see the source for this. The only person I heard it came from was banned lagiacrus on Twitter, who got it from translating a concept art book. So if I could see the video or interview where it is stated explicitly by the developers, I'll concede.
One thing I’d like to put in as input is that ruiner nerg isn’t an adaptation per se but actually an older stage of its life which is why it’s specified that they are older and more experienced. The purple spikes that harden are likely spikes that can actually carry viable offspring which are probably why they are even harder than normal. It’s whole quest for bioenergy can be compared to how mosquitos look for blood to produce eggs
Another thing to add is that Nergigante's regenerative abilities and asexual reproduction require extremely high quantities of Bioenergy. It's a natural extension of their abilities, really. Nergigante has immense physical strength and regenerative capabilities, and this constant shedding of thorns would play well into propagating the species more efficiently. However, the cost is the requirement of tackling the strongest Monsters around to acquire and maintain the Bioenergy quality and quantity necessary. It's a natural balancing mechanism. Nergigante are some of the fiercest Elder Dragons around, being able to consistently prey on other Elder Dragons and the strongest Monsters. Their genetic design seems perfectly suited to this task, so their limit is intensive energy needs to reproduce and upkeep this power, thus keeping the population down and preventing them from overrunning the environments of the planet. In turn, their high potential power as a species keeps other Elder Dragons and Monsters in check.
Asexual reproduction comes with another big flaw which is that the mutations an organism suffered from (adding, getting rid off or replacing an amino acid) will get inherited within the new being, tho the mutation can also play in the species favor sometimes which might be a theory (even if incomplete and really basic) as to why ruiner nergigante exists. Despite the showcase of haploïdism and diploïdism not being the most accurate, the rest of the video is flawless, they are genuinely the ones I love the most, keep up the good work mister ocean man
heres a theory if nergy can have a fast population growth considering its reproductive methods what if the genes present in its decended are some what ulterred by the body itself before they get born yes its extreamly random but those that ave a good chance in survival are those that got the more succesful setts of alterred genes it migtbe incompleateand unbeleavable but considering ow nergigante reproduces its a possibility
@@DraconicedgePD its a fantasy world most of the monsters should be able to fly with there wing spans your idea is more plausible than a giant lava fish
It's ironic that despite being called the Extinction Dragon, Nergigante is unintentionally a peacekeeper because it fights the other Elder Dragons that would most likely change or collapse entire ecosystems.
16:20 Actually, Vaal Hazak is known to play dead quite often, but not for extended periods of time. It does so as a combat technique to spread effluvium, whereas Ruiner Nerg was observed to do so for a much longer time, showing a patience unheard of in most monsters that are considered as aggressive.
Fun fact, there are some lizard species (including some of the Varanus genus) that CAN reproduce asexually, but this is an emergency solution if they don't find any mates, so it is possible that the Nergigante would work the same way.
Tangent, but you might enjoy it: Zorah Magdaros is just Geothermal Godzilla, and Monster Hunter World loosely follows the plots of Godzilla vs. Destoroyah and Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla but with the events out of order.
Ok theory here: What if using the bio energy theory, nergigante can update itself, like ruiner nergigante will clone an exact nergigante as him, cloning a ruiner nergigante from the start who can have more time to keep updating by consuming more bio energy, making it the ultimate nature's stability defender, always updating to the next menace that can shift the ecosystem in a bad way.
HECTORYZ I always thought it just depends on what level of hardness the spike they were born from was. Like if it was a black one it would be a ruiner or if it was normal u get the point
These videos are incredible. The amount of effort and dedication in them is clear, really makes these videos go from good to great. Can’t wait for the next one to be released
As a Monster hunter fan for years, it makes me happy seeing people in the comments who never heard about the series enjoying this videos, theyre awesome im looking forwars to the next
I love that a person as passionate as you started making videos about this wonderful saga, thanks for the consistent quality content and keep it up, cheers!
Fascinating, truly it is. Nergigante is a special dragon really, as his role of being a balancer is something nature truly needs, especially in a world of Beasts constantly starving and growing savage because of it, or unnatural gods who can create and shape the weather itself. Truly, balance is something needed.
After lore elder dragons have human intelligence that'd mean that nerg would become way to smart to the point where it could easily resist for example gore magalas infection or even get resistant to poison or paralyzing, or even just kill Luna and Teo in one fight i suppose its always a new nerg i mean after lore tho
I think I have a good explanation for the evolution of Nergignte. Nerg began as a simple Brute Wyvern with Horns, Scales, Claws, Ect. It’s echological niche was probably preying on large, meaty monsters. However, this BetaNerg would find itself being pushed out of its natural habitat during Elder Crossings, a regular event where beings with a LOT of Bioenergy come to its home to die. This means that in regular intervals, BetaNergs would be essentially deprived of its only food source by the older, more powerful Elder Dragons. It would still survive as an ambush predator and scavenger, but it was still a force put apon it. Beta Nerg would be forced to become more of a Scavenger, it’s body adapting to be a bit smaller during this time, and probably beginning to adapt its tooth-like thorns as a method to keep itself and its scavenged meal safe from others who would try and take it. But since these spines were breakable, the BetaNerg probably adapted to having its skin damaged and moved, hence a healing factor on the outside of its body. However, the thing with the Elder Crossing is that Elder Dragons come to the New World TO DIE. And as BetaNerg was a scavenger now, it would definitely eat any Elder Dragon Corpses it found. The Bioenergy of dying Elder Dragons would then be absorbed by the dominant BetaNergs, the beings who survived the best, and that would get passed on to its offspring. As we know, Bioenergy is a strange and powerful phenomenon. So what happens when a monster species who is both a predator and a scavenger absorbs a lot of it throughout the generations? I’ll tell you; any unique characteristics it had get put into overdrive. It’s spines cover its entire body, it’s skin becomes even better at taking and healing from damage, it’s mind begins to grow and adapt, and it’s body begins to grow back to its original size, or perhaps bigger. This then creates what I like to call AlphaNerg, who isn’t quite an Elder Dragon yet. It’s echological niche is all about ambushing and killing, and/or eating the corpse of, Elder Dragons. AlphaNerg had a VERY good time in its new niche, essentially becoming an energy-sink for the New World, instead of it all going to Xenojiva. AlphaNerg were like leeches to the Elder Crossing, they fed off it, but they made sure to keep their host alive and functioning. It is at this point that the powerful self-healing properties of AlphaNerg and its increasingly lonely lifestyle that it created a final adaptation; it would generate a large bulge on its body, and would begin creating a genetic clone of itself. Exactly how this is possible is pretty hard to tell, but it’s the best I got. That massive amounts of Bioenergy, a solitary lifestyle, and its powerful healing ability, and maybe some final unknown factor, it began to reproduce Aesexualy. It is my idea that this is where the Nergigante we all know and love to hunt exists. During Elder Crossings, Nergs will go on the prowel, compelled to kill and eat as many Elder Dragons as possible to absorb as much Bioenergy as possible, while also physically eating. Then, during the off-season, Nergs will “roost” in an area, essentially being Apex Predators with NO real competition besides Bazelgeuse or Deviljho. It’s pool of available prey for strong Bioenergy is lowered, so it goes into a state of semi-hibernation. It takes all the Bioenergy it has taken and creates Genetic Clones, raising them in the off-season before leaving them to fend for themselves before the next Elder Crossing begins. I hope you enjoy my little theory. ^^’
This monster always reminded me of angurius from the godzilla franchise. Had no special powers or gimmick really to visually strike u...but his tenacity and rage in his combat style makes him a formidable monster in his own right. Much respect for the hedgehog dragon
What if the asexual reproduction is to prevent nergigante from always eating one of their partners. This is hinted at by nergigante being a elder dragon itself (thus it's own prey once fully grown)
@@benjaminalonzo6705 that's the point, the babies would be fine since they wouldn't have enough bio energy for the bigger nergigante to eat them. As for partners well that's why they're asexual, if you have a apex ruiner nergigante it'll still have offspring.
Cannibalism is exceedingly rare in nature. Most animals will never eat one of their own, so even though Nergigante is a Elder Dragon, it wouldn't necesarrily eat other Nergigante. And even for species that do make use of cannibalism, they will usually make an exception for a mate, or eat the partner after reproduction, like the black widow. Also remember that Elder Dragons aren't a real "race" in Monster Hunter. They're just the general term that the Hunter Association uses for anything that doesn't fit any other category. That's why "real" dragons like Fatalis or Nergigante belong to it, as well as a unicorn(Kirin) and a flying tentacle monster with human teeth and trees growing on it(Yama Tsukami). How would a Nergigante know what "we" consider Elder Dragon?
EskChan19 Well elder dragons all share a common trait that being elder dragon blood and elder dragon bones. Much like how a lion typically hunt big prey animals like Zebra and Water Buffalo as opposed to eating anything that moves, Nergi is likely doing something similar. Either that or all elders have some sort or unique nutrient that Nergigante need to eat.
@@brandonshmandon1799 I thought this video talked about this already, Nergigante hunts for the largest pools of bioenergy, which Elder Dragons typically have.
Another amazing video, very interesting to learn that Nergigante reproduces asexually. Makes me wonder if its memories are at all carried over to future generations, which could explain Ruiner being so intelligent and seeming to recognise the Hunter. Really makes Nergigante feel like a true rival, not just another beast. Like us it constantly learns from its mistakes and comes back even stronger, time and time again. For your next vid it would be a nice contrast to do a species with significant differences between sexes, like Teostra and Lunastra or the Raths.
This was an amazing video to come home to. Thank you so much. Ever since I was little I loved the documentaries. I had Walking with Dinosaurs on VHS, and I have always wanted something like this for Monster Hunter. Keep up the amazing work.
My second favorite monster in all of monster! Oceanz this was the ultimate case of me not knowing I needed something until I got it! Thank you for this!
Mine is Nergigante, but I don’t have Iceborne. I’m gonna get if my birthday though. Also, do you mean in all of Monster Hunter or just Monster Hunter World?
In a world of monster hunter there are many things dragons that control the wind a horse that controls lightning a giant pickle with dragon breath and finally a big monkey that turns super sayan
16:16 - 16:32 "Somewhat unprecedented" means that Gore Magalas are also known to have exhibited this behavior, according to the reports of a Val Habar-originated caravan hunting crew responsible for slaying a Shagaru Magala that initially had done exactly this.
This is such a good little series, and im happy you're still putting on the effort of doing this little documentary about monsters, and i hope it has all of the success! While i feel like monster hunter lacks a bit lorewise, it has such a good world with interesting facts about its inhabitants, Zinogre/Tigrex/Barioth would be a marvelous!
Another amazing video Oceaniz! Honestly after 3 new world monsters in a row though I hope the next video is an old world monster, it's up to you of course.
Nergigante has always been very interesting to me: his very particular fighting style, similar to the one of a bear for trying to overpower its prey, and his regeneration abilities are incredible. Also I think I have an answer to why does he fight Elder dragons: regenerating things such as spikes at such an high speed(btw I think spikes and horns are extensions of its scales or viceversa because of how their attachment to the body looks like) and constantly would require an enormous amount of energy or bio-energy that he would never be able to get from weak or smaller prays(which is what is usually hunted in the real world because it requires less energy but Nergi always uses a lot of it anyway), plus if you consider that when he is excited(enraged) the growth of its spikes accelerates it is natural to think that hunting something with little energy would make him starve. However this is also a great risk: prolonging a hunt for too much time or failing one would probably lead to death because he would've spent all that energy for nothing and he would continue to use that amount for every other hunt leaving a "hunger unbalance" that could only get worse. It's like betting your own life every time you do something.
These are really good I really enjoy how you talk about these creatures and how function and how they function in their environments. Pleasure do more. If u are looking for the next suggestion how about Vaal Hazak?
I love this documentary style videos and I really hope you continue doing them even if it's one every who knows when. I would also like to point out that there is another monster who plays dead in the MH world and it's the Gypceros, while not in MH World this old school monster would mid hunt do his dying animation and the battle music would stop and you could carve him as well just for him to suddenly start flailing around which dealt a massive amount of damage.
Nice video! Please do a video on Glavenus! It’s my second favourite monster(first being Nergigante). A monster that has a 1000 degree knife for a tail? What’s not to love lol
whew!! i was so scared this video took all the talking points from the video i'm making. this is really well done. i had no idea about the whole nergigante reproductive cycle o__O
When Nergigante appeared I was expecting the RageGaming rap. Nergigante could be facultatively sexually reproducing; many animals mostly use asexual reproduction, but rarely still use sexual reproduction to ensure genetic diversity through recombination.
I think that monsters with subspecies are the effect of sexual reproduction of monster species. Monsters without subspecies or variants most likely reproduce asexually.
@@slenderhatesmillennials195 Species adapt to certain enviroments and it's hazards, so they become divergent, thus become a subspecies. Example with normal pukei and coral pukei. With asexual reproduction the species just copy itsself. I do agree with the poster, Nergi prop would have both. Like the Komodo dragon, females have the ability to reproduce asexually if they can't find males in their furtile period.
I just watched these a few days ago and now I saw another one of these and the thumbnails are different! Tis sudden but I’m all for it they look wonderful
Teostra and Lunastra next! :) they're literally my favorite monster mating couple in this game and how they will defend each other from danger is amazing and would love to hear your own thoughts on this.
Good video, but I don’t think it’s spikes would be made of enamel. Enamel is very solid and would take a large amount of energy to grow. Nergi would essentially be growing hundreds of bones out each time you break his spikes. He would also feel an immense amount of pain due to nerve endings in the spike (unless the spike is solid, which is even worse to do how heavy and how much energy it would take to grow, nergi would starve to death as we fight it). I’m pretty sure keratin, the material used to make nails, rhinoceros horns, and reptile scales.
Other Elder Dragons: Commands the elements like Lightning, Flames, Ice, or Wind.
Nergigante: So anyway, I started *punching*
Ah yes, but said avatar dragon also is like
Bruh social interaction, whack
Humans are so op to think that they can even kill dragons with this caliber (can be soloed and ganged up on) and the ability to use science tools and use a monster they killed as armors.
@@DiorskiePrepossessing Hahaha yeah but let's also remember how outclassed humans are lore wise. Those Black Dragons (hell and even most elder dragons) are pretty much human delete buttons with wings.
@@rollinthunder1000 yeah but 4 speed runners covered with the monster's relatives scale rekts an elder dragon
WDK 2 alatreon do be anti social
“Hey I got a Nergi spike!”
**Two days later**
“...Why does it have legs?”
Considering how fast the beast heals, I'd say its cells split really REALLY fast, so I wouldn't be surprised to wake up in the middle of the night a couple weeks after taking the spike with me with a little Nergi cub on my chest growling menacingly at me.
Hahaha this is so funny thank you 😂
FunnyKitsune that description makes it sound like a puppy but deadly
Hollyyyyynfuck. Just rralize that maybe the nergi wapons are still alive and thats the reason they change so much in each level.
@@moxtordoki96 Well, they at least are filled with life-energy, cus that is nergis only food. Life-energy making things come alive sounds reasonable.
Fun fact:
Nergi _does_ actually have a special power, which is his absurd regenerative abilities. This is likely so that he can get away with fighting walking natural distasters that will severely injure him at times without dying from injury. While this doesn't show in game (because it wouldn't be fun at all) it explains how Nerg is perfectly fine with taking huge hits in turf wars with other extremely powerful monsters.
so thats why he burst through rock to kill shara with eight bones missing
How many freaking monsters need to be Saiyans on this game? The answer is apparently yes.
Maybe is is a legit "Immortal Dragon" that really refuse to die
While Raging Brachydios has an "Immortal Reactor" which developes endless stem cells for eternal life and growth, Nergigante clearly one ups Raging Brachy due to a hyper regen factor.
Thomas Allen sorry, why did you make up such a thing for raging brach. That’s so stupid. Read the description of the immortal reactor and you will discover that it simply makes his slime stronger. Please tell me where this stem cell thing came from?
So lemme get this straight. Nergigante is a porcupine, Godzilla and Wolverine hybrid dragon that reproduces asexually by litteraly planting its spikes into other Elder Dragons to suck up their bio energy, to feed the developing Nergi embryos?
Damn...
Yes, this is why nerg doesnt have a gender. It simply just continues its kin by itself through injection.
Holyshitballs!
*Almost Literally*
This just makes it even more terrifying who knows maybe you killed a nergigante then a completely identical nergigante appears out of no wear and your just like what i just killed you
Indoraptor Unstoppable it’s a Hungry Hungry Hedgehog
Daily reminder that ruiner nergigante waited for us to destroy the old everwyrm's carapace before snapping its neck
elder dragons have human intelligence
@@maxleland8791 He literally says that in the video wtf are you doing here
@@maxleland8791 don't disguise your mistake as a joke
Sure bud, sure ;)
Yep
Fun Fact: Lore wise, all monsters in the elder dragon class are considered to have human level intelligence. This is why it is impossible to trap and catch them.
Love the vids, keep up the good work. Please do Namiel soon.
From what I understand only black dragons have the intelligence of a human but other elder dragons are somewhere in between black dragons and other monsters
Yeah because if I can lure an elder dragon under a trap with a F***ing rock than I question that human level BS.
@@rollinthunder1000
If you can rub it into its own hubris, you can lure it to your trap.
Its called Psychology.
@@rollinthunder1000
Because nobody has ever lured a human into a rock trap before......
@@dr.calibrations7984
Handler: hold my canteen meal
Knowing how nergi reproduces now. I have a few sudden regrets about hunting so many and allowing them to get their sexy spikes everywhere
Better yet: Remember that you're wearing those all over your body.
Better hope that forge flames made them inert, otherwise you've got a few baby elders incoming.
@@ES21007 *You are wearing babies*
Stephen Lamb most likely starts when it actually eats an elder dragon.. uses the bio energy and cuz of that one the spikes fall off.. becoming an egg of sorts
Hahaha, come at me you Paladin Fucks!
@Doctor Snake Eater imagine all the fetuses used to make a weapon
Wait, it grows like a starfish, from its spikes?!
So every time it divebombs us its giving birth all over us... Eww...
SexDriveDive
*NUT BOMB*
😂😂😂😂
@@KingCringeson new nergi subspecies: coomer nergi
Nergi: Imma blow my load all over you
Hunter: what the-
Nergi: No homo
I like how the reckless Nergigante grows into the cunning Ruiner Nergigante. Regular Nergi would have exhausted itself chipping away at Shara Ishvalda’s rock armor. Combine that with Shara’s air blasts and spirit bombs, and a tired Nergi would likely get beaten.
Ruiner Nergi just plays dead, lets hunters do all the hard work (and carting), puts all its strength into killing Shara, and roars its version of “I am the greatest”. This increased its chances of getting a meal rich in bio energy without endangering itself against an unfamiliar Elder Dragon and that’s impressive.
Not just that, but I assume it did so because it already is QUITE familiar with the Ace of the Fifth and their strength. I believe its actually The Nergi we fight in the main story of base World, it just barely survived the fight. Its why it looks at us as the only rival it has, the one who can best it. So the 'rematch' before Shara Ishvalda is it squaring us up thinking its able to win now, but not foolish enough to assume assured victory. And when its clear it wont win against us, fakes death knowing we will fight Ishvalda ourselves with our Elder level power making an easy meal.
Thus the MR99 Quest, To the Very Ends with You, makes it sound its the true final throw down with your adversary, that finally one of you dies. Its description even makes it sound as such, "I know you've been waiting for this, and I bet Nergigante has, too. You guys are basically joined at the hip. But it's time to end this. Go get 'em, Hunter!" That is not a descriptor for any random monster you hunt, no clearly that's the kinda history you have with only 1, just like Gore Magala.
I thought the roar meant "Get ready to grind to MR 99, scrub"
@@thomasallen9974 Does that mean that ruiner nergi is a deviant?
Alex Siuciak nah, more like a variant I’d say
I don’t think he played dead,after all he did get buried in the ground by shara
"At the end of it all . . . lies nature."
Fatalis: *Allow me to introduce myself.*
Yes, the part about Nergigante's Reproduction is confirmed by capcom.
My videos include a fair bit of speculation but the section on Nergis procreation is based on "Dive to Monster Hunter", an artbook released in Japan BY CAPCOM that included, among many concept arts and sketches, information blurbs about some Monsters.
This is where this truly bizarre info came from, right from the creators pen. The book is incredibly imteresting (for example describing the life cycle of the Zorah) so I highly recommend giving it a peek if you can get your hands on it!
About that part of reproduction, it could be that the Bioenergy it absorbs slightly mutates the spikes, including creating bigger or smaller Nergigante. That could explaing why some are smaller than others.
What if the one from world main story is preparing to have offspring if it's the same one.
The "reproduction through spikes" completely defies biology for a vertebrate organism like nergigante, especially since we know for fact that it's close relatives in the true elder dragons do lay eggs, so I would REALLY like to see the source for this. The only person I heard it came from was banned lagiacrus on Twitter, who got it from translating a concept art book. So if I could see the video or interview where it is stated explicitly by the developers, I'll concede.
One thing I’d like to put in as input is that ruiner nerg isn’t an adaptation per se but actually an older stage of its life which is why it’s specified that they are older and more experienced. The purple spikes that harden are likely spikes that can actually carry viable offspring which are probably why they are even harder than normal. It’s whole quest for bioenergy can be compared to how mosquitos look for blood to produce eggs
he looks like a dragon that you could find in War Hammer
Another thing to add is that Nergigante's regenerative abilities and asexual reproduction require extremely high quantities of Bioenergy. It's a natural extension of their abilities, really. Nergigante has immense physical strength and regenerative capabilities, and this constant shedding of thorns would play well into propagating the species more efficiently. However, the cost is the requirement of tackling the strongest Monsters around to acquire and maintain the Bioenergy quality and quantity necessary.
It's a natural balancing mechanism. Nergigante are some of the fiercest Elder Dragons around, being able to consistently prey on other Elder Dragons and the strongest Monsters. Their genetic design seems perfectly suited to this task, so their limit is intensive energy needs to reproduce and upkeep this power, thus keeping the population down and preventing them from overrunning the environments of the planet. In turn, their high potential power as a species keeps other Elder Dragons and Monsters in check.
Asexual reproduction comes with another big flaw which is that the mutations an organism suffered from (adding, getting rid off or replacing an amino acid) will get inherited within the new being, tho the mutation can also play in the species favor sometimes which might be a theory (even if incomplete and really basic) as to why ruiner nergigante exists.
Despite the showcase of haploïdism and diploïdism not being the most accurate, the rest of the video is flawless, they are genuinely the ones I love the most, keep up the good work mister ocean man
heres a theory
if nergy can have a fast population growth considering its reproductive methods what if the genes present in its decended are some what ulterred by the body itself before they get born yes its extreamly random but those that ave a good chance in survival are those that got the more succesful setts of alterred genes
it migtbe incompleateand unbeleavable but considering ow nergigante reproduces its a possibility
@@DraconicedgePD its a fantasy world most of the monsters should be able to fly with there wing spans
your idea is more plausible than a giant lava fish
@@DraconicedgePD it could also be possible that the bioenergy could be the cause, or at least a factor, for nergigante mutations.
"To live, is to be hungry"
That's the most relatable thing I've heard all week
It's ironic that despite being called the Extinction Dragon, Nergigante is unintentionally a peacekeeper because it fights the other Elder Dragons that would most likely change or collapse entire ecosystems.
16:20 Actually, Vaal Hazak is known to play dead quite often, but not for extended periods of time. It does so as a combat technique to spread effluvium, whereas Ruiner Nerg was observed to do so for a much longer time, showing a patience unheard of in most monsters that are considered as aggressive.
The living embodiment of "there's always a bigger fish"
M.S.Piranha Plant Advanced
Dalamadur: *Sad snake noises*
I like how you used the arch tempered theme instead of the original one.
I mean of course it's a godly theme
Fun fact, there are some lizard species (including some of the Varanus genus) that CAN reproduce asexually, but this is an emergency solution if they don't find any mates, so it is possible that the Nergigante would work the same way.
There’s a species of lizards that’s all female due to only reproducing asexually.
Yeah Nergigante can still produce eggs with different genes in Stories 2
Yeah i think the process is called parthenogenesis. But not sure though
Monitor lizards can do that if I’m not mistaken
snakes as well if they dont find a mate even a male can idk if its true but ive heard about it alot
So, my boi isn't litterally a Boi?
Wow. Still, for a new episode i vote the Rath lovers
I mean, they'd be great, but i feel like we should get rajang next
I agree to that rath lovers.
so its spikey thems instead of spikey Boi
"Nature has an order, a power to restore balance. I believe he is that power" Ishiro Serizawa
Aldy Riza Dhiandra love the reference!
Tangent, but you might enjoy it:
Zorah Magdaros is just Geothermal Godzilla, and Monster Hunter World loosely follows the plots of Godzilla vs. Destoroyah and Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla but with the events out of order.
“Life will find a way” - Ian Malcom
'Life.. uhhh... finds a way.' -Ian malcom
"LIFE WILL FIND A WAY!" -Helion Prime, Life Finds a Way
Life makes fetuses fly like ninja stars
This is one of my favorite series in all of TH-cam lol
Ok theory here:
What if using the bio energy theory, nergigante can update itself, like ruiner nergigante will clone an exact nergigante as him, cloning a ruiner nergigante from the start who can have more time to keep updating by consuming more bio energy, making it the ultimate nature's stability defender, always updating to the next menace that can shift the ecosystem in a bad way.
This could explain its existence itself, by little by little upgrading itself with bio energy until it gets to become nergigante.
HECTORYZ I always thought it just depends on what level of hardness the spike they were born from was. Like if it was a black one it would be a ruiner or if it was normal u get the point
These videos are incredible. The amount of effort and dedication in them is clear, really makes these videos go from good to great. Can’t wait for the next one to be released
Hey, I was sure someone else felt the same but I wasn't sure if they commented. These are excellent.
That part about how it analyzes and dials up the ferocity as the fight continues gave me chills for some reason. This was well done.
Click, pause, like, play.
Again, thank you. I am EAGERLY anticipating a Vaal Hazak analysis!
As a Monster hunter fan for years, it makes me happy seeing people in the comments who never heard about the series enjoying this videos, theyre awesome im looking forwars to the next
Admiral : Your clones are very impressive, you must be very proud.
Nergigante : I'm just a simple monster trying to make my way in the New World.
I love that a person as passionate as you started making videos about this wonderful saga, thanks for the consistent quality content and keep it up, cheers!
Yes! He is one of my favorite elder dragon imo.
Fascinating, truly it is. Nergigante is a special dragon really, as his role of being a balancer is something nature truly needs, especially in a world of Beasts constantly starving and growing savage because of it, or unnatural gods who can create and shape the weather itself. Truly, balance is something needed.
You clearly put a lot of effort and time into these vids and they are pure quality. You definitely don't get enough credit man, great job!
This was absolutely excellent. I felt like I was watching a real Documentary! You do great work, and I would love to see more MHW documentaries
What if Nergigante was like Mothra, where each Nergigante retains the memories of the Nergi that spawned it...
After lore elder dragons have human intelligence that'd mean that nerg would become way to smart to the point where it could easily resist for example gore magalas infection or even get resistant to poison or paralyzing, or even just kill Luna and Teo in one fight i suppose its always a new nerg i mean after lore tho
Whatever you upload, JoJo or not, it's still technically a JoJo reference. Life itself is a JoJo reference.
Breathing is a jojo reference
Haha, so funny!
Seriously fuck off, you haven't been funny for years.
Breathing is a Demon Slayer reference
Didn’t expect to see you here
Just Some Guy without a Mustache your everywhere
Over 500 hours of monster hunter world and my jaw is on the floor.
I think I have a good explanation for the evolution of Nergignte.
Nerg began as a simple Brute Wyvern with Horns, Scales, Claws, Ect. It’s echological niche was probably preying on large, meaty monsters. However, this BetaNerg would find itself being pushed out of its natural habitat during Elder Crossings, a regular event where beings with a LOT of Bioenergy come to its home to die. This means that in regular intervals, BetaNergs would be essentially deprived of its only food source by the older, more powerful Elder Dragons. It would still survive as an ambush predator and scavenger, but it was still a force put apon it.
Beta Nerg would be forced to become more of a Scavenger, it’s body adapting to be a bit smaller during this time, and probably beginning to adapt its tooth-like thorns as a method to keep itself and its scavenged meal safe from others who would try and take it. But since these spines were breakable, the BetaNerg probably adapted to having its skin damaged and moved, hence a healing factor on the outside of its body.
However, the thing with the Elder Crossing is that Elder Dragons come to the New World TO DIE. And as BetaNerg was a scavenger now, it would definitely eat any Elder Dragon Corpses it found. The Bioenergy of dying Elder Dragons would then be absorbed by the dominant BetaNergs, the beings who survived the best, and that would get passed on to its offspring.
As we know, Bioenergy is a strange and powerful phenomenon. So what happens when a monster species who is both a predator and a scavenger absorbs a lot of it throughout the generations? I’ll tell you; any unique characteristics it had get put into overdrive.
It’s spines cover its entire body, it’s skin becomes even better at taking and healing from damage, it’s mind begins to grow and adapt, and it’s body begins to grow back to its original size, or perhaps bigger.
This then creates what I like to call AlphaNerg, who isn’t quite an Elder Dragon yet. It’s echological niche is all about ambushing and killing, and/or eating the corpse of, Elder Dragons. AlphaNerg had a VERY good time in its new niche, essentially becoming an energy-sink for the New World, instead of it all going to Xenojiva. AlphaNerg were like leeches to the Elder Crossing, they fed off it, but they made sure to keep their host alive and functioning. It is at this point that the powerful self-healing properties of AlphaNerg and its increasingly lonely lifestyle that it created a final adaptation; it would generate a large bulge on its body, and would begin creating a genetic clone of itself. Exactly how this is possible is pretty hard to tell, but it’s the best I got. That massive amounts of Bioenergy, a solitary lifestyle, and its powerful healing ability, and maybe some final unknown factor, it began to reproduce Aesexualy.
It is my idea that this is where the Nergigante we all know and love to hunt exists. During Elder Crossings, Nergs will go on the prowel, compelled to kill and eat as many Elder Dragons as possible to absorb as much Bioenergy as possible, while also physically eating.
Then, during the off-season, Nergs will “roost” in an area, essentially being Apex Predators with NO real competition besides Bazelgeuse or Deviljho. It’s pool of available prey for strong Bioenergy is lowered, so it goes into a state of semi-hibernation. It takes all the Bioenergy it has taken and creates Genetic Clones, raising them in the off-season before leaving them to fend for themselves before the next Elder Crossing begins.
I hope you enjoy my little theory. ^^’
I love these so much. It feels just like a David Attenborough documentary.
elder dragons running from nergigante and ruiner and they say "why are you running?...WHY ARE RUNNING!?"
This is amazing, like, THANK YOU for doing it. Will watch literally anything you pump out rn
Other elder dragon: I'm a master of this nature defying element
Nergigante: I'm the master of *THESE HANDS!*
Love your content Oceaniz, always enjoy listening to it while I relax or do other things. Thank you very much for your work!
This monster always reminded me of angurius from the godzilla franchise. Had no special powers or gimmick really to visually strike u...but his tenacity and rage in his combat style makes him a formidable monster in his own right. Much respect for the hedgehog dragon
After watching this video, I'm now wondering if theirs gonna be a The Nature of Monster Hunter for Dodogama
Maybe eventually, only because it's probably not up there in popularity.
@@htcinfinity Fair enough, although I'm gonna look forward to the day when that video happens ^-^
#killthiccboys
Please
'The Nature of Best Boi'
What if the asexual reproduction is to prevent nergigante from always eating one of their partners. This is hinted at by nergigante being a elder dragon itself (thus it's own prey once fully grown)
Ozmond Wahpekeche then it would eat it’s kids and or parents
@@benjaminalonzo6705 that's the point, the babies would be fine since they wouldn't have enough bio energy for the bigger nergigante to eat them. As for partners well that's why they're asexual, if you have a apex ruiner nergigante it'll still have offspring.
Cannibalism is exceedingly rare in nature. Most animals will never eat one of their own, so even though Nergigante is a Elder Dragon, it wouldn't necesarrily eat other Nergigante. And even for species that do make use of cannibalism, they will usually make an exception for a mate, or eat the partner after reproduction, like the black widow. Also remember that Elder Dragons aren't a real "race" in Monster Hunter. They're just the general term that the Hunter Association uses for anything that doesn't fit any other category. That's why "real" dragons like Fatalis or Nergigante belong to it, as well as a unicorn(Kirin) and a flying tentacle monster with human teeth and trees growing on it(Yama Tsukami). How would a Nergigante know what "we" consider Elder Dragon?
EskChan19 Well elder dragons all share a common trait that being elder dragon blood and elder dragon bones. Much like how a lion typically hunt big prey animals like Zebra and Water Buffalo as opposed to eating anything that moves, Nergi is likely doing something similar. Either that or all elders have some sort or unique nutrient that Nergigante need to eat.
@@brandonshmandon1799 I thought this video talked about this already, Nergigante hunts for the largest pools of bioenergy, which Elder Dragons typically have.
This series makes me appreciate monster hunter even more. Thanks for the awesome video!
Another amazing video, very interesting to learn that Nergigante reproduces asexually. Makes me wonder if its memories are at all carried over to future generations, which could explain Ruiner being so intelligent and seeming to recognise the Hunter. Really makes Nergigante feel like a true rival, not just another beast. Like us it constantly learns from its mistakes and comes back even stronger, time and time again.
For your next vid it would be a nice contrast to do a species with significant differences between sexes, like Teostra and Lunastra or the Raths.
I'm so glad you posted another video in thia series. I love these so much.
This was an amazing video to come home to. Thank you so much. Ever since I was little I loved the documentaries. I had Walking with Dinosaurs on VHS, and I have always wanted something like this for Monster Hunter. Keep up the amazing work.
My second favorite monster in all of monster! Oceanz this was the ultimate case of me not knowing I needed something until I got it! Thank you for this!
What’s the first?
Jean Sean Lee
Safi’jivva
Doom Slayer nergigante is cooler
Jean Sean Lee
He used to be number one alongside Xeno’jivva yet then safi’jivva came along and then he became my favorite
Mine is Nergigante, but I don’t have Iceborne. I’m gonna get if my birthday though. Also, do you mean in all of Monster Hunter or just Monster Hunter World?
I’ve always been a fan of nerge amazing design and relies Entirely on brute strength, intelligence, and regeneration.
In a world of monster hunter there are many things dragons that control the wind a horse that controls lightning a giant pickle with dragon breath and finally a big monkey that turns super sayan
Glad this series is getting more and more popular! Keep em coming!
16:16 - 16:32 "Somewhat unprecedented" means that Gore Magalas are also known to have exhibited this behavior, according to the reports of a Val Habar-originated caravan hunting crew responsible for slaying a Shagaru Magala that initially had done exactly this.
This is such a good little series, and im happy you're still putting on the effort of doing this little documentary about monsters, and i hope it has all of the success! While i feel like monster hunter lacks a bit lorewise, it has such a good world with interesting facts about its inhabitants, Zinogre/Tigrex/Barioth would be a marvelous!
I’m surprised this hasn’t got more views! Great work!
Awesome work on my favorite monster! Good job. 👌
Good stuff man. I really enjoy these MHW videos & it’s awesome to see so much diversity in your content.
Just happened to come by this video again & I really dig the new thumbnail!
I would watch a vid like this on every single monster, this is fantastically done
Love these videos man, great work ^^ ! Please make one about the Rajang, my favourite monster
Before: DIVEBOMB! DUCK AND COVER!
Now: ITS ABOUT TO BUST A FAT NUT,DUCK AND COVER!
Been waiting so long for another episode of this! I'm a biology major and an avid Monster Hunter, so these are so fun to watch
Who would have thought someone would make mini documentaries out of MH! Clicked just out of curiosity, stayed the whole duration. Subbed!
Amazing video, hope you make one on every MH monsters!
Everybody gangsta until the Nergi spike left behind has grown legs.
Another amazing video Oceaniz! Honestly after 3 new world monsters in a row though I hope the next video is an old world monster, it's up to you of course.
I haven’t gotten to ruiner yet, but this video makes me excited! Great vid as always Oceaniz!
These are some of the best monster ecology/biology videos I've ever seen, keep it up!
I love this videos man, great job🍻
More of every monster buddy from every game homie,bro skee. Chillin man
These vids are actually helpin me become a better hunter. Take the knowledge he gives and use it to your advantage.
Huge Monster Hunter fan, and I really love these. Can't wait to see more!
I love these vids keep putting them out
7:30 to 7:58 If you think about it, Humans are essentially Elder Dragons IRL.
But humans aren't monsters.
I know these must take a ton a work and time to make but I believe in you.
Nergigante has always been very interesting to me: his very particular fighting style, similar to the one of a bear for trying to overpower its prey, and his regeneration abilities are incredible. Also I think I have an answer to why does he fight Elder dragons: regenerating things such as spikes at such an high speed(btw I think spikes and horns are extensions of its scales or viceversa because of how their attachment to the body looks like) and constantly would require an enormous amount of energy or bio-energy that he would never be able to get from weak or smaller prays(which is what is usually hunted in the real world because it requires less energy but Nergi always uses a lot of it anyway), plus if you consider that when he is excited(enraged) the growth of its spikes accelerates it is natural to think that hunting something with little energy would make him starve. However this is also a great risk: prolonging a hunt for too much time or failing one would probably lead to death because he would've spent all that energy for nothing and he would continue to use that amount for every other hunt leaving a "hunger unbalance" that could only get worse. It's like betting your own life every time you do something.
These are really good I really enjoy how you talk about these creatures and how function and how they function in their environments. Pleasure do more. If u are looking for the next suggestion how about Vaal Hazak?
God, these fictional documentaries are so good.
I love this documentary style videos and I really hope you continue doing them even if it's one every who knows when. I would also like to point out that there is another monster who plays dead in the MH world and it's the Gypceros, while not in MH World this old school monster would mid hunt do his dying animation and the battle music would stop and you could carve him as well just for him to suddenly start flailing around which dealt a massive amount of damage.
I really hope this series continues, it's been a fantastic watch.
These videos are amazing dude, I’d love to see the nature of xenojiva going into safi, I think that would be interesting
I’m glad this popped up in my recommended early my favorite Elder dragon and I’d love to know more about it!
This videos are really, really well done. Damm.
Nice video! Please do a video on Glavenus!
It’s my second favourite monster(first being Nergigante).
A monster that has a 1000 degree knife for a tail? What’s not to love lol
Love this video i have 1200h in monster hunter world and i learned so mutch more thanks
I would love velkhanna next
whew!! i was so scared this video took all the talking points from the video i'm making. this is really well done. i had no idea about the whole nergigante reproductive cycle o__O
Yesss! I've been waiting for another one of these.
When Nergigante appeared I was expecting the RageGaming rap.
Nergigante could be facultatively sexually reproducing; many animals mostly use asexual reproduction, but rarely still use sexual reproduction to ensure genetic diversity through recombination.
Ugh no.
I think that monsters with subspecies are the effect of sexual reproduction of monster species. Monsters without subspecies or variants most likely reproduce asexually.
@@hotpotadoe3381 How the fuck does that work?
@@slenderhatesmillennials195 Species adapt to certain enviroments and it's hazards, so they become divergent, thus become a subspecies. Example with normal pukei and coral pukei. With asexual reproduction the species just copy itsself.
I do agree with the poster, Nergi prop would have both. Like the Komodo dragon, females have the ability to reproduce asexually if they can't find males in their furtile period.
Vel'Kozby The Master Baiter the mixing of genes when reproducing sexually produces higher chances of mutation than asexual reproduction
I just watched these a few days ago and now I saw another one of these and the thumbnails are different! Tis sudden but I’m all for it they look wonderful
My favorite thing about Nergigante is its name. It's just so fun to say!
I live for this videos. The fact that it actually feels like a documentary, makes this way better and more interesting.
Nergigante: I am the one who instills order in nature!
Hunters with fully minmaxed "speedrunner" loadouts: Am I a joke to you?
TH-cam recommendations coming through. Loved the video.
Yes finally ive been waiting for one on my boi nergigante
Teostra and Lunastra next! :) they're literally my favorite monster mating couple in this game and how they will defend each other from danger is amazing and would love to hear your own thoughts on this.
Good video, but I don’t think it’s spikes would be made of enamel. Enamel is very solid and would take a large amount of energy to grow. Nergi would essentially be growing hundreds of bones out each time you break his spikes. He would also feel an immense amount of pain due to nerve endings in the spike (unless the spike is solid, which is even worse to do how heavy and how much energy it would take to grow, nergi would starve to death as we fight it). I’m pretty sure keratin, the material used to make nails, rhinoceros horns, and reptile scales.
This is super well done.
YEEEEEES another documentary... I never get tired of rewatching them :3
The guiding lands cutscene where nerg dragged the bazelgeuse down while it was exploding it scales was pure badass.