19. Ecology of female fire dragons
The year in Monster Hunter World is divided into three seasons, which are the breeding period, the warm period and the cold period, although in fact, according to the climate, there are only two seasons, the warm period and the cold period. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The reason for the extra breeding period is also because it has been found that after the cold period, just after the warm period, most monsters will start to breed, during which the monsters will have certain behaviors: courtship, mating, laying eggs, and feeding.
During this time, their temperaments will also be very different, with docile monsters becoming ferocious and ferocious monsters becoming docile.
The most amazing thing is that there have been multiple eyewitness reports that during the breeding season, ferocious carnivorous monsters, even if they are hungry, will choose to let go of their prey during pregnancy.
Even monsters know that they can't fish with all their might, this is one of the laws of nature.
"There's a cave ahead, we'll rest there later."
"Understood!" X5
Red Star, who is walking in the dense forest during the breeding season, is walking in the dense forest during the breeding season, and the usual annoying flying beetles seem to be too busy with life to harass him.
[Accumulating hunting experience, I began to appreciate the good intentions of the Hunters Guild in formulating this rule...... If it could be shorter, maybe I'd accept it.]
Having accumulated nearly a year of hunting experience in the dense forest area, the red star walking in the dense forest is as easy as walking in his own back garden, which area is infested with monsters, which area is what terrain, all know it well, these experiences, when hunting, will bring him great help.
[It's almost time to reach the territory of the female fire dragon that is the target of this mission, and this mission may be even more difficult than imagined]
Thinking of this, Hongxing subconsciously glanced at the five Ailu cats that were specially hired for him by the village chief of Jiangbo who were only waist-high behind him.
The posture is slender, the gait is slow, the fur is dull, when you tickle, you can always bring a handful of faded hair, and the speech seems very rigid and energetic, even the favorite Mu Tianzhi in front of you can't lift the spirit, and the No. 1 to No. 5 Ailu cats are different, these five Ailu cats show old age just by appearance, I am afraid that their age is close to the average life span of Ailu cats of 20 years.
[First of all, the big monster bird suit did not activate the equipment skills, and then stuffed it into me, the five retired sightseeing tour group uncles who couldn't help at all...... It's hellish at all! 】
[You want me to retreat...... I won't get what you want! 】
One person and five cats soon came to the cave that Red Star said, this cave was once the lair of a group of blue dragons, and after being cleared by Red Star, it was occasionally used as a temporary camp by Red Star to rest.
"Lord Red Star, according to the guild's map information, we are roughly in this position now, and it will take about two days to reach the territory of the mission target according to the current distance."
Sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth, according to convention, the Red Star gave them simple and easy to remember names, and they had no problem with that.
Six, the lead cat in the group of elderly Ailu cats, seems to have a lot of hunting experience, and he took a sheepskin map and pointed to a location on the map and said to Red Star.
"yes, I see."
Nodding his head to indicate that he knew, while starting his daily packing and equipment maintenance, Red Star began to recall the information and information given by the Hunter Guild for monsters like female fire dragons.
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Female fire dragon, carnivorous, wyvern monster, average body length 1645 cm, average height 430 cm, paw length of about 177 cm, weight 6-7 tons.
Unlike the male dragons, who dominate the skies, the female dragons are entrenched on land, with powerful fire attacks and poisonous tail spines on a par with male dragons, and are known as the "queen of land" because they are more sure of hunting on the ground than in the air. As a result of this, the female fire dragon's leg strength gradually evolved to be more powerful than her wings. Hunters' battle reports also indicate that there are very few instances of female fire dragons attacking from the air, and most of the female fire dragon hunting battles are also fought on the ground.
The back, wings, and tail of the female dragon are covered with deadly toxin "Female Fire Dragon Thorns", which is one of the self-protection methods of female fire dragons who stay on the ground for a long time.
In dense forests and swamp areas, female fire dragons can often be sighted, they are one of the predators at the top of the food chain, especially during the breeding period of guarding the eggs laid, the female fire dragon will become extremely irritable and dangerous, even the slightest negligence of the hunter will lose his life.
There are almost no signs of male dragons in the dense forests and marshes west of East Dolma, and the females who live here are bound to migrate to the volcanic area, the main area where the male dragons live in the east of East Dolma, during the breeding season.
After mating with a male dragon, some females will raise children with their spouses. Others return to their original homes to lay eggs alone. Scholars have said that such ecological differences are "adjusting the number of individuals" and "to avoid competition for food". However, because of the high risk of the investigation, neither of these claims has been substantiated.
After the baby dragon is born, the female dragon will refuse to approach the male dragon, and will even maintain a minimum standard of eating and drinking. At this time, the female dragon is wary of any living thing, and will stay by the young dragon as much as possible, as all carnivorous monsters, including the male, have the potential to harm or eat the young dragon.
The young dragons grow up very quickly, and when they begin to learn to fly, the female fire dragon will mercilessly drive the male fire dragon away, and in about half a year or so, the baby dragon can break away from the care of the mother dragon and open up its own territory.
Under normal circumstances, there are only about two fire dragon cubs that can successfully break out of their shells and eventually grow into adult individuals.
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This is the individual and ecological information of the female fire dragon given by the Hunters' Guild.
During the construction of this section of Jiangbo Village, due to the plundering of dense forest resources and the hunting behavior of hunters, the ecology of the dense forest area has caused certain damage, especially the blue speed dragon group, these "hyenas" are the most cunning egg thieves, and most of the fire dragon eggs that have not yet broken their shells will be destroyed in their mouths, even if they are just broken out of the shell, they can also cause a threat of death, which is a good way to suppress the number of individuals who can eventually reach adulthood.
The large number of blue speed dragon groups exterminated by hunters made scholars foresee that the number of adult fire dragon individuals, the top predator in the dense forest area, will increase greatly in the future, which will destroy the ecological balance of the entire area and cause irreversible impact, so this hunting mission for female fire dragons around the spawning period was born.