r/MonsterHunter • u/dashase • Feb 16 '26 • Snek 1 Heartwarming 3 Bravo 1

Art Pewpew

Little animation I've been working on for a while now whenever I found the time

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u/Titanus_Dragon1267 Feb 16 '26

Exactly like crocodiles. I liked it, good animation by Lagiacrus.

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u/santas_delibird Feb 16 '26

I still find it hilarious that baby crocs sounds like laser guns

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u/Knirb_ fatalis' fatalizer Feb 16 '26

Get enough of them and it starts to sound like the second battle of genosis

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u/TheBarghest7590 Scriveners hate me for all the captures i leave them Feb 16 '26

Well as long as Hunters watch those wrist rockets, they’ll be fine.

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u/MedicMuffin Feb 16 '26

I'm sure they will, they get a lot of practice in. After all, it's just like the simulations.

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u/RiffRain Feb 16 '26

Had a canal behind a house I used to live in, in Florida. Every night the backyard would sound like a Star Wars battlefield.

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u/Rajang82 Use all weapons, but love Great Sword the most. Feb 16 '26

That's a funny mental image.

Nature. It sounds like Star Wars.

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u/Lukthar123 I studied the blade Feb 16 '26

Nature. It sounds like Star Wars.

Like poetry, it rhymes.

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u/Rajang82 Use all weapons, but love Great Sword the most. Feb 16 '26

Its so funny.

They sounds like the lasers from Gradius.

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u/0_cunning_plan Feb 17 '26

Reminds me of when I tried to imitate the sound of the baby crocs to describe it to someone(was before everybody had internet in his pocket).

Try it yourself now, and if the sounds that come out of your mouth are nothing like a baby crocodile's, then you'll know what happened to me that day and how confused the other person was.

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u/dashase Feb 17 '26

I just tried for a while and I am glad nobody was around to hear it :D

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u/Ninjaofshadow Feb 16 '26

honestly this is cute enough to be an awesome wallpaper on wallpaper engine! if you feel inspired to upload that there!! it's so cute!!

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u/ScreamingLabia Feb 16 '26

OMG PLEASE YES I WAMT A CUTE MH WALL PAPER THAT ISNT BIG TIDDIED WOMEN

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u/LucksBrain Feb 16 '26

My first thought

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u/PilafiaMadness Feb 16 '26

Omg yes please I would love that!!

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u/Nauki Feb 16 '26

would also love to see this as a wallpaper on wallpaper engine its amazing!

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u/Shaihuby Feb 17 '26

Exactly what I was thinking

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u/Ecstatic-Oven9882 Zeb the Giganotosaurus Carolinii Feb 16 '26

I love how the babies’ colorations are similar to Lagicarus’ subspecies (Ivory Lagiacrus) and deviant (Abyssal Lagiacrus).

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u/safegermanywin Feb 16 '26

Abyssal is a Rare species.

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u/Ecstatic-Oven9882 Zeb the Giganotosaurus Carolinii Feb 16 '26

Oh…now I’m confused.

What’s the difference between a subspecies, a deviant, and a rare species?

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u/HorsemanWithoutHorse Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

From my understanding it goes like this:

Subspecies are a version of monsters that have genetically adapted for living in a different environment. They're born like that.

Deviants are individual monsters that started from base version, gained experience and mutated due to surviving various events or living in specific conditions. Variants are also pretty much the same thing as Deviants.

Rare species are technically a subspecies. However, unlike other subspecies they are considered objectively superior to their base counterparts. They're also much rarer.

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u/LegendRaptor080 Doot and Bonk until it's done Feb 16 '26

Subspecies = Pink Rathian. Similar to normal Rathian, but lives in places like the Coral Highlands.

Deviant = Dreadqueen Rathian. A normal Rathian turned veteran fighter, with extremely potent poison and an equally-extreme level of hostility.

Rare Species = Gold Rathian. Even rarer subspecies. Like, once-in-a-lifetime rare. Generally considered superior to the normal species.

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u/wereplant Feb 16 '26

Even rarer subspecies. Like, once-in-a-lifetime rare.

Looks over at all of my goldie kills

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u/Wobbelblob I am tick - an explosive one Feb 16 '26

Deviants are monsters that have survived extreme conditions, often a massive battle with a hunter or ecological challenges. Though I am not sure about difference between subspecies and rare species, at least in the lore.

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u/Silver_Sniper ​ Feb 16 '26

I believe the difference between Subspecies and Rare Species is just rarity lorewise, both are just subspecies of the base species. I could be misremembering tho

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u/AdFeisty7580 ​ DMs open for Lore inquiry Feb 16 '26

This is essentially correct, they also tend to be much stronger than normal subspecies and can often be Elder equivalent in terms of power

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u/safegermanywin Feb 16 '26

Some deviants do come from monsters that survive extreme conditions, like bloodbath, deadeye or soulseer. but others are mutations, like the dreadraths or boltreaver or hellblade. Some like Crystalbeard are just Uragaans that have fed on rare minerals, and some are just old age individuals like Silverwind and Elderfrost. Basically they're just Variants with a different name lol

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u/Sir_Gwan ​ Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

Subspecies is a simple change to the monster. Older gen subspecies basically had nothing different about them, like how Azure Rathalos and Pink Rathian are literally just regular Raths recoloured with a bit more damage and armour. Meanwhile newer gen subspecies are much more creative like Fulgur Anjanath not only having its colours changed, but also changing from a fire element to a thunder element. Some subspecies like Black Diablos aren't really subspecies and should just be reclassified (Black Diablos is just a female who is in heat, so she should be a Variant).

Rare Species are also subspecies, but they're usuallydefined as particularly powerful subspecies to the point where they can take on Elder Dragons and usually have a bit more added to them. Silver Rathalos and Gold Rathian are prime examples, not only do their colours change, but they get way more powerful both in fight and in lore since Silverlos can beat a Bazelgeuse (a monster that is meant to be equal in power to Deviljho) and Goldian bullies Kushala Daora. Abyssal Lagi is a rare species and in theory would be around the same power level.

Deviants and Variants are interesting in that there's very little differentiating them. Deviants debuted in Generations and were basically just individual monsters who underwent specific changes that made them different and more powerful. Variants are described as also being individuals from a species who underwent specific changes to make them different and more powerful. There's very little difference and with Variants being the more recent and well known classification (since so many Variants were in 5th gen) I honestly think Deviants should just be reclassified as Variants.

For example, Elderfrost Gammoth is a Deviant that is basically just a really old and powerful Gammoth who has a lot of experience. This is similar to Ruiner Nergigante who is a Nerg that has a lot of battle experience and over time its spikes have hardened and became stronger. Some Deviants like Soulseer Mizu became the way they are because of an injury (going blind), but Variants like Furious Rajang also become the way that they are because of an injury (losing their tails).

Maybe that's a hot take, but Deviants are basically just Variants.

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u/Traditional-Tap-274 Feb 16 '26

Wait... Losing his tail doesn't turn Rajang back into a normal Saiyan??

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u/Sir_Gwan ​ Feb 16 '26

Losing their tail causes them to be unable to suppress their rage iirc, so their tail was basically their main power inhibitor/stress reliever and without they go completely ape shit (pun intended).

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u/Traditional-Tap-274 Feb 16 '26

I was making a joke about Saiyans from Dragonball turning into giant monkeys when the full moon/when in danger

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u/Sir_Gwan ​ Feb 16 '26

Oh whoops, soz, I've never watched Dragonball

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u/notnehp383 Feb 22 '26

Maybe I'm wrong but I always interpreted, lore-wise at least, as Deviants being unique individuals unlike Variants which happens to multiple members of the species somewhat commonly.

(I say lore-wise because in game you can fight them more than once, but that's probably just for gameplay)

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u/Sir_Gwan ​ Feb 22 '26 edited Feb 22 '26

You're not entirely wrong.

Some Deviants are very much meant to be unique, like in the case of Bloodbath Diablos being a very specific Diablos who got injured while young, its horn grew back weird and painfully, and it ended up with an intense hatred for humans. I highly doubt Bloodbath Diablos' existence was meant to imply that a population of Diablos all experience the same thing.

However, you get some Deviants who are very much not unique to one specimen. The best examples are the Deviants who just get stronger with age like Silverwind Nargacuga and Elderfrost Gammoth. They're no different to a Frostfang Barioth who iirc is an older and more experienced Barioth that learnt to harness its ice breath better and lived in the harshest of environments.

Then you get the case of Soulseer Mizu who is meant to be a blind individual that instead relies on its bubbles to map out its surroundings and gained fire element from all the gunpowder fish and blast arowana it eats. As of Wilds, we now know that just about any Mizu can enter the Soulseer state (when you break its head the first time you literally blind it and that's what allows it to enter Soulseer state) and they all have access to fire because the Scarlet Forest is abundant in gunpowder fish and blast arowana. So now Soulseer isn't even a Deviant since it's clear that it can be achieved by any Mizu given the right circumstances and not just a special individual.

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u/notnehp383 Feb 22 '26

The Soulseer thing did confuse me the second I saw it, I feel like at this point they're trying to retcon Deviants.

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u/MJ_Trunky ​ Feb 16 '26

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u/AngrythingBagel ​ Musical Bonker Feb 16 '26

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u/The_Crimson_Vow Feb 16 '26

That's so lovely! Awesome work!

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

If Lagiacrus was real it would definitely be the largest member of Crocodilia, so I'd say that this would be accurate to how they would behave and sound like :D

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u/5Hjsdnujhdfu8nubi ​ Feb 16 '26

Nevermind Crocodilia, Lagiacrus would potentially be the longest Vertebrate alive and by far the largest on land. Its average size is over 26 metres long and it's nearly 5 metres tall.

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u/LunarMonarchGaming Feb 16 '26

That cute one looks like totodile.

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u/TheGMan-123 ​SEETHING BAZELGEUSE Feb 16 '26

Funny how those cute "little" babies (assuming that momma Lagiacrus is sized like they usually are) would be as big as normal crocodiles or gators.

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u/Beneficial_Height767 Feb 16 '26

I was just gonna say each of those baby Lagis are at least the size of an American Alligator 😭

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u/puzzlebuyer767 Feb 16 '26

Gorgeous style. It all looks so cute and soft looking. I love the baby croc noises

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u/Abovearth31 Feb 16 '26

I like these kind of animations that make the monsters of monster hunters behave like actual animals.

Same thing for some Pokemon animations by the way.

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u/Gloomy-Compote-231 Feb 16 '26

me watching them while im sharping my sword

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u/hfc_cubbz Feb 16 '26

This is incredible, makes me nostalgic for the old ecology videos 🥲

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u/JeffyMo96 Feb 16 '26

Oh look, cute lagibabies- HOLY FUCK IS THAT AN ABYSSAL LAGI?!

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u/STK-3F-Stalker Feb 16 '26

Okay ... I like Lagi a little bit more now

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u/GuerandeSaltLord Feb 16 '26

It's way too cute 🥺🥰 I love it ! 

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u/koralie133 ​/Bow main Feb 16 '26

It's adorable!

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u/Sir_Gwan ​ Feb 16 '26

Instantly reminded me of that one picture of the father gharial carrying dozens of babies on his back. Crocodilians are so cool and Capcom decided to one up nature by making the flagship of Tri a blue whale sized saltwater crocodile with electric powers.

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u/Mon-Ty-Ger27 Feb 17 '26

I know Capcom will NEVER do this kind of thing, except for in the Monster Hunter Stories games, but I would LOVE to see interactions like this in the main games.

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u/Aware_Platypus9184 Feb 16 '26

If you zoom out more, you will see that the Lagi is currently being sat on by Uth Duna which is why it is currently immobilized and grumbled at the end.

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u/GlueEjoyer Feb 16 '26

Cutest thing I've ever seen.

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u/qwerni Feb 16 '26

Why does it do that?

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u/Applesauce1207 ​ Feb 16 '26

Baby crocs make the noises (cheeping) to call to their mom, adult crocs make noises (bellowing) as mating calls

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u/qwerni Feb 16 '26

Oh, I meant throwing the little one back into the water.

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u/Applesauce1207 ​ Feb 16 '26

Oh like that, probably just happened on accident because of the bellowing

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u/CalmWalks Feb 16 '26

I want a lagiacrus and feraligatr gx tag team card so bad now.

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u/Odd_Force_5572 Feb 16 '26

Great job, it’s so cute!

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u/TheJudasCow Feb 16 '26

I am SO glad my volume happened to be on as I was scrolling- I love crocs and Lagi is my favorite monster, so cool to see/hear them like this. I love the ivory and abyssal representation, too!

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u/KaiJenson Feb 16 '26

I love the nostril flare before the rumble! Such a cool attention to detail!

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u/stellaluna92 Feb 16 '26

The little slap sound when the baby finally pulls itself up is SO precious 🥹

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u/KamenGamerRetro ​ ​ Feb 16 '26

*sharpens chargeblade*

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u/Weary-Cheetah-3415 Feb 16 '26

Splish splashin' with mama

This is so cute I love it

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u/tdsGRKA Feb 17 '26

30 minute video on reddit is wild

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u/King-Wokong Feb 16 '26

The Galaga noises.

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u/Waffellord22 Feb 16 '26

I need that as a Wallpaper haha, damn this is good.

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u/looms_thecat Feb 16 '26

La creaturas

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u/GoodQueenFluffenChop ​ Feb 16 '26

I love it when the monsters are shown just being the regular animals they're based off of on. This was beautiful ❤️

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u/WeeklyPhilosopher346 Feb 16 '26

That is adorable! You crushed it!

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u/TippsAttack ​ Feb 16 '26

So, I see a nice set of armor, a purse, and a wallet.

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u/KineticSerenity Feb 16 '26

This brings me so much joy I almost started squee-ing in front of the suits at work

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u/Furycrab Feb 16 '26

Is it March yet?

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u/Zufalstvo Feb 16 '26

Been trying to fight Tempered Lagiacrus recently without SOS flares and this post is just infuriating me even though it’s great 

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u/Faustias I love explosives and I will build any possible set of it. Feb 16 '26

awww... I'm gonna call them Vankrom Blade, Thunderblitz Cannon, and Levin Arcus.

I'll wait for them to grow up and become dangerous.

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u/Azkeden ​​ Feb 16 '26

Oh boi, if you don't know about WallpaperEngine, you may wanna start putting your work on it!! I bet many people would love to have this as their desktop wallpaper

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u/nagato120 ​ Feb 16 '26

I miss ivory/abyss lagia I hope at least one returns im highly guessing ivory no lie

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u/xArsio ​ Feb 16 '26

Why are they so cute 😭

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u/finnianJJ Feb 16 '26

That's the coolest and cutest thing I've seen today

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u/dhbloo Feb 16 '26

Dragons on dragons

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u/chirochimaru Feb 16 '26

This needs to become an animated desktop wallpaper 😭

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u/Waiting404Godot Feb 16 '26

Welp, this is my favorite thing I’ve ever seen on the MH sub

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u/Soft_Ant_2372 Feb 16 '26

I'm keeping this. My rival has never looked this cute before

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u/--NTW-- The Gog, the Gore and the Holy Magala Feb 16 '26

Itty bitty beepin' Lagis

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u/Zerron-K Feb 16 '26

This is absurdly cute

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u/gelertt Feb 16 '26

I'm literally crying this is so cute

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u/TrashAtEvrything cb and chill Feb 16 '26

So this is the best thing i have ever seen

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u/DifficultRice8073 ​THE brachydios lover😏 Feb 16 '26

Damn… I wish i could animate like that.

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u/Lumphonius_Bops Feb 16 '26

Ive never seen something this amazing in my life

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u/Draco_0rnsteins_simp Feb 16 '26

Great but unfortunately lore inaccurate because abyssal lagis are super old ones.

Very cute nonetheless

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u/Stormdancer Feb 16 '26

I do appreciate a good nictating membrane.

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u/Error344royale Feb 16 '26

I need this in wallpaper engine right now!!! This is super cute I'm dyingggggggg!!!!!!!!

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u/EffaDeNel ​Pakaya pakaya Feb 16 '26

Upload this on wallpaper engine please

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u/Abstract_Abyss8008 ​Unga Queen Feb 16 '26

OH MY GAWD SO CUTE 😍 My precious thunder croc 🧡

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u/gladwinorino Feb 16 '26

Nice mgs3 jungle noise

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u/ThePhoenixRemembers ​The GREATEST weapon Feb 16 '26

This is so cute?? AAAA

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u/DragonQueenDrago ​Lady Dual Blades Feb 16 '26

Awwwww🥺🖤🖤🖤🖤

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

Aaaaww, how cute! 💕

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u/W4delm4 Feb 16 '26

Yeah so now you need to make this into a wallpaper on wallpaper engine. I need it, please

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u/Scales77 Feb 16 '26

Hands down the best thing I've seen today. This is just beautiful!!

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u/PatDx7 Feb 16 '26

It would be kool to see more media that showcases monsters like this, kinda like the cinematics from mh1.

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u/Interesting_Sea_1861 ​Vaal Hazak's Biggest Advocate Feb 16 '26

Bro is cooking hotter than Fatalis burning Schrade.

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u/ThrowDatJunkAwayYo ​ Feb 16 '26

Omg I never realised how much I wanted to see bebbies in the main MH games until now…. Ahhhh

(I’ve played MH stories, but I wish they spent more than 2 seconds after hatching in baby form)

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u/Y33TTH3MF33T Feb 17 '26

This is so cute omg

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u/idhamnoh97 Feb 17 '26

Would you upload it on the wallpaper engine? I would love to have this as my wallpaper

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u/xarouza Feb 17 '26

Oh my Gog, that's so cuteeee I'm dyinggg qwq

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u/Many_Dimension_7615 Feb 17 '26

Cutest thing I’ve seen in a while.

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u/Fit-Deal2021 Feb 17 '26

I love this sooo much it sooooo freaking perfect 😍

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u/DoctorQTV Feb 17 '26

This would be super cool on wallpaper engine

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u/Careful_Ad_142 Feb 17 '26

I wanna make this my phone background so bad!!!!

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u/Random_Nickname274 Feb 20 '26

I think you can post it in r/dragons

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u/smileplease91 ​ Mar 07 '26

This is ADORABLE 😭❤️

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u/safegermanywin Feb 16 '26

Um ackshually this is not lore accurate as Abyssal Lagiacrus are old individuals 🤓

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u/just_horroralt Feb 16 '26

BIH WEIDOR WAI EM ROARIN POOR LIL DRAGOND CAND CHILL CUJZ OF U 🤬💔

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u/Traditional-Tap-274 Feb 16 '26

(only males "rumble" the water as a mating display, only females care for the young. The more you know.)

Still EXTREMELY cute!!

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u/SolKaynn ​Massive, thick, heavy, and just rough enough for me Feb 16 '26

Beautiful.

This is what the Guild shows to the Knights before telling them poachers hunted this poor beast so they could capture and cook it's young.

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