Other Elder Dragons: Commands the elements like Lightning, Flames, Ice, or Wind. Nergigante: So anyway, I started *punching*

“Hey I got a Nergi spike!” **Two days later** “...Why does it have legs?”

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 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...

Knowing how nergi reproduces now. I have a few sudden regrets about hunting so many and allowing them to get their sexy spikes everywhere

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.

Wait, it grows like a starfish, from its spikes?! So every time it divebombs us its giving birth all over us... Eww...

"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!

Daily reminder that ruiner nergigante waited for us to destroy the old everwyrm's carapace before snapping its neck

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.

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

"To live, is to be hungry" That's the most relatable thing I've heard all week

The living embodiment of "there's always a bigger fish"

So, my boi isn't litterally a Boi? Wow. Still, for a new episode i vote the Rath lovers

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.

I like how you used the arch tempered theme instead of the original one.

"Nature has an order, a power to restore balance. I believe he is that power" Ishiro Serizawa

This is one of my favorite series in all of KZfaq lol

“Life will find a way” - Ian Malcom

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.

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

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.

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

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

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!

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!

Yes! He is one of my favorite elder dragon imo.

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.

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.

Over 500 hours of monster hunter world and my jaw is on the floor.

What if Nergigante was like Mothra, where each Nergigante retains the memories of the Nergi that spawned it...

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!

elder dragons running from nergigante and ruiner and they say "why are you running?...WHY ARE RUNNING!?"

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.

Whatever you upload, JoJo or not, it's still technically a JoJo reference. Life itself is a JoJo reference.

Other elder dragon: I'm a master of this nature defying element Nergigante: I'm the master of *THESE HANDS!*

This is amazing, like, THANK YOU for doing it. Will watch literally anything you pump out rn

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. ^^’

Everybody gangsta until the Nergi spike left behind has grown legs.

Love your content Oceaniz, always enjoy listening to it while I relax or do other things. Thank you very much for your work!

This series makes me appreciate monster hunter even more. Thanks for the awesome video!

I love these so much. It feels just like a David Attenborough documentary.

I'm so glad you posted another video in thia series. I love these so much.

After watching this video, I'm now wondering if theirs gonna be a The Nature of Monster Hunter for Dodogama

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.

Awesome work on my favorite monster! Good job. 👌

Glad this series is getting more and more popular! Keep em coming!

Love these videos man, great work ^^ ! Please make one about the Rajang, my favourite monster

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)

I would watch a vid like this on every single monster, this is fantastically done

Good stuff man. I really enjoy these MHW videos & it’s awesome to see so much diversity in your content.

I love this videos man, great job🍻

I’m surprised this hasn’t got more views! Great work!

I love these vids keep putting them out

Amazing video, hope you make one on every MH monsters!

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

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.

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

I haven’t gotten to ruiner yet, but this video makes me excited! Great vid as always Oceaniz!

Yes finally ive been waiting for one on my boi nergigante

Yesss! I've been waiting for another one of these.

Before: DIVEBOMB! DUCK AND COVER! Now: ITS ABOUT TO BUST A FAT NUT,DUCK AND COVER!

Huge Monster Hunter fan, and I really love these. Can't wait to see more!

KZfaq recommendations coming through. Loved the video.

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’m glad this popped up in my recommended early my favorite Elder dragon and I’d love to know more about it!

More of every monster buddy from every game homie,bro skee. Chillin man

This videos are really, really well done. Damm.

I know these must take a ton a work and time to make but I believe in you.

I’ve always been a fan of nerge amazing design and relies Entirely on brute strength, intelligence, and regeneration.

These vids are actually helpin me become a better hunter. Take the knowledge he gives and use it to your advantage.

Who would have thought someone would make mini documentaries out of MH! Clicked just out of curiosity, stayed the whole duration. Subbed!

Love this video i have 1200h in monster hunter world and i learned so mutch more thanks I would love velkhanna next

These are some of the best monster ecology/biology videos I've ever seen, keep it up!

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.

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

These videos are amazing dude, I’d love to see the nature of xenojiva going into safi, I think that would be interesting

My favorite thing about Nergigante is its name. It's just so fun to say!

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

The guiding lands cutscene where nerg dragged the bazelgeuse down while it was exploding it scales was pure badass.

This is super well done.

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.

Lettsss goooo been waiting for a new one

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

I could imagine nergi going after xeno right when it was born. No way it would let such abundant food left alone like that

Nergigante: I am the one who instills order in nature! Hunters with fully minmaxed "speedrunner" loadouts: Am I a joke to you?

Hell Yh. Some good content. KZfaq recommendations is on point.

3:05 Someone's a fan of rage gaming. I fucking love the way you rolled out my boys names, before serenading us with AT's theme.

I really hope this series continues, it's been a fantastic watch.

These are so cool! Hope you can make one on Rajang! Keep up the good work!

I just discovered these videos today and they're a 10/10.

that ruiner stayed in character very well, even let us carve it and everything while playing dead XD

YEEEEEES another documentary... I never get tired of rewatching them :3