Talk:Creatures/@comment-1425223-20120615033308/@comment-5247847-20121006190445

The original hydra in mythology started with only one head. The reason it had 7 to 9 is that other adventurers had already attempted to kill it numerous times by decapitating it, which causes 2 heads to grow in it's place.

Fridge Horror: I wonder who the pony or ponies were who had cut several of the hydra's heads off, or if any of them died trying.