User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Theory... Blog/@comment-5460283-20130102043847/@comment-5460283-20130103201455

Who said the baby couldn't be born WITH gills the shed them at a later age, this would solve the immediate breath at birth problem.

@ Democide

Likely is not a word that means 100% it means 51-99.9%. So there is still that however small margin for it to lay eggs (in this case the beard).

And once again just because the animal is large doesn't mean the baby/egg is large.

And Democide explain to me what the beard is for again...