User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Theory... Blog/@comment-5460283-20130102043847/@comment-4212769-20130103212127

For the gills:

--> Sperm Whale

It would never evolve gills again because it doesn't need them.

I never said it would be anything like mammalian. I simply said it would be live birth.

And it might be much smaller than baby whales in relation to the mother as Ceadeus is much bigger than whales.

And the babies don't really need to hide, the mother can overcome almost anything and when the mother can't surpass it, it would be  a slightly choice to flee and hide somewhere than to hide in a beard of the dead mother or a mother probably getting hit.

And the opposing monster makes it clear how dangerous it would be to hide in the mother's beard. Lagiacrus Rare Species may be the only monster that would cause a threat besides other individuals of their species and hiding in the beard would simply kill it with the mother from a thunder attack.