User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Theory... Blog/@comment-5460283-20130102043847/@comment-4212769-20130103205326

Does the term "Convergent Evolution" tell you something?

It means, animals that have similar characteristics living under similar conditions evolve similar.

Whales evolved fins out of legs to be able to swim better in the water, same as Ceadeus, Fishes and whales have evolved strong tail fins, Ceadeus has, too. Most aquatic/semi-aquatic animals that need to swim much have a streamlined body, Ceadeus has, too. You see the pattern?

It shows bigger underwater vertebrates always have live birth underwater, equally of which kind. If mammal or fish, they have found the same way although they are that different. So reptiles would do the same if they were that size and fully aquatic. And Ceadeus is like that.

And I say it again, I don't know what function the beard has exactly, but laying an egg in it is too dangerous for such big animals.

Also it doesn't need it what doesn't sound like a great argument but it is. If it doesn't need it why would it ever evolve it? Adaptation is the word and a pouch in the beard underwater at that size doesn't adapt to anywhere.