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Things You May Not Know About The Gaia Dragon(Info comes from Hunter's Encyclopedia 1 and Hunter Encyclopedia G)



Note: I'm not 100% sure if this monster is canon or not! Either way, it has a rather interesting ecology!


 * Gaia Dragon is an Elder Dragon, despite its look.
 * Gaia Dragon gets its name because of its strange ecology.
 * It is commonly called the Earth Dragon(アースドラゴン) from its three life cycle stages: Juvenile - Ground Dragon(グラウンドドラゴン), Adolescent - Earth Dragon(アースドラゴン), and Adult - Gaia Dragon(ガイアドラゴン).
 * While young, a Gaia Dragon has a pair of wings it uses to fly to certain environments. These wings are used to help it fly from environment to environment, in order figure out which environment, or area, it wants to spend its whole life in. Once an environment is chosen, the Gaia Dragon will live in the area and it will slowly adapt to that particular area as well. Depending on the environment it has chosen to live in or its diet, its body will change to fit with the area as it grows older.
 * Several, or more, subspecies of Gaia Dragon have been found to be living in different environments from each other.
 * The wings will slowly petrify as it gets older, becoming a huge pair of thorns.
 * Some of the things Gaia Dragons are known to eat include poisonous plants, lava, and obsidian. It is also suggested that they do eat meat.
 * These Elder Dragons are rarely seen by humans due to how well these beasts camouflage in their environment, especially the forest species. It is recommend to not look for these Elder Dragons from them being known to kill great numbers of people easily, including the most experienced of hunters.
 * Their even nicknamed the Jaws of Death since meeting one is almost immediate death.
 * Gaia Dragons are able to breath various substances from their maws, depending on their diet or environment, and petrified skin is known to fall off as they fight, crushing foes. Gaia Dragons will even use their environment to their advantage to fight.