My thoughts exactly, this is why I continued analyzing and misunderstood travelingoz. Actually, if you do this little trick, you can end up with quite a bunch of eggs (snake, griffin, spider, etc.), thorn seeds, dragon eggs, t-rex eggs, etc., that you may not need troops for quite a while - in addition to that your troops will be so strong, that you will suffer very few losses in the early game, while the higher level from stealing, doing simple quests and such will ensure that you you have enough level and enough leadership carry at least 1-2 T-rex, dragons, etc.
Pretty catchy idea, it would certainly be worth trying and seeing whether it will pay off
If it does, it will be extremely rewarding.