Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon.

Young dragons are relatively defenseless. They are born with relatively soft scales, which are shed and replaced with harder ones as the hatchling matures. Once a hatchling’s wings grow in, it typically marks the beginning of maturation. At this point they are often capable of hunting on their own and are usually left alone by their mother.

The Crumple-Horned Snorkack is a mysterious creature that many people say doesn't exist, never existed and will never exist. But if they were correct, how would one explain that some weird guy named Xenophilius found its horn... and it must be the horn of the hatchling, as it is clearly visible that it doesn't have its horn any more. The best arguments are simple... but not vice versa, though.