Dragons are creatures with nearly unlimited life spans. They can survive for long periods of time, and no one has found a dragon that has died of old age. Adolescence is usually marked by the growth of a hatchling's wings, although not all breeds of dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that indicate the beginning of maturation. Once they hit adolescence, hatchlings change quickly, maturing to their full forms in only 2 years.

Dragons don't communicate with each other verbally, but they will growl to scare off predators and frighten prey. Young dragons will emit an extremely high-pitched squeal when they are frightened. To communicate, they use telepathy with each other and to speak to other creatures.

Albino dragons are so named because their translucent, scale-less skin lacks all pigment. Instead, to help protect their bodies from the sun, they are coated in an oily secretion that blocks the sun's harmful rays. The call of an albino dragon is similar to a barn owl--a shriek instead of a roar.

His lonely call could be heard for miles. His small feeble body tripping over rocks as he looked for shelter from a coming storm. He had been abandoned by his mother when he hatched, now he had to fend for himself. He eventually found a small cave, which he entered to hide from the storm. Once inside, he ran into a small dragon that looked very much like him, except it was a female. She looked up at him wide eyed is fear at first, for she too was abandoned and alone. The two eventually worked out a friendship, and grew up together both becoming permanent mates when they were older.