Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon... except for the tangle of dangerous-looking vines surrounding it...

Now there are even more vines. Perhaps something is happening?

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.

Nooser loves playing with his vines. He has figured out how to make a lasso with them and loop it around his prey, rather than simply grabbing prey with the tendrils. He also likes to spin the lassoes in the air, and to toss things through them. Sometimes he will get several lassoes going, and balance things on top of them.

     Nooser also likes to spin the lassoes fast, so that they make a humming noise. When he does this with several of them, he gets strange harmonics going that raise the hackles of most creatures that hear them; the creatures are uneasy but do not know why. Those who investigate the noise instead of hiding often become Nooser's next meal.