Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It is very aggressive, and has brilliant turquoise markings all over its body.

And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing.

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.

Des is a very cuddly and clingy hatchling. Whenever one of the grown ups wants to leave to go on a hunt or to take care of something, he screams: "No! Don't go! I'll cuff you to me." And then he very clingily clings onto that grown up dragon and doesn't let go until he gets promised the adult will stay or he's so tired he falls asleep.