Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It enjoys hiding in flower gardens.

And look! It’s grown additional tails that are warm to the touch. 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.