Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It eats anything you offer it, and likes to climb on you.

And look! Its wings have grown larger, and it has developed bright colors on its underside! 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.