The quiet and solitary Tarantula Hawk Drake lives in deserts, digging temporary shallow nests overnight in which to sleep. They feed primarily on large spiders, but will also eat carrion, insects, and larger prey when necessary. Tarantula Hawk Drakes are typically quite docile, preferring to mind their own business. However, when threatened or provoked, these drakes will attempt to stab the opponent with the stinger on their tail to inject a powerful venom. This sting is at the very least extremely painful, and even if the toxins don’t paralyze the attacker, the pain is likely to distract them enough for the drake to escape.

Though it may appear at first that dragons and drakes have much in common, the two are completely separate species. Drakes are smaller and less intelligent than their cousin species, though both dragons and drakes sit comfortably near the top of the food chain. They are always found bearing antlers and leathery wings. Drakes share many of the same habitats that dragons do, and typically hunt in packs.

Sandgrouse is named "Sandgrouse" not because he resembles one in appearance or behavior but because it's his owners' opinion that he grouses about sand a little too much. He was very trainable in most aspects since the family's had him since he hatched, but for some reason, he refuses to step on a pile of sand, spoiling any attempts to teach him to defecate there. When brought to the litter area, the typically quiet Sandgrouse paws the ground and snorts, possibly a gesture of disapproval, and sometimes even soils the area right beside the sand, definitely a gesture of disapproval. For some reason, he doesn't complain if the humans replace the sand with a similar substance such as pulverized teeth or stale breadcrumbs, but those are hard to come by.