Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has shiny fish-like scales and loves water.

And look! It has gotten bigger! 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.

Gydek's egg was dragged out of the ocean and onto the beach by Dragonhaven Island crabs. Nobody could track down her parents, so she stayed at Dragonhaven Island. The crabs have adopted Gydek as one of their own, but she finds them intimidating and prefers to spend time with the other hatchlings.