Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has large frills on its head.

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.

On 4th of May, this little frill hatchling stood motionless out in the open, with indescribable sadness in his eyes, as if he cannot believe nor comprehend what just has happened...

A silent teardrop slid down its bumpy, green cheek as the truth sank in... his species, the frills, were to be gone. Gone forever.