Aww... It’s a cute baby drake. It often tries to stand on its hind legs, but keeps falling on its face...

And look! It has gotten bigger! It must be close to maturing.

Young drakes 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 marks the beginning of maturation. At this point they are often capable of hunting on their own.