Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It can fit right in your palm.

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.

Little Neee-wom is a quirky little dragon who has a strange habit of crouching on his back legs like a meerkat. With his adopted siblings, Little Ni and Little Peng, Neee-wom makes up a trio of oddly-named pygmy dragons whose habits seem to be just as weird. For example, Neee-wom likes to hop about on his hind legs while uttering his name.