Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Unlike the other hatchlings, this one hatched with wings.

And look! Its back legs have become a second set of 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.

Kridla was named for the Slovak word for "wings". This little Hatchling almost never sits still. He loves stretching out his wings, and testing his limits. He's almost always whizzing about the ceiling of the cave he lives in, doing somersaults and back flips and getting into mischief. His caretakers are often quite exasperated with him, but he has such a sweet personality that it's hard to stay mad at him. He often claims that one day, he's going to be the best flier in the whole world!