Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Its eyes glow brightly at night, and it enjoys attacking insects and small animals.

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.

Pipistrella means "little bat" in Italian, and that is what this little hatchling resembles. She often enjoys hanging on the walls of the cave and doing her best 'bat-like' impression while hanging upside down and then launching herself on one of the elder dragons for a grand practical joke. Usually the older dragons don't even notice Pipistrella hanging off of their tough hides, which depresses the little hatchling to no end.