Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has a voracious appetite.

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.

This hatchling loves moss. When he finds a patch of it, he buries his snout in it to smell it, walks across it while flexing his claws to enjoy the texture, and then rolls in it. His back usually has bits of dirt and moss on it as a result.