Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It’s brightly colored and chirps quite often.

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 Brinkie was on the brink of destruction when a woman came by.<br/>The woman took her in and nursed her back to health, and now Brinkie is a happy hatchling. <br/>She spends her days eating, playing, bathing, sunning herself and napping.