Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It’s very playful and likes to be around other dragons.

And look! It has grown wings, and its throat has turned red with small speckles on it. 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 playful creature is an elegant dancer. Hopping from one paw to another in rapid beat, he'll run up to newcomers and waltz all around their feet, enchanting them with his cuteness and smooth moves. It's not until much later that his viewers realize he also helped himself to their pocketbooks while they were thus mesmerized.