Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It is very affectionate.

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.

Arp loves making seal noises and dazzling people with his wings. He likes seals of all kinds because they're graceful in the water and slow and cute on land. Also, dried seal cubes are delicious and something to look forward to when the migrating adults come around every year. According to Arp, if seals had wings, they would show them off, too, and probably use them to fly away from predators.