Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has large frills on its head.

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 was named for the Japanese word for "peacock". He's a very proud little Dragon, and loves showing off his frills and new wings. He's always stretching them out and grooming himself, sometimes to the point of excess. He'll fly around all puffed up and fishing for compliments and admiration. He's already started talking about how many mates he'll be attracting, but he's learned only to talk about that when the adults are out of earshot!