Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has a somber color, but is surprisingly playful.

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.

Kurai one is a very happy little dragon. She loves to chirp and squeak up in the branches of the trees in the swamp where she lives. Sometimes she hops down to sit on a lily pad and play with the toads and frogs in the swamp.

Her name means dark one.