Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon.

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.

SerpentineSaint is a Pink Dragon hatchling with a heart of gold. She takes care of wounded small animals that she finds, nursing them back to health and releasing them in a section of forest set aside as an animal sanctuary. No other dragon would dare to hurt one of her animal friends, because they care about her too much to make her that sad.