Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It hatched with fins and it loves being in the water.
And look! It grew larger and developed a secondary set of fins. It must be close to maturing.
Young dragons are relatively defenseless. Their scales don’t grow in until right before they mature, and they have almost no strength. Once a hatchling’s wings grow in, it marks the beginning of maturation. At this point they are usually left alone by their mother and begin to hunt and survive on their own.