Day 107: Draco rainierensis (Snow Dragon or Glacier Dragon) is not hatched in fire as are so many of its more illustrious and well-known cousins. The species is known to occur only upon the slopes of volcanoes, principally Mt. Rainier where it was first discovered high on the slopes of Curtis Ridge by an alpinist who prefers to remain anonymous. It is thought to feed exclusively on ice worms, although one report claims that a young male (identifiable by its forehead "bindi" beauty mark) was seen ravaging a backpack at 7800'. Despite having wings, this diminuitive species is flightless and protects itself by scurrying rapidly between gaps in talus fields. Adult pairs produce but one egg every fifty years.
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