Talk:Phoenixes/@comment-129.49.21.171-20120325050737

I wonder why there are so many hatchlings. Since a phoenix is reborn once it "dies" why should they couple with such regularity that teenage dragons have a common sport of capturing the eggs and smashing them? Also, once the babies hatch they can immedietly fly and have an inborn sense to avoid the dragons even though they were some of the first creatures the young ones would have spotted.

Conclusion: The dragon teens (and other flying species since the dragon migration is "once in a lifetime") hunt and kill them for sport and/or food. Many do not survive to adulthood.

But that's just my theory :)

-SariaCreed