Quicksand Dragon

* Juvenile
* Baby
* Egg

*The **quicksand dragon** is so named for its love of speed-burrowing into sandpits. In fact, its biology is specifically suited to the task of burrowing-just look at those chin spikes! There's no better way to speed-shovel sand than with a perfect set of scooping spikes. We should know; we tested the theory extensively.*
    —Nogard's description of the **quicksand dragon** in The Book of Dragons
The **Quicksand Dragon** is a rare golden hybrid of the Water and Earth elements. It's main element is Earth.

## Abilities

### Defenses

Though the spikes aren't the perfect biological defense, it still does a pretty good job of protecting the quicksand dragon.

### Other Abilities

The quicksand dragons' sharp claws are perfect for digging in not just in sand but in almost any kind of terrain.

## Diet

Its way of hunting is simple, but extremely effective: it digs a hole and just waits for anything to fall in.

## Lifestyle

### Relationship to Wizards

Quicksand dragons are dangerous to wizards. If one falls into a quicksand dragon's pit, they will be treated like prey and likely eaten. The person who discovered them had luck that the dragon wasn't hungry (though his body scent could have helped too). DDLA has ranked them as 4.

## When in a park

### Habitats

Quicksand dragons can live in Water, Earth, Spooky, and Omnitats. Out of the four, it likes living in the Water and Omnitats the most.

### How to care for

If you seem to have lost you quicksand dragon in it's habitat, check the habitat with an elevation spell first to see if there is a hole that you some missed. In not, try that spell on every sand area within the island as dragons incapable of being transported by normal magic portals.

### Favorite Treat

Quicksand dragons like sweet treats such as Ro's Dragon Fruit Cake, Dragon Fruit, and Jelly Plants.

## History

### Discovery

This dragon was discovered by dragophobian Becker Ploop. Normally he doesn't care about dragons, but that's hard when you fall into a pit trap of them. Luckily, the dragon wasn't hungry and carried Becker out. He named the dragon and then ran away as quickly as he could.

### Origin of Name

This dragon is not named after quicksand. Not very creative explorer Becker Ploop named this dragon because the sand flew away so quickly when the dragon burrowed. Others said quicksand is actually an existing word. But same story as the Line River, he wouldn't listen.

### Breeding Problems

This dragon is known for long, but only recently became available in parks. After each dragon is discovered, research is put on it, and then a Genomancy spell is casted to make this dragon breedable in parks. Each dragon has a unique spell for this. The problem is, for some reason the quicksand dragon had a very complex spell, and nobody was able to find it for some reason. Turns out that all this time, they mistook "Genomancy" for "Geomancy" and geomancers were sent to research it! No wonder they found nothing. Strange it only happened with this dragon...?

## Notable Dragons

TBA

**Primary**
*Water Dragon*

**Hybrids**
*Swamp Dragon* - *Seaweed Dragon* - *Coral Dragon* - *Salamander Dragon* - *Mud Dragon* - *River Dragon* - *Ice Dragon* - *Iceberg Dragon* - *Plasma Dragon* - *Current Dragon* - *Fog Dragon* - *Rain Dragon* - *Rust Dragon* - *Quicksilver Dragon* - *Lotus Dragon* - *Shimmer Dragon* - *Abyss Dragon* - *Ooze Dragon*

 **Golden Hybrids**
*Geode Dragon* - ***Quicksand Dragon*** - *Bubble Dragon* - *Vortex Dragon* - *Conch Dragon* - *Lagoon Dragon* - *Nectar Dragon* - *Trench Dragon*

**Primary**
*Earth Dragon*

**Hybrids**
*Tree Dragon* - *Moss Dragon* - *Lava Dragon* - *Obsidian Dragon* - *Glacier Dragon* - *Mountain Dragon* - *Quake Dragon* - *Crystal Dragon* - *Mud Dragon* - *River Dragon* - *Dodo Dragon* - *Sandstorm Dragon* - *Scoria Dragon* - *Iron Dragon* - *Sand Dragon* - *Glass Dragon* - *Root Dragon* - *Cave Dragon*

 **Golden Hybrids**
*Forest Dragon* - *Soot Dragon* - *Arctic Dragon* - *Geode Dragon* - ***Quicksand Dragon*** - *Plains Dragon*