"Grandma what is baby cat called?" This is a question that often comes up and it is easy when it is a baby cat, but what about those other animals. Some of them can make you head for the dictionary or encyclopedia to try to find the answer.
Here are a few to help all those grandparents that would like to be in the know.
Kid is the name of the offspring of people, antelopes, and goats. Cubs belong to bears, fox, lions, tigers and wolves. Baby beaver, bobcats, fox and rabbits are known as kits. If you have a pup then it is either a baby beaver, dog or seal..
Kitten is the name of the offspring of cats and rabbits. A calf belongs to cattle, elephants, giraffes, rhinoceros, or whales. Baby chickens and ostriches are known a chicks. If you have a fawn then you know that it is a deer.
Foal is the name of the offspring of donkeys, and horses. Colts are also baby donkeys, horses or zebras. Only baby ducks are called ducklings and only baby eagles are called eaglets. Fry are what you call baby fish and leptocephalus are baby eels.
Whelp is the name of the offspring of fox, otter, seals, and wolf. Goslings belong to geese and eyas belong to hawks. Everyone knows that pigs and hogs have piglets, but a hog can have a shoat also.
Filly is the name of the offspring of horses. Joeys belong to grown up kangaroos, and oysters have baby spats. For thanksgiving you could have a poult which is a baby turkey. And be careful not to shoot a cygnet which is a baby swan. Last of all sheep can have lambs, lambkins or tegs.
As you may have noticed several of the animals have a couple of names for their young such as the beaver who has young that are known as kits or pups. Donkeys young can be called foal or colts. Fox young can be called cubs, kits or whelps. Hogs offspring can be called piglets or shoat. Horse offspring can be called foal, colt (male) or filly (female), A rabbits offspring can be called kit or kittens. Seals offspring can be called pups or whelp.
So next time your grand child asks what is a baby giraffe called you will know it is a calf. Good luck with all the other questions they will come up with.
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