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Name the Baby Animals

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Every baby animal has its own name and they are often surprising. Recognise the young animals in the photos and learn what they are called: from the piglet of the pig to the calf of cattle, the foal of the horse and the lamb of the sheep, on to the kid of the goat, the chick of the chicken, the puppy of the dog and the kitten of the cat. Plus the duckling, the gosling of the goose, the fawn, the tadpole of the frog and the caterpillar of the butterfly and exotic babies like the lion cub, elephant calf, seal pup, cygnet, bear cub, penguin chick, the joey of the kangaroo, the donkey foal and the tiger cub. Good to know: A baby pig is called a piglet. Piglets are usually born in litters of up to twelve. The young of cattle (and of elephants or giraffes) is called a calf. A newborn calf can stand within a short time. A baby horse is called a foal. A foal can walk just hours after birth. A baby sheep is called a lamb. Most lambs are born in spring. A baby goat is called a kid. Kids hop about soon after birth.

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What is this baby animal called?

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Foto: Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Piglet

A baby pig is called a piglet.

💡 Did you know? Piglets are usually born in litters of up to twelve.

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Foto: Uberprutser · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Calf

The young of cattle (and of elephants or giraffes) is called a calf.

💡 Did you know? A newborn calf can stand within a short time.

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Foto: Nilfanion · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Foal

A baby horse is called a foal.

💡 Did you know? A foal can walk just hours after birth.

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Foto: H. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Lamb

A baby sheep is called a lamb.

💡 Did you know? Most lambs are born in spring.

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Foto: Béria Lima de Rodríguez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Kid

A baby goat is called a kid.

💡 Did you know? Kids hop about soon after birth.

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Chick

A baby chicken is called a chick.

💡 Did you know? Chicks peep inside the egg before hatching.

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Foto: Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Puppy

A baby dog is called a puppy.

💡 Did you know? Puppies are born blind and deaf.

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Foto: André Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

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Kitten

A baby cat is called a kitten.

💡 Did you know? Kittens open their eyes only after about a week.

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Foto: Paul Danese · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Duckling

A baby duck is called a duckling.

💡 Did you know? Ducklings can swim almost immediately after hatching.

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Foto: Alexis Lours · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Gosling

A baby goose is called a gosling.

💡 Did you know? Goslings follow the first creature they see: called imprinting.

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Foto: caroline legg · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Fawn

A baby roe deer is called a fawn.

💡 Did you know? The spotted coat camouflages the fawn in tall grass.

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Tadpole

A baby frog is called a tadpole.

💡 Did you know? First the hind legs grow, then the tail disappears.

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Foto: William Warby · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Caterpillar

A caterpillar later turns into a butterfly.

💡 Did you know? It eats a huge amount before it pupates.

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Foto: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Lion cub

A baby lion is called a cub.

💡 Did you know? Lion cubs are born with blue eyes.

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Foto: Benoît Vicart · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Elephant calf

A baby elephant is called a calf.

💡 Did you know? A newborn elephant weighs around 100 kilos.

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Foto: Ross · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Seal pup

A baby seal is called a pup.

💡 Did you know? Young seals often have a white, fluffy coat.

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Foto: Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Cygnet

A baby swan is called a cygnet.

💡 Did you know? Young swans are grey before they turn white.

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Foto: LassenNPS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Bear cub

A baby bear is called a cub.

💡 Did you know? Brown bear cubs are born while the mother hibernates.

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Foto: Liam Quinn · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Penguin chick

A baby penguin is called a chick.

💡 Did you know? Emperor penguin fathers warm the chick on their feet.

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Foto: Geoff Shaw · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Joey

A baby kangaroo is called a joey.

💡 Did you know? Tiny at birth, it climbs into the mother's pouch.

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Foto: Kelly Fletcher · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Donkey foal

A baby donkey is also called a foal.

💡 Did you know? It has the typical long ears from the start.

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Foto: Aadishbahulikar18 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Tiger cub

A baby tiger is called a cub.

💡 Did you know? Tiger cubs are still blind at birth.

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