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What is a baby flamingo called?
Chick
A baby flamingo (chick) is covered in grey fluffy down and gains pink colour from dietary carotenoid pigments.
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What is a baby kangaroo called?
Joey
A newborn joey is the size of a jellybean and crawls unaided into the pouch within minutes of birth.
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What is a baby platypus called?
Puggle
Baby platypuses are called puggles, they hatch from eggs and drink milk that seeps through the mother's skin.
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What is a baby hedgehog called?
Hoglet
Hoglets are born with soft spines under a protective membrane that dries off within hours of birth.
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What is a baby shark called?
Pup
Some shark pups eat their siblings in the womb, a process called intrauterine cannibalism.
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What is a baby goose called?
Gosling
Goslings imprint on whatever moves first after hatching, historically exploited to raise hand-reared geese.
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What is a baby elephant called?
Calf
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What is a baby swan called?
Cygnet
Cygnets ride on their parents' backs for warmth and protection in the first weeks of life.
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What is a baby bat called?
Pup
Bat mothers can locate their own pup among millions in a crowded roost using unique vocalisations.
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What is a baby otter called?
Pup
Sea otter pups can't swim at birth, mothers wrap them in kelp so they don't float away while diving.
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What is a baby bear called?
Cub
Bear cubs are born blind, toothless and the size of a squirrel while their mother hibernates.
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What is a baby eagle called?
Eaglet
Eaglets grow from 85 g to over 3 kg in just 10 weeks, one of the fastest growth rates of any bird.
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What is a baby jellyfish called?
Ephyra
Young jellyfish are called ephyrae, tiny star-shaped organisms that bud off from stationary polyps.
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What is a baby wombat called?
Joey
A newborn wombat joey stays in its mother's pouch for about five months and weighs between 3.5 and 6.5 kg when it leaves.
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What is a baby dolphin called?
Calf
Dolphin calves are born tail-first to prevent drowning and immediately nudged to the surface for air.
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What is a baby rabbit called?
Kit
Baby rabbits are born hairless and blind but develop fast enough to leave the nest in just 3 weeks.
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What is a baby deer called?
Fawn
Fawns have no scent for their first weeks, a predator defence that keeps them undetectable while hidden.
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What is a baby owl called?
Owlet
Owlets are covered in white down at hatching and begin growing iconic flight feathers after 4-5 weeks.
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What is a baby koala called?
Joey
A newborn koala joey is smaller than a kidney bean, it crawls instinctively to the pouch unaided.
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What is a baby penguin called?
Chick
Emperor penguin chicks huddle in creches of thousands, their collective warmth survives -40°C.
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What is a baby hare called?
Leveret
Leverets are born fully furred with open eyes, unlike rabbit kits, which are born helpless in burrows.
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What is a baby porcupine called?
Porcupette
Porcupettes are born with soft quills that harden within hours, mothers can still nurse them without being pricked.
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What is a baby salmon called?
All of these
A salmon passes through spawn, alevin, fry, parr and smolt stages before reaching the sea, each with a different name.
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What is a baby frog called?
All of these
A frog goes through tadpole, pollywog and froglet stages, tadpoles start with no legs and gills, and grow into lung-breathing adults.
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What is a baby eel called?
Elver
Baby eels are called elvers, glass-clear juveniles that migrate thousands of kilometres from the Sargasso Sea to European rivers.
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What is a baby echidna called?
Puggle
Echidna puggles hatch from eggs the size of a grape, they're the only baby monotremes alongside the platypus.
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What is a baby whale called?
Calf
A blue whale calf gains ~90 kg per day on milk, the fastest growth rate of any animal ever.
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What is a baby giraffe called?
Calf
A giraffe calf drops nearly 2 metres when born, the fall actually helps break the umbilical cord and jumpstarts breathing.
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What is a baby hippopotamus called?
Calf
Hippo calves are born on land or shallow water and can nurse either underwater or on land.
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What is a baby lion called?
Cub
Lion cubs are born with spots that fade within 2 years, a reminder that their ancestors likely lived in forest.
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What is a baby tiger called?
Cub
Tiger cubs are born blind and open their eyes at three to 14 days, and they depend entirely on their mother for months.
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What is a baby cheetah called?
Cub
Cheetah cubs have a silver mane until 3 months, it mimics the fierce honey badger to scare off predators.
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What is a baby seal called?
Pup
Harp seal pups are born bright white, and their whitecoat camouflage lasts for the first 2-3 weeks before the first moult.
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What is a baby beaver called?
Kit
Beaver kits remain in the lodge for up to a month after birth before they begin swimming.
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What is a baby raccoon called?
Kit
Raccoon kits are born with pale face masks that darken over weeks, by 10 weeks they look like miniature adults.
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What is a baby ferret called?
Kit
Ferret kits are born deaf and blind, with fine white fuzz, they can't even regulate their own body temperature for weeks.
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What is a baby horse called?
All valid
"Foal" means any baby horse, "colt" is a male foal, "filly" is a female foal. All three names are correct.
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What is a baby donkey called?
Foal
A donkey foal can stand within 30 minutes of birth, and nurse from its mother while standing.
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What is a baby goat called?
Kid
Goat kids can climb trees within days of birth, their split hooves grip bark like tiny hands.
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What is a baby sheep called?
Lamb
A newborn lamb recognises its mother's voice within minutes, and she recognises its bleat in a flock of thousands.
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What is a baby pig called?
All valid
A baby pig is a piglet, a weaned juvenile becomes a shoat, and a litter of piglets is called a farrow.
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What is a baby cow called?
Calf
A calf drinks up to 10 litres of milk a day, and recognises its mother by smell within hours of birth.
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What is a baby zebra called?
Foal
A zebra foal can stand within 6 minutes and run with the herd in under an hour, survival on the savanna demands it.
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What is a baby rhinoceros called?
Calf
Rhino calves can weigh 65 kg at birth, and walk within hours, despite being born without the iconic horn.
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What is a baby camel called?
Calf
A baby camel is born without its iconic hump, it only develops once the calf starts eating solid food.
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What is a baby butterfly called?
Both A and B
A butterfly's caterpillar stage IS its larval stage, both terms refer to the same creature eating its way to metamorphosis.
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What is a baby dragonfly called?
Nymph
Dragonfly nymphs live underwater for up to 5 years, far longer than their few weeks as adults, hunting tadpoles and small fish.
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What is a baby oyster called?
Spat
Baby oysters are called spat, after floating as larvae, they cement themselves to a surface and remain there for life.
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What is a baby spider called?
Spiderling
Spiderlings "balloon", spinning silk threads that catch the wind to travel hundreds of kilometres as babies.
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What is a baby turkey called?
Poult
Baby turkeys are called poults, they can fly short distances within 2 weeks, far earlier than most poultry.
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What is a baby duck called?
Duckling
Ducklings imprint on whatever moves first after hatching, the famous experiment by Konrad Lorenz used ducks following him.
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What is a baby ostrich called?
Chick
Ostrich chicks hatch from the world's largest egg, 1.5 kg, equal to 24 chicken eggs, with a shell that can support a person's weight.
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What is a baby crocodile called?
Hatchling
Crocodile hatchlings call from inside the egg, mothers hear them and gently dig them out and carry them to water in their jaws.
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What is a baby snake called?
All valid
Baby snakes can be called snakelets, neonates, or hatchlings, born venomous and independent from the start in most species.
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What is a baby ant called?
Larva
Ant larvae are blind, legless grubs, workers feed them liquid food, and only royal larvae get the protein diet that makes a queen.
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What is a baby gorilla called?
Infant
A gorilla infant weighs just 2 kg, less than half a human baby, and nurses for up to 4 years, the longest of any great ape.
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What is a baby orangutan called?
Infant
Orangutan infants cling to their mother for 7 years, the longest childhood dependency of any animal other than humans.
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What is a baby chimpanzee called?
Infant
Chimp infants ride on their mother's back from 6 months and learn to use tools by watching, culture, not instinct.
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What is a baby dog called?
All valid
A baby dog is a puppy, pup, or whelp, all three are correct. A litter is called a litter, and "whelping" means giving birth.