Here is some information that may surprise more than one person during your next family gatherings! While the names of baby animals are often well known, others can sometimes surprise you!
If you are a fan of quizzes with friends or family, you should like this information as the answer is surprising. You will soon have the opportunity to surprise everyone at the next Christmas meal by asking them this question about the names of baby animals. If most are well known to everyone and even to the little ones, such as the foal which is the baby of the horse, the mouse (baby of the mouse), the boar (baby of the wild boar) or the duckling (baby of the duck), others are a little less obvious.
It’s difficult to guess all the names of the animals, especially when they don’t look alike. Indeed, it is generally enough to add a few letters to the initial word to find its little one (donkey/colt; turkey/poult; cat/kitten)… But sometimes, the names are completely different and do not have the same root. . This is particularly the case of the dromelon (baby of the camel), the cria (the baby of the llama), the fawn (baby of the doe and the deer)…
However, these are not the most surprising baby animal names. Some are confusing since the baby has the same name as that of another species! A marine mammal, the orca, is in the same situation: its baby is called the calf, like that of the cow… But it’s not the only one!
There are also several cases of this type, starting with the jackal’s baby, which is called… the puppy (like the dog’s baby, yes) but it is also the name of the sea lion’s baby ! And that’s not all: the babies of pelicans and penguins are called the same thing as those of chickens: chicks. Surprising, right?