"Grandma, what baby cat called?" This is a question that is often and is easier when there's a cat baby, but what about other animals. Some of them you can try for the dictionary or encyclopedia to find the head response.
Here are a few to all grandparents that will help you to know.
Kid is the name of the descendants of people, antelopes and goats. Bears are bears, foxes, lions, tigers and wolves. Baby beavers, bobcats, foxes andrabbits 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.
