Wednesday, 31 March 2010

Young animals


We call our young 'babies', 'infants' or 'toddlers'. In the animal kingdom, adults and their young have a different name. For example, 'calf' is used to refer to a young elephant, cow, whale, rhino, camel and giraffe. Tigers, pandas, wolves, foxes, lions and bears have 'cubs'. Here are a few more:

cat - kitten
dog - puppy
duck - duckling
eagle - eaglet
goat - kid
hen, penguin, ostrich - chick
horse - foal
pig - piglet
sheep - lamb

No comments:

Post a Comment