At this stage, the larvae live in the water. In their larval form, mosquitoes are called wrigglers. You probably know that a baby frog is called a tadpole, but did you know another term for a baby frog is polliwog? Tadpoles are great, but we think you’ll agree that polliwog is a much more fun word to say. We think you’ll agree, though, that a lesser-known term for young swans, flappers, is pretty darn cute and seemingly appropriate for a baby bird learning to fly. The most common term for baby swans is cygnets, which is derived from an Old French term meaning little. The majority of the world’s marsupials live in Australia, and the term joey originates from an aboriginal term meaning small animal. Like all marsupials, baby opossums are called joeys. Because they have little to no fur, their pink skin is evident early in life. Mice and ratsīaby mice and rats are referred to as pups, but they are also sometimes called pinkies, likely a reference to their coloring at birth. Baby woodchucks are actually sometimes referred to as chucklings, and it doesn’t get much cuter than that. Woodchucksīaby woodchucks are called pups or kits, but we think everyone can agree that the cutest name for a baby woodchuck is a chuckling. Baby llamas and alpacas are called crias, and a baby hare is a leveret.Ĭloser to home, we see plenty of baby animals that have names that range from too cute to downright unusual. In what may be a nod to onomatopoeia, baby partridges are called cheepers. In a more straightforward naming convention, baby goats are called kids. Need more convincing? Baby platypuses (or would you rather call them platypi?) and echidnas are called puggles, although there’s a movement afoot to have baby platypuses called platypups. Case in point: A baby porcupine is called a porcupette. Later, he clarified the confusion on his Instagram account about the origin of the picture.Almost nothing in nature is cuter than a baby animal, but some of the terms used for baby animals are almost as adorable as the babies themselves. He had earlier shared the picture of the sculpture on his feed which created quite the buzz within the baby animal picture-junkies. Turns out the creature in the image is a piece of art by a fantasy artist named Vladimir Matić-Kuriljov. Not like the real baby platypus isn't cute but everyone wanted to know the origin of the other image. This is what a baby platypus actually looks like. However, their doubts were right because the bad news here is that the image isn't a picture of a baby platypus. XEANd6YY5f- Lotty Earns February 15, 2020 I think a baby platypus is the closest we're going to get to a baby Yoda. Some even compared the picture to the likes of being the closest thing to baby Yoda. I- don’t know if this is real but if this really a baby platypus I love him so much? /JkYKXRod5e- Kyra February 15, 2020 There were several people that were so mesmerised by the baby's cuteness that they were finding it hard to believe that it's even real. Soon enough, the image went viral with people sharing it all over social media. So, it was expected that when the picture of a 'baby platypus' started doing the rounds on the Internet, everyone went gaga over it. Everyone loves their daily dose of 'aww-dorable' pictures of baby animals and why wouldn't they? It's the best way to kick back and relax while enjoying cute animals just being cute.
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