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We don't mean to brag, but the first thing they teach Ask Yahoo! cub reporters is how to track down tough animal terminology. We kid you not. See our Collective Nouns question for proof. To answer your question, we searched on the phrase "male female offspring." Unfortunately, nothing much came up. This surprised us a little, since those words seem particularly descriptive, but nonetheless we switched tactics and entered "animal young" in to the Yahoo! search box. The first useful result was an entry in the Kids Infoplease Almanac, titled "Animal Names: Male, Female, and Young." There we ran across old favorites like pup, kitten, foal, gosling, calf,
and many more. In fact, that gave us an idea about how to search for related web sites. Entering "pup kitten calf" into the search box, we were rewarded with a slew of helpful results. The Christchurch City Libraries web site offers a pretty comprehensive list of names for animal young, while Enchanted Learning includes colorful pictures and group names as well (a "pride" of lions, a "charm" of hummingbirds, etc.). Finally, when you've got the terminology down, you might want to take a quiz to test your knowledge of infant
fauna.
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