A baby dog is called a puppy. So what’s a baby platypus called?

We all know what puppies, kittens, chicks and lambs are – but what’s a puggle? 

It’s a baby platypus. Here are a few more baby animal names you don’t hear every day:

• Opossum – joey

• Armadillo – pup

• Cattle – calf, or dogie if it’s an orphan

• Oyster – spat

• Jellyfish - ephyna

• Turkey – poult

• Quail – cheeper 

• Cockroach – nymph

• Spider – spiderling

• Dinosaur – jeuvenile or hatchling

We humans aren’t the only infants and babies out there. A baby gorilla is called an infant – and an infant ape is called a baby.