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A baby echidna is called a puggle. Echidnas are spiny mammals that lay eggs. They slurp up ants and termites with a long, sticky tongue.
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What Is a Baby Puffin Called? Puffling
A baby puffin is called a puffling. Below you will find what baby puffins eat, how they grow and which other animals share the same baby name.
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A baby puffin is called a puffling.
Say the word together, then read two quick facts to remember it.
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Say “puffling”
A baby puffin is called a puffling. Say it slowly and clap for each part of the word.
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Growing up
A young puffin grows into an adult that is about 25 to 30 cm tall.
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Fun fact
Puffins can hold many fish in their beak at once.
Act it outPretend to be a puffling with a parent.
Write itWrite “puffling” and circle the first letter.
Match gameSay an animal, your child says its baby name.
Similar animals
More Baby Animal Names
Learn these together with the puffin. Tap a name to hear it.
Mammal
A baby rhinoceros is called a calf. A rhino’s horn is made of keratin, the same stuff as your fingernails. White rhinos are some of the biggest land animals on Earth.
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A baby bear is called a cub. Many bears sleep through most of the winter in a cozy den. Mother bears often have their tiny cubs while they are still in the den.
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A baby wolf is called a pup. Wolves live and hunt in family groups called packs. They howl to call each other from far away.
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Quick quiz
Baby Name Quiz: Puffin
A tiny game to check what stuck. Read the question out loud and let your little one tap the answer.
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Questions About Baby Puffins
A baby puffin is called a puffling. Puffins can hold many fish in their beak at once.
Young puffins soon eat the same kind of food as adults: small fish.
Puffins live for about 20 years.
A group of puffins is called a circus.
They grow up where their parents live: North Atlantic and North Pacific (ocean).
No. The puffin is a bird.