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Have you ever wondered what a tiny kitten, a swimming tadpole, and you all have in common?
You are all the young of living creatures, and scientists use one special word to describe all of you.
What Is an Offspring?
An offspring is the baby or young produced by a parent animal, including humans.
Living things produce offspring so that their kind can continue living on Earth for generations to come.
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Do all animal offspring look like tiny copies of their parents right from the start?
Different Kinds of Offspring
Some offspring, like kittens and puppies, look very similar to their parents as soon as they are born.
Other offspring look completely different at first โ a frog's offspring hatches into the water as a swimming tadpole before growing legs!
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Did you know that many young animals have their own special words?