There is a universal appeal when one sees a baby animal, especially animals of the mammalian persuasion. I mean, the baby snake or fish just isn’t what you can consider “cute.” But show me a puppy or a piglet or even a baby giraffe, and I’ll show you the way to an animal lover’s heart.

I think for many of us our love affair with animals began upon seeing a baby animal for the first time. What little girl didn’t own some picture book of baby animals growing up in the wild? Parades of baby elephants, pandas, kittens, and baby monkeys adorn many a pictorial wall calendar. And don’t forget the baby seals and whale calves that turn people toward animal rights causes.

Baby animals are made that way for a reason: round faces, disproportionately large eyes, extra body fat—they are built for survival. The extra fat is to help them until they learn how to feed effectively. The round face and large eyes is so their parents will think they’re cute and not eat them. No, really. Don’t you think a mother wolf gets irritated when her pups bite her, like, a million times?

When raising children, it is fun to teach them about baby animals. For some reason, we need another way to relate to them that they are small now, but one day they will grow up like Mommy and Daddy. They see the lion and her cubs, the sheep and the little lambs, and realize that it is true for all creatures. One day, they, too, will be big!

It is also fun to teach children the correct names for baby animals. They will think it is interesting that a baby lion is a cub, a baby cat is a kitten, but baby wolves and dogs are both called pups. The petting zoo is a great place for them to meet some different baby animals.

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