8 Animals That Look Nothing Like Their Baby Pictures
Updated: May 23, 2019When some animals are first born, they look nothing like their parents. Then, once they grow up, you can tell they're family.
Penguins
There’s no denying that baby penguins are one of the cutest animals. When they first hatch, they are small and fluffy, unlike their tall, smooth parents. Baby penguins are fluffy so they can protect themselves from the cold weather until they grow their adult feathers. Even though they seem super fluffy, they still rely heavily on mom and dad to keep them warm.
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Flamingos
Before they become elegant, bright pink birds, flamingos are born with white and gray feathers and straight beaks. As the flamingo matures, its bill starts to curve downward and its feathers change to pink after about two years. On the other hand, some animals look so similar that you can’t tell them apart.
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Wild boars
Baby wild boars are born with much lighter fur than their parents, dark stripes, and no tusks. It’s a good thing the little babies stand out from their environment because a female can give birth to up to 12 piglets!
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Tapirs
Similar to wild boars, Tapir babies are born with markings on their fur. Their parents have plain, dark coats. The stripes make it easy for the parents to keep an eye on their young.
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Silvered leaf monkeys
Silver leaf monkeys are born with orange fur and a white face and white hands and feet. Their skin changes colour to black, just like their parents, within a few days of birth. Their fur changes from orange to black after about three to five months.
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Grey seals
Yes, adult and baby seals have similar shapes (just very different sizes), but grey seal babies are a completely different colour than their parents. Seal pups are small, white, and fluffy. Their parents are large, grey, and sometimes speckled. The thick layer of fluff helps to keep the seals warm in the cold weather until they gain enough blubber. They don’t stay this tiny for long though because they gain three to five pounds every day from their mother’s milk.
Cassowaries
These little brown striped babies look nothing like their black dinosaur-looking mothers. It can take up to six months for cassowaries to start looking like adults. Their plumage will change from light to dark brown and they will start to grow a horn on their head.
Ladybird beetles
This creepy crawly beetle actually turns into a ladybug, also known as a ladybird, later on in its life. After hatching from the egg, the larva sheds its skin and then attaches to a plant to form the pupa after 21 days. Then, after five to seven days, it hatches into an adult ladybird.
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