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Beaver who escaped to find mate welcomes first kit

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70gz4zpv97o

18•1659447091•4d ago

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rurban•3d ago

Is Wales really writing kids as kit? Happens 3 times in the article

1659447091•2d ago

A baby beaver is called a `kit`

Milner08•1h ago

As the other commenter said, Kit is the name of a baby Beaver.

The welsh for child is plentyn, if you were interested.

rurban•37m ago

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plentyn from plant (singular)! Now that's also interesting!

happytoexplain•40m ago

To expand on the other replies, here is a list of animals whose young are called "kits":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit#Animals

ohyoutravel•39m ago

Five times in the article! One additional in title. One more in a caption. Seven mentions! I know a baby barber is called a kit, but this is ridiculous!

Funny note: Kits are born fully developed. They’re basically like little copies of their parents. Very cute.

1659447091•2d ago

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Beaver who escaped to find mate welcomes first kit

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70gz4zpv97o

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