These baby animals look nothing like their parents

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Condor - A coat of down in a different shade is the most striking difference between adults and chicks.

 

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Swan - With short necks and covered in down, these are more cuteness overload than graciousness.

 

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Grey seal - These seals are born white, then they turn gray, and some even turn brown! How cool is that?

 

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Bald eagle - Bald eagles are actually born gray. It takes about five years for them to develop their adult colors.

 

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Golden Pheasant - Nature can be truly amazing. This rather ordinary-looking chick turns into such an exotic colorful bird!

 

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Duck - Ducks are yet another animal that changes their plumage through the years.

 

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Sandhill crane - Sandhill crane babies are these cute little things, covered in down, before they develop into adults and change their features.

 

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Ladybug - Before they turn into cute little insects, ladybugs are crawling larvae.

 

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Chicken - Most of us are familiar with how a chick looks before it grows into a fully-developed chicken.

 

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Northern gannet -

This seabird looks quite difference in the first stages of life.