The Platypus looks like a strange animal hybrid with the beak of a duck ... and there are many stories of dolphins helping ...
We see a snake and an ostrich hatching from an egg. Not all young animals look like their parents. A baby ladybird and a tadpole are shown as examples of animals which do not look like their parents.
At a certain point in life, you think you pretty much know what animals look like. You’ve seen lizards and bears and snakes and birds and octopuses and dogs and all that. You know, animals.