Animals that start with P

Pugs are a small breed of dog originally from China. They are solidly built, with a short, wrinkly face and a curled tail. Most pugs are fawn, but can be found in apricot, silver and black too.

Baby seals, dogs, wolves and babies of some kinds of rodent are called pups. When you are talking about pups of a domestic dog, you usually call them puppies.

Pythons are non-venomous snakes that usually kill their prey by wrapping around them and suffocating them. There are seven species of python, found in Africa, Asia and Australia. Some pythons can grow to be extremely large.