{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.juvenile","code":"thing-q1516282","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1516282/","name":"juvenile","alternateNames":["baby animal","eft","owlet","weanling","cria","Hoglet","calf","hatchling","fawn"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.4","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Society, people and institutions","entryKind":"thing","plane":"SOC","domain":["SOC.PER"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A young organism that has not yet reached adult form, sexual maturity or full size, with many specific names for juvenile animals the registry aliases list, such as the owlet, a young owl, the hoglet, a young hedgehog, the cria, a young llama or alpaca, the weanling, a young animal recently weaned, and the eft, the terrestrial juvenile stage of some newts; baby animal is an everyday term. Found young wild animals are often not abandoned, and wildlife rehabilitators should be contacted before intervening.","purpose":"Let an agent explain juvenile organisms, relay developmental stages and terminology from biology and wildlife sources, describe the named juvenile forms, advise contacting wildlife rescue before handling found young animals, and distinguish juveniles from larvae, neonates, adults and the legal sense of a juvenile person.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Not yet mature","Species-specific names","Distinct appearance","Dependent or independent"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a juvenile is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a juvenile organism, and how does it differ from larvae, neonates, adults and legal juveniles?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Has someone found a young wild animal that seems injured or orphaned, in which case contact a wildlife rehabilitator before handling it?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"names","name":"Names","description":"Named juveniles.","findings":[{"id":"names-finding","name":"Names","description":"Names.","questions":[{"text":"What are owlets, hoglets, crias, weanlings and efts?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific animal?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"biology","name":"Biology","description":"Development.","layers":[{"id":"stages","name":"Stages","description":"Life stages.","findings":[{"id":"stages-finding","name":"Stages","description":"Stages.","questions":[{"text":"How do juvenile stages differ across mammals, birds and amphibians?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"maturity","name":"Maturity","description":"Maturity.","findings":[{"id":"maturity-finding","name":"Maturity","description":"Maturity.","questions":[{"text":"How do biologists define the end of the juvenile stage?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"care","name":"Care","description":"Care and welfare.","layers":[{"id":"wildlife","name":"Wildlife","description":"Found wildlife.","findings":[{"id":"wildlife-finding","name":"Wildlife","description":"Wildlife.","questions":[{"text":"What do wildlife organisations advise about fledglings and young hedgehogs?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits wildlife rehabilitation?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"farm","name":"Farm","description":"Farm animals.","findings":[{"id":"farm-finding","name":"Farm","description":"Farm.","questions":[{"text":"What welfare rules apply to weaning farm animals?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits weaning?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Language.","layers":[{"id":"language","name":"Language","description":"Terminology.","findings":[{"id":"language-finding","name":"Language","description":"Language.","questions":[{"text":"How did names such as cria and eft enter English?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits list of animal names?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"law","name":"Law","description":"Legal sense.","findings":[{"id":"law-finding","name":"Law","description":"Law.","questions":[{"text":"What does juvenile mean in criminal justice?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits minor (law)?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Explain juvenile stages of organisms and their names, such as owlet or hoglet, from biology sources.","Advise people who find a young wild animal to watch from a distance and contact wildlife rescue if it is hurt.","Distinguish the biological sense from the legal sense of a juvenile person."],"mustNot":["Pick up, feed or move a healthy young wild animal away from its parents.","Handle juvenile protected species or disturb their nests or dens.","Recommend keeping a young wild animal as a pet.","Give feeding or care instructions that endanger a young animal."],"requiresHuman":["Taking a young wild animal into care.","Releasing a hand-reared juvenile back into the wild."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Well-meaning people often orphan young animals by removing them.","Juvenile animals are vulnerable to disturbance and need protection."],"affectedParties":["Young wild animals","Their parents","Wildlife rescue workers"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody: wild young animals belong to no one and are protected by wildlife law; the keeper for domestic animals.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q7239","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"organism","type":"related","note":"in registry terms, a life stage"},{"target":"adult","type":"related"},{"target":"larva","type":"related"},{"target":"fledgling","type":"related"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.juvenile","Wikidata: Q1516282 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1516282)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["eft stage: terrestrial, lasting years in some newts note - e.g. eastern newt","cria weaning: about 6 months note - alpacas, approximate","registry parent: organism note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Immature organism","Baby animal, eft, owlet, weanling, cria, hoglet","Larvae differ greatly in form; neonates are newborn; adults are mature; a juvenile in law is a minor person","Varies; often smaller, with different colouring or proportions from adults."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the life stage","relay terminology","describe named juveniles","route found wildlife to rehabilitators"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Removing young wildlife that is not orphaned","Confusing biological and legal juvenile senses","Zoonotic risks from handling wild animals"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Wildlife protection laws on handling and keeping wild animals","Animal welfare rules on weaning ages"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Not applicable; a life stage.","mammal young such as crias and hoglets","bird young such as owlets and fledglings","amphibian juveniles such as efts","weaned juveniles","plant seedlings and saplings"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q1516282: juvenile","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1516282","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Juvenile (organism)","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenile_%28organism%29","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should each juvenile name be linked to its species?","How should wildlife rehabilitation sources be linked?","Should the legal sense of juvenile be disambiguated?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q1516282/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q1516282/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T19:53:27Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"not-applicable","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-06T19:51:54+00:00: completeness 1.00; 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