Ornytology 101

Froglet: Look, Mum! There's a cannibal in the backyard!
rainette: a WHAT?
Froglet: A cannibal!
rainette: ?
Froglet: a red bird, mum.
rainette: Oh, you mean a CARDINAL!
Froglet: Oh.
rainette: ...
Froglet: ...
rainette: ...
Froglet: Mum?
rainette: yes, sweetpea?
Froglet: what's a cannibal?

*sighs deeply* I am SO no equiped to deal with such questions early in the morning.