 |
|
|
|
| Categories: | 37 |
| Subcategories: | 1694 |
| Active Listings: | 5734 |
| Visitors Online: | 8 |
| Admin Status: |  |
 |  |
Some people have cute puppies or funny cats as pets, but then there are some people who keep animals that are a bit less common. Today's Episode is all about these exotic pets! Sugar Gliders, Fennec Foxes, Hedgehogs and Ocelots! Thanks to all the cute pets in this episode: Robeyta, Agent Retro Photography, Narisa, Leo Reynolds, Specklet, jojo79, Dave Hall, volume photography, needlez, BigCatHaven, 777shark, pudiflor, joerodman, Tahoe9901, Neonishly. Comment here: http://www.ultrakawaii.com/episode/UK_20080602
| A wild time (Explorer News) Randy Metcalf/The Explorer , Tortolita Middle School eighth-grader Silke Schoch last week pets the back of "Arlo," a hairy armadillo. Tortolita students won an exotic animal presentation and pizza party put on by Comcast, Discovery Education and the Science Channel. |
| These pets carry risks for children -- especially those younger than 5 (Baltimore Sun) Though exotic and wild pets are particularly dangerous, even traditional pets can be hazardous to children's health, causing diseases, allergies, bites, scratches, falls or other injuries. Parents can reduce these risks by taking precautions and should also weigh the benefits to their children of pet ownership. |
| Doctors say no exotic pets for youngsters (The Bryan-College Station Eagle) CHICAGO -- Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets -- or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter -- because of risks for d ... |
| Not All Vets Treat Pets -- For Some It's About Homeland Security (Carteret County News-Times) (ARA) - Anthrax. Biological attacks. Exotic diseases. These and many other issues are making headlines as the world we live in seems to get smaller and smaller. Yet there is a dedicated group of scientists who are confronting these, and many other, threats each and every day. |
| Pet of the week: The Bearded Dragon (Independent) What on earth is THAT? Pogona vitticeps. A lizard about the size and shape of a short baguette (with legs) whose native country is Australia, hence, unsurprisingly, he is known as a "Beardie". |
