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Big Cat Quiz!

Can you name your Big Cats? Check out this awesome video and test your Big Cat skills! Big Cats! Can You Name Them? – Watch the best video clips hereI hope you enjoyed today’s installment of Exotic Animal Lover! Until next time… Live Exotically, Kimberly Edwards P.S. Getting ready for Christmas? This is a wonderful Big Cat Poster for that Big Cat Lover in your family! Check it out: Great Cats Print By Peter Kull Peter Kull Image: 36.00 x 24.00 paper: 36.00 x 24.00 Technorati Tags: big cats, lion, ocelot, tiger, leopard, snow leopard, bobcat, [ ... ]

Strange Beast Found In Texas – Is This The Mythical Chupacabra?

Exotic Animal Newsflash: On Saturday, it was reported from Cuero, Texas, about 80 miles southeast of San Antonio, that 3 40-lb strange beasts were discovered dead on the side of the road. As described by avid, long-time huntress, Phylis Canion, these were uglier and stranger beasts than she has ever seen. Phylis lived in Africa for 4 yrs and hunted big game, but her greatest find yet has been roadkill on the side of the road near her ranch in Texas, along with other neighbors, believing that recent heavy rains may have driven them out of their dens. Canion saved and froze [ ... ]

Minks Freed By Suspected Animal Rights Activists – Farmers Panic

Exotic Animal Newsflash: 2500 Minks were released early Friday by suspected animal rights activists from a fur farm about 400 km NW of Helsinki in western Finland. Only about 1/2 of them have been recaptured. Police said that it could take days to round up the rest of them. There are no suspects as of yet, but some initials were spray-painted onto the silo at the farm. They were the initials of the Animal Liberation Front, but in Finnish, which, it is believed, could have been done by anyone. (Photo: American mink) To read more about this article, [ ... ]

Penguin Papparazzi

Have you seen the movie, “March of the Penguins“? What a fabulous movie. The penguin life is documented over a 1 yr period, and it will open up your eyes on what these little guys and gals have to go through, just to survive! Awesome! I found this wonderful article to expose the penguin life for you! Enjoy! *** Penguins – An Overview By P Anderson The popularity of penguins is at an all-time high. It is in large part due to the hit movie The March of the Penguins, that such interest in penguins has been raised recently. Until this [ ... ]

Terrific Tarantulas

To many people, tarantulas are disgustingly revolting because they are hairy, stocky, and fearsome-looking…But to other people, they are TERRIFIC! Despite their reputations, most tarantulas are harmless to humans and are popular in exotic pet trade. There are no true tarantulas that are known to have a bite that is deadly to humans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula, 2007). Some people even eat them…Yup, that’s what I said! In some countries, tarantulas are considered a delicacy, and taste somewhat like shrimp… Tarantulas range in colors from brown, black and grey (very drab) to excitingly colorful varieties of metallic blue, black and white, bright orange, and [ ... ]