Furry Arrival of Twin Red Pandas
Exotic Animal Newsflash:
Ahhh…My favorite species of animal is the Red Panda…
Unfortunately, they are extremely endangered. However, thankfully, there are a number of breeding programs in the world that are doing their best to ensure the survival of this species.
Edmonton’s Valley Zoo just had the 2nd arrival of twin baby red pandas! Yeahhh!!! They were born May 26th in captivity, and were named Tai (female) and Pip (male).
The babies are no longer with their mother, as she began to groom one of the babies too aggressively, but are in great hands with surrogate, human caretakers.
At this point, their eyes are still sealed shut and they are very furry. Sleeping most of time curled up together, the twins are fed puppy formula by bottle, after graduating from stomach tubes.
There are roughly only about 2000-4000 wild red pandas in the world, but the cyclone in Myanmar greatly disturbed their habitat, and the numbers are now unknown.
There were only 4 red pandas born last year in captivity in North America, including these twins other twin brother and sister. In fact, the other 2 pandas were also born in Canadian zoos.
A total of 45 red pandas are in captivity in Read more
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Amazing Rescue of Over 100 Stranded Horses
June 5, 2008 by Kimberly · 2 Comments
I discovered this video yesterday and thought it was so amazing that I had to share it with you!
Watch & Be Amazed:
I had chills going up my spine while I watched this amazing video…
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I hope you enjoyed this European Animal post on Exotic Animal Lover! Until next time…
Live Exotically,
Kimberly Edwards 
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Most Endangered Large Mammal on Planet Amazingly Caught on Camera
May 29, 2008 by Kimberly · 4 Comments
Exotic Animal Newsflash:
Remote infra-red wildlife camera traps caught footage of the world’s most rare rhinoceros in the Ujung Kulon National Park in the jungles of Java Island in Indonesia.
The first of any footage collected in 5 years of the Javan rhinoceros, a mother and her calf were caught unawares by this “eye in the jungle”, but the mother did not like the looks of the camera and charged it, and head-butted the camera, knocking it down causing any more footage to disappear.
However, the camera was retrieved with the great night-time footage that ensued prior to the “TKO”, which will be used by researchers to delve into the secret lives of these rhino, of which there is not much information, especially about breeding habits, and rearing of young.
Check out the video here:
The estimates of population of the Javan rhinoceros in the wild comes back around Read more
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Have You Ever Seen The Easter Bunny Rap?
March 22, 2008 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Well, it’s a sight to see…
Way too funny…A must see…Check it out here:
I wish you all a Very Happy Easter! I hope you get to enjoy it with the people that you love…***
I hope you enjoyed this installment of Exotic Animal Lover! Until next time…
Live Exotically,
Kimberly Edwards ;D
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Easter Bunny Show…
March 22, 2008 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
I just found a really cute video of a wide array of bunnies…Just in time for Easter…
I hope you enjoy all of these different breeds of rabbits!
Live Exotically,
Kimberly Edwards ;D
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Don’t Get Caught in the Easter Bunny Trap!
March 14, 2008 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Bunnies and Easter just go together!!! What’s cuter than seeing a child with a bunny?
Just don’t fall into the trap of buying a bunny for your toddler or child at Easter time, when you are all “caught up in the moment”, just to have them lose interest and you having to take over the duties of care for your new furry friend.
Or worse, be in need of an outlet to get rid of the rabbit after you realize you don’t have time for one…
However, if you do have time and are willing, rabbits make wonderful, loving pets! They seem to get cuter to you by the day!
There are so many types of domesticated rabbit, including French lop-eared rabbits, dwarf rabbits, giant rabbits, and the list goes on and on…
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genera:
Pentalagus
Bunolagus
Nesolagus
Romerolagus
Brachylagus
Sylvilagus
Oryctolagus
Poelagus
Conservation Status:
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What’s The Story on the Silkworm?
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Bombyx
Species: B. mori
I watched the movie “Silk
No longer able to live in the wild due to it’s extreme natural selection for domestication, silkworms make silk…The cocoons they create from their salivary glands protects them during their pupal state.
It is legend that the ancient empress Xi Ling-Shi discovered silk when one day she was drinking her tea under a tree when a cocoon fell into her cup. She fished it out and the silk started to unravel out of the cocoon. She realized that it was strong enough for textile…She taught this to her people and the Chinese vehemently kept this secret from the world.
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Majestic Animals of the Amazonian Rainforest
February 25, 2008 by Kimberly · 10 Comments
Some of the most amazing animals with vivid coloration and patterns come from the Amazonian Rainforest…
Many of the world’s most endangered animals also hail from the Amazon…
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Amazon Rainforest Animals by Lucien Oliveira
Most of the world’s rainforests are located in Central and South America, West and Central Africa, and Southeast Asia. They are very wet areas near the equator that give true meaning to the expression “world of abundance”, an expression that reflects on the variety of rainforest animals. Brazil holds 30% of all tropical rainforests that remain on Earth, and they are represented by Amazonia.
The Amazon rainforest animals are part of a big ecosystem sustained by an incredible amount of trees and other plants. Almost every inch is covered with vegetation. Amazonia has 427 species of mammals, 1294 species of birds, 378 of reptiles, 427 amphibians, and 3,000 fish. Among the mammals we can find the jaguar, an incredibly agile animal with a powerful bite, giant otters, the pink dolphin, also called “boto” by the natives, which is one of the three species of dolphins on Earth that live on freshwater, sloths (large and slow moving animals), armadillos, the peculiar tamandua, or anteater, tapirs, which are active mostly at night, manatees – the Amazon species is exclusively vegetarian and also one of the three manatee species in the world, etc. However, the majority of mammals are Read more
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Sheep Rule!
December 27, 2007 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Genus: Ovis
Species: O. aries
Conservation Status:
Sheep are a domesticated, farm animal the world over…
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Sheep Rule – Tales From The Roads Of Ireland
By Miriam Susong
“There are sheep in the road!” she screamed. “What?” I replied. With her voice ten octaves higher, my daughter Sarah yelled, “There are sheep on the road!” Calmly, I retorted, “I don’t see any shee . . .p!” “Wow, that was a close one,” I exclaimed as I slammed on the brakes. Sure as anything, there were sheep in the road. They were really on the side of the road, but from where my daughter sat, I guess they looked like they were closer to the middle of the road. There was a fold, (I guess you call them a fold . . . they did in Biblical times). They had big x’s painted on them. Pink x’s. Blue x’s. Someone we met explained that the color of the x’s designated what farm the sheep belonged to.
Sheep lover that I am, I stopped the car and I begin to Read more
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Camels Transported The Wise Men
December 24, 2007 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
This photo was too beautiful not to share with you! Camels transported the wise men to see the Baby Jesus on Christmas!
Photo courtesy of:
http://www.es.com/products/digital_theater/shows/christmasstar/resources/christmas_still2.jpg
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Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Genus: Camelus
Species:
Camelus bactrianus
Camelus dromedarius
Camelus gigas (fossil)
Camelus hesternus (fossil)
Camelus sivalensis (fossil)
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Live Exotically…And, Don’t Forget the Reason For the Season!
Kimberly Edwards 
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