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11 Sep, 2008

Adopting A Pet Mouse »
My parents were less than happy that I adopted a pet mouse. My mother said I could keep her as long as she did not have to see or touch it. Nitch and I generally liked each other. I would let her crawl on my shoulder. She would sit under my hair. Sometimes she would sniff at my ear and tickle me. There were countless times that my pet mouse joined us for dinner and no one ever noticed her there on my shoulder.

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11 Oct, 2007

Butterflies: An Exciting and Beautiful Way to Learn »
Article about The Butterfly and Nature gift store live butterfly kits and release packages.

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11 Oct, 2007

Can we help the mountain gorilla before it is too late? »
Gorillas are big, quiet, gentle apes that can be found in Africa. Although gorillas are sometimes portrayed as killers, they are in fact peaceful and shy. Suffering a unbelievable loss of habitat, these amazing primates are in grave danger of going extinct.

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11 Oct, 2007

Camelids of the Andes »
Camelids are even-toed ungulates: hoofed mammals, distinguished by their elongated double-toed splayed feet. They are mostly large, plant-eating animals that differ from ruminants, such as cows and sheep, in several important ways: they have a three- chambered stomach (as opposed to four), a divided upper lip with each half separately mobile, a tooth in the upper part of their jaw that is isolated from the rest, and elliptical red blood cells.

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11 Oct, 2007

More about Goat and Sheep »
Goat is one of the smallest domesticated ruminants that have served the mankind former and longer than the cattle and sheep. It is controlled for the production of milk, meat, wool and may other products, particularly in arid, semitropical or mountainous countries. In temperate zones, goats are kept frequently rather as additional animals by petite holders, while commercially cows or buffaloes are especially kept for milk, cheese and other meat products, and sheep for wool and meat production. Nonetheless, there are more than 465 million goats worldwide currently producing more than 4.6 million tons of milk and 1.3 million tons of meat as well mohair, cashmere, leather and also dung; and more people drink milk and milk products from goats all-inclusive than from any other animal.

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11 Oct, 2007

Teach Your Goat to Lead »
Every animals need to at least learn to walk on a lead. It’s much easier to mover individual animals from one paddock to another, if it walks silently – not fighting you every step of the way. It’s better to put an animal on a trailer or truck when you sell it if you’re not pulling and jerking, or worse lifting and carrying it. In case, your animal requires medical attention, your vet would greatly appreciate having a well-trained goat to treat.

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11 Oct, 2007

To teach your goat to be carried out. »
The advantage of this process is not to force the goat to go among the pans but to obtain them to want the reward. And by this process they learn how to go. When the formation more for the exposure and after the goat controlled the art of walk, you can walk several yards stop the goat then and “to establish it” so that it holds the “place”.

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11 Oct, 2007

Fact about Raising Goats »
Goats should be given many acres for roaming purpose in order to stay disease-free. Goats with restricted area will become unhealthy or may even die soon. You may not be successful in feedlot goats; they would not take stress and crowding. Unexpected problem would surely occur. Illnesses, climatic problems, broken fences, and these problems may occur at most inconvenient time as well, may be when you are totally exhausted.

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11 Oct, 2007

Moral Lessons from the Animal Kingdom »
A large number of animals mate for life in the animal kingdom. Although they don’t adhere strictly to this social order in every instance there is one rule they never break. What is that rule?

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11 Oct, 2007

Endangered Animals of Peru »
Animals are considered endangered when they are at risk of extinction, either because there are only a small number of them left, due to threats from changes to their environment, shifting of predator to prey ratios, and other factors. Nations over the last 50 years have developed laws to protect species form becoming extinct; however few species actually get on these lists. Many become extinct without the attention or protection of humans, though it is true that in probably all cases over the last century, the machinations of humans have caused the imbalances that have led to the disappearance of thousands of animal and plant species.

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11 Oct, 2007

How to get rid of rats and catching rats »
Using my experiences and research I am giving you my knowledge for problematic rats, that may be on and around your property.

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10 Oct, 2007

How To Use Homemade Natural Insecticides »
The using of homemade natural insecticides should be treated in much the same way of synthetic products due to the low possibility of irritation. It is definitely less intrusive than chemicals but recommended especially for sensitive people.

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10 Oct, 2007

Bird Watching In Your Own Backyard »
Easy steps to take to attract wild birds to your own backyard for hours of enjoyment. Information on bird feeders, bird baths, bird houses and more.

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01 Feb, 2007

My Cat's Late Night Visitors »
A guide to the removal of raccoons. They're not just in the woods, they've invaded the city. Tips on how to humanely deal with those pests.

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31 Jan, 2007

The Top Seven Tarantula Species for Beginners »
Which tarantulas make the best pets for beginners? The author offers seven suggestions.

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