Awesomely Incredible Animal You May Want To Keep as Pets

Dogs, cats, parrots and species of fishes are among the most popular pets in the world. There are people who want snake and other exotic animals for pet. Would you like to have an incredibly awesome pet? Scroll down and pick your choice.

Ton Pig

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Some breeds of domestic pig are becoming popular pet. One of the most famous is Ton Pig, a gigantic hog from China. This huge animal weighed in at 1,984 pounds or 900 kg. Ton died from lack of mobility due to obesity in 2004. His owner donated him to the Liaoning Agriculture Museum in Shenyang for display.

Meishan

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Another breed of pig that can be considered as a pet is the unique-looking Meishan that originated in China. This animal is characterized by large drooping ears and wrinkled black skin. It s one of the most prolific breeds in the world and is best known for its large litters of up to 16 piglets.

Kunekune

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Another peculiar-looking breed of domestic pig is the Kunekune of New Zealand. Because of its placid and friendly nature, it is now kept as pet. This small breed is hairy and has a dumpy build. It can have wattles hanging from its lower jaw. It comes in different colors such as black and white, ginger, cream, gold-tip, black, brown and tri-colored. Kunekune loves human company and it is intelligent and easy to train.

Pot-bellied Pig

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The friendly and cute Pot-bellied Pig like the Kunekune is now a popular pet. This domestic pig breed originated in Vietnam.

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The Vietnamese government has begun to subsidize local farmers that continue to raise the indigenous Pot-bellied Pigs because it realizes they are neither as prolific nor as large as other breeds

Miniature Pig

The Miniature Pig is now becoming popular pet because it can be house-trained. It can keep itself exceptionally clean, despite people believing that a pig is a dirty animal. It can grow to 90 kg. It is also known as Micro Pig.

Pygmy Goat

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The handsome-looking Pygmy Goat is commonly kept as pet in urban and suburban backyards. Despite its small size, it produces a very large amount of milk and can be eaten. The Pygmy Goat is quite hardy and can adapt to virtually all climates.

Nigerian Dwarf Goat

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Another tiny breed of goat that is usually kept as pet is the Nigerian Dwarf Goat. This miniature dairy goat breed originated in West Africa. It is popular as a hobby goat because it is easy to maintain and due to its small size.

Thumbelina

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The smallest horse in the world is the 43 cm or 17 inches high Thumbelina of the United States. This tiny horse is owned by Paul and Kay Goessling. This dwarf miniature horse weighed 26 kg and is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the smallest horse.

Miniature Horse

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Miniature Horses are often kept as family pet because they are friendly and interact well with people. They serve as companion animal and trained as service animals for people with disabilities. They can live up to 35 years of age

Shetland Pony

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The Shetland Pony is one of the smallest pony breeds but is very strong. It originated in Shetland Isles and can attain a maximum height of 42 inches. This intelligent animal has heavy coats and short legs.

This very strong breed of pony is used for riding, driving and pack purposes.

Shire

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Shire is one of the largest horse breeds in the world. It would be very interesting and exciting to have one as a pet. It is such a pleasure and pride to mount the tallest horse breed on the planet.

Najdi

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The Najdi or Nejdi is one of the most beautiful breed of sheep in the world. It is also one of the most expensive with a price ranging up to $8,000 USD. This domestic sheep breed is endemic to the Najd region of the Arabian Peninsula. This breed has a distinctive appearance that has even been celebrated in Saudi "sheep beauty pageants". This very tall breed that can be as tall as 86 cm has long, Roman nosed faces with ears that droop.

Quessant

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The Ouessant is a breed of sheep from Quessant Island in Brittany, France. It is one of the smallest breed of sheep in the world. Most Ouessant are black or dark brown in color, but white individuals do occur. The rams have relatively large horns. This rare breed is also called Ushant and occasionally, Breton Dwarf.

Castlemilk Moorit

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Another rare breed of domestic sheep is the Castlemilk Moorit. This awesome breed originated in Dumfriesshire in Scotland, UK. It was created as a decorative breed in the 1900s to adorn the parkland of a lord's estate. The main use of this breed is hobby farming. It is also known as Moorit Shetland or Castlemilk Shetland.

Ankole-Watusi

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The Ankole-Watusi is a unique cattle breed endemic to Africa. Its huge and distinctive horns can reach up to 2.4 m from tip to tip. The horns of the adults serve as formidable weapons against any intruders. This cattle can weigh up to 730 kg.

Caramel Burmese Python

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Pythons are popular exotic pet due to their gentle nature such as the Burmese Python (Python molurus bivittatus). It is the largest subspecies of the Indian Python and one of the world’s 6 largest snakes. It can achieve a length of up to 5.8 meters or 19 ft.

Ball Python

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The Ball Python (Python regius) is the smallest of the African pythons and is popular in the pet trade. It is also known as Royal Python. The name Ball Python refers to the animal's tendency to curl into a ball when stressed or frightened.

Tarantula

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Tarantulas are among the giant species of spider. They are generally a group of hairy and large arachnids. This animal is often kept as pet by adventurous and courageous pet owners.

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Bizarre and Exotic Pets: Weird & Unique Turtles

Bizarre and Exotic Pets: Weird & Unique Turtles 


Looking for unique and exotic pet? Check these unusual and weird species of turtles.

Black-knobbed Map Turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda)

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This unique-looking turtle called the Black-knobbed Map Turtle is a species of turtle that is native to the United States. This species spends much of the day basking on fallen trees and quickly jumps into the water when approached. They seek refuge on the bottom of the river and in between the branches of the fallen trees.

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Best Reasons to Consider These Odd-Looking Animals as Pets

Here are five odd-looking species of animals you may want to consider as pet. Weird and unusual reasons why you have to keep one as a pet are included.

Naked Mole Rat

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Naked Mole Rat is definitely a weird choice for a pet. Its binomial name is Heterocephalus glaber. This unique-looking burrowing rodent is also commonly known as Sand Puppy or Desert Mole Rat. It is endemic to Africa

Reasons for you to consider it a pet:

• It is one of only two known eusocial mammal and it can thrive in a harsh, underground environment. So if you don’t like to see often because of its awful appearance, don’t worry, it always stays underground.
• Its skin is lacking in pain sensation and it has a very low metabolism.
• It looks fragile but it is actually hardy and long-living. There’s no need to buy another pet every time.
• They are easy to maintain and their foods are cheap. Naked Moles feed on tubers but also eat their own feces. A single tuber can provide a colony with a long-term source of food—lasting for months, or even years, as they eat the inside but leave the outside, allowing the tuber to regenerate.
• Unlike other pet animals, this extraordinarily long-lived rodent lives up to 28 years. It holds the record for the longest living rodent.
• They are cancer-resistant too. Naked Mole Rats have a high resistance to cancer because it has never been observed in them.

Black Lemur

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The Black Lemur or Eulemur macaco is a unique-looking animal species endemic to Madagascar. It lives in moist forest of Sambirano region and nearby islands.

Reasons for you to consider it a pet:

• If you have a Black Lemur, you are one of the few to own a pet with brown or orange eyes.
• In addition, its ears are tufts.
• Easy to feed and its food is cheap because it feeds primarily on fruit.
• Other foods eaten include nectar, flowers, leaves, fungi and some invertebrates.

Damaraland Mole Rat

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The Damaraland Mole Rat is absolutely unique choice for a pet. It is formally known as Fukomys damarensis and it lives in sub-Saharan Africa. It is also commonly known as Damaraland blesmo. It is named after Damaraland, Namibia

Reasons for you to consider it a pet:

• It is one of only two known eusocial mammals.
• It lives in continually excavated networks of underground tunnels.
• Its front teeth are essentially located outside its mouth.
• It is less vocal, making only some birdlike chirps.

Sclater’s Lemur

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Sclater’s Lemur or Eulemur flavifrons is also endemic to Madagascar. It inhabits moist forest of Sahamalaza Peninsula and nearby forest. It is also known as Blue-eyed Black Lemur.

Reasons for you to consider it a pet:

• You’ll be one of the rare pet owners to own a blue-eyed animal because it has blue eyes, the only primate other than humans which has blue eyes.
• Easy to feed and their foods are cheap which include fruit, pollen, and nectar make up the bulk of the Blue-eyed Lemur's diet.
• If the above-mentioned foods are scarce, it also feeds on leaves, seeds and berries and rarely insects.
• Just be watchful because it has been observed committing infanticide against other species of lemurs.

Star-Nosed Mole

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One of the most awful and oddest-looking creatures in the planet is the Star-nosed Mole or Condylura cristata. This small mole inhabits wet low areas of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. It has eleven pairs of pink fleshy appendages ringing their snout which are used as a touch organ.

Reasons for you to consider it a pet:

• It has more than 25,000 minute sensory receptors which are use to feel its way around.
• Easy to maintain and its foods are varied which includes small invertebrates, aquatic insects, worms and mollusks.
• You can bring it along with you when you go for a swimming because it is a good swimmer.
• If you do not have any budget left for its food, just go to a pond or stream and it will forage along the bottoms of these bodies of water.
• It is active day and night all-year round and has been observed tunneling through the snow and swimming in ice-covered streams.
• It is also unique because this animal is considered as the fastest-eating mammal taking as short as 120 milliseconds to identify and consume individual food items.
• Star-nosed Mole also possess the ability to smell underwater,

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