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    The domestication of small mammals to keep as pets is a relatively recent development, arising only after large-scale industrialization. Historically...
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  • that spread disease and were a threat to crops, as a result the practice of keeping small mammals as pets, is a relatively recent development, arising only...
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    tarantulas and hermit crabs. Smaller pets include rodents, while the equine and bovine group include the largest companion animals. Pets provide their owners...
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    owners. Mammals are the most likely exotic pets to injure or kill humans, with non-human primates topping the list. Even if they are bred for the pet trade...
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    Cat (category Mammals described in 1758)
    grunting–as well as body language. It can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for human ears, such as those made by small mammals. It secretes...
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    Hamster (redirect from Pet hamster)
    species classified in seven genera. They have become established as popular small pets. The best-known species of hamster is the golden or Syrian hamster...
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    A mammal (from Latin mamma 'breast') is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia (/məˈmeɪli.ə/). Mammals are characterized by the presence of milk-producing...
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    Live food (redirect from Live pet food)
    predators kept either in a zoo or as a pet. Live food is commonly used as feed for a variety of species of exotic pets and zoo animals, ranging from crocodilians...
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    Fancy mouse (redirect from Mice as pets)
    internationally. A pet mouse is inexpensive compared to larger pets, and even many other pet rodents, but mice are comparatively short-lived: typically only...
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    Wolves are sometimes kept as exotic pets, and in some rarer occasions, as working animals. Although closely related to domesticated dogs, wolves do not...
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