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Popular as pets, but, breeding population is collapsing.

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Recent research is also overturning a few long-cherished beliefs about which animal are the cleverest. For example, it seems that pigeons may be as intelligent as chimpanzee and dolphins, the animals commonly thought to be second only to humans in their brain power.

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This is the history of six of the most popular domesticated animals.

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Most people only know pigeons as the gray birds who fly around cities and poop on the statues. Those pigeons are mostly Rock Pigeons and are what our more exotic birds are descended from. In many places of the world hobbyists keep Pigeons as pets and often breed very exotic looking animals, some of which would have poor functionality in the wild.

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A vital part of the preservation process is to leave living space for life. Of course, as priorities change and humans continue to destroy what’s left of nature, little will be left over to sustain these evolutionary species.

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Do you hear a lot about the Ocelot? Hunted for its pelt for hundreds of years, the Ocelot was classified as a vulnerable endangered species until 1996. One look at this still rare animal and the attraction is undeniable but why is it no longer considered endangered?

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About baboon monkeys and what they do for a living: how they adapt, what kind of species there are, etc.

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The life of the hermit crab.

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Unique and Colorful Shrimps for Your Aquarium.

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This is a giant crab from the Indo-Pacific Islands region that can climb coconut trees, crack open and eat the coconut! These land crabs are huge; they can attain a diameter of around three feet and weight more than nine lbs when mature.