TEN ANIMALS AND THE FOOD THEY EAT

1. American alligator - fish, turtles, snakes, raccoons, birds and even deer
2. Bald eagle - fish, ducks, geese, gulls, herons, rabbits, muskrats, carrion,
and baby sea otters
3. Cheetah- gazelles, impalas, young zebras, hares, and even ostriches
4. Bullfrogs - insects, spiders, snails, slugs, smaller frogs and toads,
salamanders, mice, small birds, small snakes and lizards
5. Grasshopper mouse - insects, spiders, scorpions, small lizards, small
snakes, and even other mice.
6. Preying mantis - other insects, spiders, and large ones will even prey on
small frogs, scorpions and even mice.
7. Black bear - fruits, acorns, berries, grass, insects and larvae, rodents,
fish, carrion, beavers, and sometimes the young of deer.
8. Red-tailed hawk - rodents, rabbits, hares, pikas, reptiles, insects, birds,
smaller raptors.
9. Goshawk - grouse, ducks, smaller hawks and owls, hares, rabbits,
chipmunks, rats, squirrels.
10. Sea otter - variety of marine invertebrates including, sea urchins, clams,
crabs, abalones, sea snails, starfish, and some fish.

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5. Do you think wild animals could be kept as pets? Give three reasons supporting your answer as
to why you or cannot?

NO, lets say you're walking with your kids in the woods or a neighborhood park and you come across
what looks like an abandoned baby bunny. Do you keep walking? Should you try to raise that bunny as
your own?

Neither. You should call your local wildlife rehabilitation center and have one of their employees come out
to take a look. Oh, come on, you say. Bunnies (or squirrels, or fawns) make great pets, right? Everybody
knows someone who told stories of having one of these wild animals as a pet as a kid. But what most
folks leave out of the "raising a baby squirrel" tale is the story about the day that the wild squirrel (or
bunny, or bird) went a little "crazy" and had to be released back into the wild.

Wild animals are not pets, and they shouldn't be treated as such. Here are five reasons why you should
not try to raise a wild animal on your own:

1. its illegal. It is against the law to try to raise any type of wild animal in captivity. That goes for baby
crocodiles and monkeys from the illegal pet trade as well as baby robins and bunnies from your back
yard.

2. You can't domesticate a wild animal. Domestication is a process that takes centuries within an
animal species. Dogs and cats have been bred as pets for thousands of years. You can't simply love the
wild out of an animal.

3. Wild animals carry diseases. Did you know that many wild animals like raccoons or skunks can
be carriers for rabies without showing any symptoms? And according to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, tens of thousands of people get salmonella infections each year from wild reptiles or
amphibians. Bringing a wild animal into your home exposes your whole family you, your kids, and your
pets to a slew of potentially fatal diseases.

Pet animals

A dog is a pet animal.

It is a faithful friend.
Dogs are of many kinds; different colors,
size and breeds.
Commonly dogs are of black, brown, white
and golden in color.
Dogs are kept as a pet to protect a house
and family from strangers and thieves.
Their loud bark makes the people alert and
watchful.
They are very faithful and obedient animal.
A dog has four legs, two ears and a long
tail.
It feed on milk, bread and meat.
They have very bright and intelligent eyes.
They have strong sense of smell.
A dog is also used for hunting.
Children love to play with dogs.
A young one of a dog is called a puppy.
A female dog is called a bitch.