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A pet, or companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person's company or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or a laboratory animal. Popular pets are often considered to have attractive/ cute appearances, intelligence , and relatable personalities, but some pets may be taken in on an altruistic basis (such as a ...
Animals that hunted such pests, such as terriers and cats, were prized. Many small animals kept as household pets are rodents, including: fancy mice, [1] fancy rats, [1] hamsters (golden hamsters and dwarf hamsters), gerbils (Mongolian jirds and duprasi gerbils), common degus, common chinchillas, and guinea pigs (cavies).
animal feed, racing, research, show, pets Tame, significant physical changes Common in the wild and in captivity 1d Rodentia: Fancy rat a.k.a. laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica) Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) the 19th century CE [53] the United Kingdom: animal feed, research, show, pets Tame, some physical and psychological changes
In 1758, the Swedish botanist and zoologist Carl Linnaeus assigned the genus name Canis (which is the Latin word for "dog") [13] to the domestic dog, the wolf, and the golden jackal in his book, Systema Naturae. He classified the domestic dog as Canis familiaris and, on the next page, classified the grey wolf as Canis lupus. [2]
The Great Cat and Dog Massacre is a history book by Hilda Kean. It recounts the story of the British pet massacre during September 1939, at the onset of World War II, when hundreds of thousands of British family pets were preemptively euthanised in anticipation of air raids and resource shortages. Kean also uses the episode to discuss people's feelings about their pets and the psychology of a ...
The Rainbow Bridge is a meadow where animals wait for their humans to join them, and the bridge that takes them all to Heaven, together. The Rainbow Bridge is the theme of several works written first in 1959, then in the 1980s and 1990s, that speak of an other-worldly place where pets go upon death, eventually to be reunited with their owners.
A guinea pig as a classroom pet.. Classroom pets are animals that are present in an educational classroom as a pet. [1] Research and literature in the 21st century has shown the main reasons for having classroom pets is to capture the attention of students, improve relationships, provide the opportunity for creative activities, be a resource for humane education, and act as a motivator for ...
The book is an autobiographical account of five years [2] in the childhood of naturalist Gerald Durrell, aged 10 at the start of the saga, of his family, pets and life during a sojourn on Corfu. The book is divided into three sections, marking the three villas where the family lived on the island.