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This is a Crocodile - A wild animal. Not a pet.

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This is a Crocodile Skink - a tamed, exotic pet.

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Ball Python - A nonvenomous and very shy pet snake.

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Savannah cats - A breed of domestic cat that has high content of wild cat in its blood. Illegal in some states for it being possibly invasive if it escapes, but still an exotic pet.

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I chose this topic mainly because I wanted to see where my curiosty would take me with this question - what drives people to want to own pets that can often be so difficult?

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Some see an internet famous critter and want to own one just because its cool. Others want to be educated on them and keep exotic pets because it's their unique hobby. There's a portion of people that will keep them to breed and sell for more money as well.

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There is much controversy over people deciding to own pets that are a little out of the ordinary. What makes this animals different from domestic animals (cats,dogs,farm animals, ect.) and why is it a "big deal" if people own them?

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Beskhlebnaya, Natalia. “A Soviet Fox for Post-Soviet Man.” Russian Life, vol. 62, no. 2, Mar. 2019, pp. 48–53. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,shib&db=a9h&AN=134900660&site=eds-live&scope=site

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HESS, LAURIE., et al. “Exotic Animals: Appropriately Owned Pets or Inappropriately Kept Problems?” Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, vol. 25, no. 1, 2011, p. 50. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,shib&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.41318156&site=eds-live&scope=site.

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Leopard geckos are one example of a pet gaining popularity due to the internet, like in this viral video below.

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Within reason, if the animal truly is a tame pet and not wild or wild caught.

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The temperament of many exotic creatures can be kept if the husbandry is maintained by an experienced and informed individual (Hess, 52)

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As stated above, it simply comes down to knowing how to care for the specific animal and the responsibilities that come with it.

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For some, there is a possibility of them being dangerous pets, but with all animals , they should be treated with the right respect.

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Exotic pets are defined as animals that are no longer wild, but cannot or have not become domesticated. There is definitive separation for each of those ranks.

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There are evolutionary differences in wild, domestic, and tamed animals (Beskhlebnaya, 53).

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This can be simple to understand. A dog will not behave like a wolf, nor will a gecko act like rattlesnake.

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Complaining that something is " too hard to take care of" so it should be banned, when applied to other living things, does not exactly check out very well. Everything in nature, be it the smallest animal or the biggest plant, requires a level of understanding and respect.