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Friday, August 24, 2012

When talking about the big cats of the wild, the lion remains to be one that elicits the ideal of power and strength, long ascribed to be the very symbols of those attributes, as defined by their presence in family crests, heraldry, paintings, frescoes and more.

The 1996 movie entitled The Ghost In The Darkness – starring Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer – took a different take on the strength and power of the lion, this time depicting them as man killers who are intent on having human beings as prey. Based on a true story which took place in 1896, two lions had been causing unrest in a railroad construction site in East Africa, believed to have been responsible for killing 130 people.

Though the movie did well in depicting the deadly and elusive aspects of a lion, it didn’t exactly tell every interesting detail about them.

For one, lions are known to sleep for at least 20 hours a day, which practically means they are active for only short durations of time, though this is dependent on their activities and such.

Highly sociable, lions are considered to be the most sociable of all the big cats in Africa, with a group of lions consisting of around 15 members at a time. Within that group, it is the females which do all the hunting, as the males simply partake in the catch females would bring back to the group. Males are also the first to partake in the feast.

As the lion’s roar has been legendary, the average lion’s roar can actually be heard through long distances, reaching as far as 5 miles away. As long as the range of their roars are, the average lion can also run as fast as 50 miles per hour, though these speeds are mostly during short run-distance bursts. Also, a lion can leap distances as wide as 36 feet.

One contradictory thing about lions is that they may be dubbed as the “king of the jungle”, but their natural habitats are mostly plains and grasslands. Also, it has been proven that you can easily assess the age of a lion through the color of its mane. The darker the hue, the older the lion typically is.

Though they may not exactly be the kings of the jungle, lions continue to be one of the world’s most well-loved of the big cats family, proudly standing as symbols of strength and power.

Lions Video

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Mules

Mules, also popularly referred to as donkeys or burros, are often kept as “beasts of burden”, not as pets.

With a mule being part of a cast of farm animals in the 2006 animated feature Barnyard, questions over what a mule was doing in the movie were not raised or encountered, but if Miles the Mule – voiced by Danny Glover – were in an urban setting, the idea of a mule being kept as a pet in the city would have been off.

Still, it doesn’t mean that there are no such things as pet mules, which are kept as loyal companions by people who find them agreeable to be with and not just handy in pulling heavy stuff.

A number of pet mule owners note that mules are actually NOT the temperamental or dumb animals popular media has defined them to be. Actually intelligent and highly observant, mules are known for being cautious with their surroundings, taking the time in understanding what is going around them before undertaking a particular task or doing anything in particular.

This penchant to better understand what’s happening around them before doing anything else has been ascribed to be the source of the “stubborn” reputation mules have been pegged with, along with their slated

Though open space where zoning restrictions allow for mules are necessary in keeping them, pet mule owners don’t always have to need a barn where their pets are housed, but mules themselves are keen on having their own space, allowing them to stay clear from the heat and the elements.

Access to pasture spaces is, however, important for mules, particularly in areas where foraging conditions are at their best. Clean up and mule maintenance is also necessary, with an allocated stall being cleaned two or three times in a week.

The cost of keeping a mule can be compared with that of keeping a horse, thus the reason why they are not particularly popular as pets. With horses, owners are afforded with a means of efficient transport, while with mules, their inherent strength simply makes them ideal as “beasts of burden”, which is a trade-off most mule owners would opt to pick in keeping mules.

Mules Video

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Rats

Rats being kept as pets may not fall along the “dogs kept as pets” convention, but as many owners of pet rats have come to share, their companionship as pets is often compared to having a dog around.

Featured as a villainous character in the 1986 animated classic The Great Mouse Detective, Ratigan managed to capture certain rat characteristics, showing the myriad of rat personalities known to be.

Though rats are not exactly “villainous” by nature, their intelligence and tenacity for survival has pegged them as a type of vermin in most parts of the world, but in no way does this mean that they are impossible to keep as pets.

Rats kept as pets in enclosures are relatively easy to take care, requiring only regular bathing, an ample supply of water and food to keep them going. Needless to say, it is advisable to get a pet rat from an accredited specialty pet store, since the rats from these venues are cleared of any diseases, rabies, and other parasites.

With rats being social creatures, it is often advised to keep them in groups, with same sex groups being a healthy group. Male rats are known to get along pretty well with other males, especially when we’re talking about siblings who’ve known each other since birth.

Though challenging, training rats to do tricks is possible to do, though this isn’t as relatively easy as teaching dogs to fetch or roll over or play dead.

Between male and female rats, males tend to be more lax while females tend to be more active, ie more playful. Also, female rats tend to have softer fur when compared to males, and knowing about these rat attributes would greatly help a potential pet rat owner in which type of rat to pick out as a pet.

Smart and generally pleasant company to keep, attention should be given to pet rats, since interaction helps keep their personalities tame and at ease.