Animal: WOW! Crikey!

srnity: Aww the poor thing!

Ready to ride : "Dweevil" the chihuahua waits in his owner's arm before the start of the "Harley Davidson Love Ride" in Glendale, California.
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Rose:  My favorite rat was named after my wife.    She approved.  She never crapped on me.  And she'd sit on my shoulder all the time and just sit there as I taught.  The kids were so good to her.  During playtime, they got to hold her and she never messed on anyone.  I was very sad when she died.  I had many rats after her but she was totally the best.  I have a picture of the two of us but I look like such a geek I doubt I'll ever show it. 

Rats can be very cool! I at one time, had 4 rats as pets, 2 hooded, one brown, one beige. At the same time that I had these rats I also had 6 cats residing in the house. When it was time to clean the rat cage we would take them out of their really big cage ( a converted jewlery display case) and put them on the couch. While we cleaned their cage out the cats would come around sniffing. Each cat would slowly crawl up to the couch to sniff the rats one at a time.. when the rats got curious and came up to sniff a cats face the cats would dart away terrified. We though it was hilarous! as much as they were curious they were afraid of the rats. Never once did they try to pounce or eat. Too cute. I miss the rats. The down side to owning rodents, they dont last very long so u end up with tears and heartache very soon after getting used to them!

srnity:  Nah.  Had lots of rats in my kindergarten class.  never bitten but pooped on many times. 

"aNiMaL": That's cheating - that's a "rat" - everybody's nice to them, they'll bite you

Mousetrap:  good friends

srnity:

srnity: Yes maybe although I have never heard the Snowy Owl referred to as a Polar Owl before....I even had to check up to see if there was another species

http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=all&by=commonnames

Tuesday: don't try to dress up anything on your opininons hun,thats what makes us all different,and having different opinions is what makes a good discussion.sometimes we all need to step back and take a deep breath,lol

Ewe: Maybe they are one and the same? I would love to see one

 srnity: Looks like a Snowy Owl to me! Ive never heard of a Polar Owl? But yes, great pics!

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A Polar Owl sits in an open-air cage at the "Royev Ruchey" zoo in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk November 6, 2007.

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***he bay to freeze :)

Tuesday: I'm sorry - didn't mean to offend you Life's too short

My apologies - kind of sounded like you didn't realize how dangerous that was for an animal to do

Tuesday: no need to be rude Tuesday...this is a disscussion board so we can all post :)

Tuesday: I know how much you love your dogs & care for them well

Tuesday: I havent got the time or the extra energy to look after a dog right now with my kids being so very young, but maybe 3 - 5 years or so time I would definately concider getting another dog.
Yes my daughter loves puppies (in pictures) and all animals for that matter lol

srnity: good advice

Tuesday: An average schoolbus weighs about 24,000 lbs. empty (they have numerous springs, airbrake tanks, etc. to be safe with the weight of 70ish people when full) & don't stop on a dime like your average 1500 lb. car If she gets run-over (God-forbid), she'll be crushed, no matter how big a dog she is, best to keep her indoors - I tell people from the get-go to either leash or keep their dog indoors if their dog is the "chasing" kind (sadly, bus drivers barely know when they've run over an animal, dog or otherwise) - I also have dogs that wait for their "kids" at the corner of the property, but are wise enough to keep clear and wait - I wouldn't risk having my dog killed that way

Tuesday: Aww yes, one of my friends dog used to chase the ice cream van & go ballistic barking & growling! I dont think he liked the music the van was playing lol but yes could be fatal, you do good to keep  her away from the bus! 

 Tuesday: awwwwwww

Tigger: They put his nose on his head? I don't blame him for looking sad

srnity:  nah, he's just looking for pooh. 

Tigger: .......the dog looks humiliated .......

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A photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo shows Hudson, a near 1-year-old polar bear cub, enjoying a Halloween pumpkin at the zoo in Brookfield , Ill., on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007.