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Do you think some animals are less afraid of certain people?

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Same with mammals, fish, etc. I have a pet chicken right now standing besides me inside the house that walked far all the way from her coop and stood at the door wanting to come inside and be next to me. Heck even deer standing just 6 feet away from me just stare for a moment then walk away.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 6)

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When I was a kid (and don’t you hate it when blog posts start like this, with the author apparently just assuming that you care about how he spent his childhood), the first pets we had were a pair of Budgerigars. ” At the same time, they are popular as pets, as they may be the best talkers of the Australian cockatoos.

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Feral Cats in American Cities

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… The ordinance would allow Minneapolis residents to establish cat “colonies” where abandoned and wild cats can be fed but also vaccinated, neutered and identified in an effort to humanely cut their population and control disease.

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The Mysterious Case of Fighter the Fighting Fish

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As a boy myself, and again as a father of three boys, I can tell you, I’ve had some pets in my life. Dogs aside, I’ve tended to plenty of small mammals and reptiles in my years, and have seen some pretty interesting things. We abandoned our house for the safety of my parents’ house on the other side of town.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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Another paper reviews information on Oriental Pied Hornbills raiding the nests of various bird species in Singapore and even pet bird cages. One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. Unfortunately, the other hornbill species are not nearly as adaptable.