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Five Famous First Pets

4 The Love Of Animals

Socks the cat. First Cat from 1993-2001): Socks was a black and white “tuxedo” American Shorthair cat belonging to Bill Clinton. And the most unusual pets (alligator and silkworms) belonged to John Quincy Adams. Tags: random tidbits. Today is George Washington’s birthday!

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On Teaching Children

Animal Person

Are the kids cooking monkey, cat, dog, alligator or turtle? If you're going to call something an anthropological adventure, it would make sense to teach the kids about the other animals humans eat and give the kids the opportunity to prepare and eat dog, cat and monkey, no? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics.

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Getting out of line

10,000 Birds

By building nests out over the swamp, the birds benefit from the protection offered by the alligators in deterring predators such as raccoons and snakes. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. There are more at the Orlando, Florida post on Redgannet. Get yours today!

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