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Should I have pets in future?

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I want to work in Aquarium and Tropicarium mini zoo in Serbia(to help animals there and if they arent treated well to see of I can make a diffrence.Also to show good sides of them to people that fear such animals like reptiles/arachnids and such). But if my job will be to be around animals.will be haveing a pet be overkill?

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Laughing at you, not with you

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The Scaly Laughingthrush (Baihualing, Yunnan) once finished as runner-up at a birds-that-look-like-reptiles contest that was won by a Scaly Thrush (not shown). ” As well as in Southeast Asia, there are also Spotted Laughingthrushes (photos taken at Longcanggou and Wolongshan, Sichuan) at the San Diego Zoo.

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Lizards of New York City

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Italian Wall Lizard at the Queens Botanical Garden (click for a bigger version) The Italian Wall Lizard , also known as the Ruin Lizard was introduced to Nassau County, New York City’s eastern neighbor, in 1967, most likely from an accidental pet escape, and made its way west into Queens relatively rapidly.