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Show Unusual Pets P VERY WHERE one goes there are people with pets. The kind of pet, naturally, differs witb the place There are very few animals ani-mals which someone has not tried to tame, at one time or another, either tor their usefulness, companionship, com-panionship, or both. If you were to move to Australia, Austra-lia, you would oo doubt in time own a pet kangaroo, or a kaola bear. In China, instead of a ca nary, you would have a singin, lark. Starlings, taught to say i word or two, replace these bird: In East India. In Japan, you mighl buy a pair of mice trained to waltz. Monkeys are popular pets all over the globe, in spite of their mischief. Practically every native hut in South America has its pet monkey New Guinea native catch young cassowaries, and tame hem for pets. Crickets are caged in Spain, Mexico, Japan and China. Mexicans keep pet fleas, too. Instead of cats, small African genets are kept in parts of Europe, for the same reason that cats were first tamed as rat catchers. King James I of England was fond of all animals. His private zoo induded sables, Icelandic gyrfalcons, an elephant and five camels. The ancient Romans were also pet-minded. Those who could afford af-ford such luxury kept apes, elephants, ele-phants, and sea lions, all trained to entertain their owners with amusing tricks. |