Weird pets from around the world

The sugar glider, which is a small animal which is able to glide, is native and common in Australia. People in Australia and also the USA can keep sugar gliders as pets. Sugar gliders are not currently endangered, but due to deforestation of their natural habitat this may not be the case in the future. Image: http://www.zerotohundred.com/newforums/attachments/all-other-stuff/222972-healthy-sugar-glider-glider1_w600.gif



This is a video of a sugar glider in action :
Sugar Glider Madness! - For more amazing video clips, click here




In the Phillipenes, people eat dogs. Althoguh this may seem shocking, it is true. In some countries people would be very against dog meat, like in Ireland. In Islam and Judaism it is forbidden. People also eat dogs in China, and in the Artic and Antartica (but only for an emergency food source). Image: http://funnyanimalpictures.net/data/media/1/sad_dog.jpg




It is possible to own loads of different types of animals, even a lion. In some places (like a residential neighbourhood) keeping a lion as a pet is prohibited because of local laws. Image: http://epetsworld.blogspot.com