How Do Exotic Animals Ruin The Environment

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Did you know that 7,000 snake bites are reported annually in the US and fifteen result in a death. I Think that keeping exotic animals as pets is not good for you or the animal. Keeping exotic animals is not good for your safety and health. Keeping an exotic pet can ruin the environment.

First, exotic animals are really dangerous to your safety. Every animal with teeth can bite. Cute animals like bunnies can easily bite off a finger, they’re very cute but really dangerous to your safety .Even if an animal doesn’t have teeth it can still hurt you. Once a python strangled a two year old girl. It’s against the law to keep some exotic animals as pets. People are not trained experts they don’t know exactly how the animals live.

Secondly, exotic animals are really dangerous to your health. Exotic animals can give you diseases like herpes B, Monkey Pox, and Salmonella. Some exotic animals are poisonous or toxic. Reptiles carry salmonella and bacteria. Exotic animals are really dangerous to your health they can give you diseases and they can carry poison and toxins.Poison dart frogs are very deadly
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If everyone took a wolf from the forest there there would be no wolves in the forest. The deer population would over grow and there would be little food for the deer so they would starve. Just a little species gone would cost the whole habitat to die. In Florida the alligators thrived being the top of the food chain. Until people released Burmese Pythons into the wild then the Alligator can get killed by the Burmese Pythons.. Usually when snakes get bigger people can’t care for them anymore so they let them free. But that will ruin habitats and foodchains. There a danger to neighbor and friends.A chimp bite the owner's best friend because she was to close to his owner. Exotic animals can ruin your life and the place you

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