Europe
Red-Eared Slider
Sliders spend lots of time basking in the sun. As cold-blooded animals, they need the sun to heat up.
Dwarf Hamster
dwarf hamsters love to explore at night.
Jackrabbit
They can run as fast as 45 mph.
Eurasian Beaver
Eats 20% of its weight daily!
Eastern Chipmunk
The name chipmunk is derived from an Ojibwe word that means “one who descends the trees headfirst.”
Eurasian Lynx
Eurasian lynxes can survive extreme weather up to elevations of 18,000 feet
Eastern Glass Lizard
When the glass lizard loses its tail it can grow another one. But the new tail lacks the markings of the old one and is usually shorter.
European Polecat
Its fur changes color in the winter!
European Wildcat
A group of wild cats is called a destruction
Honey Buzzard
Honey buzzards are medium-sized raptors that earned their names by raiding the nests of bees and wasps.
Asp
It was the symbol of royalty in Egypt, and its bite was used for the execution of favored criminals in Greco-Roman times.
Sable Ferret
Ferrets were used during the Revolutionary War to keep down the rat population.
Eastern Rat snake
Rat snakes are medium-to-large, nonvenomous snakes that kill by constriction.
Bearded Vulture
These birds eat a diet of bones
White Ferret / Albino Ferrets
There are two different types of white ferrets!