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Features • January 19, 2021

Keeping Your Pets Safe When Flying Them to a New Home

If you are having difficulty deciding the most favourable way to move your pets, I think it’s best to consider a stress-free method of transport. Bear in mind that when flying, your pets aren’t flying with you. This means they won’t be on the same flight as you. They must be checked in transport in […]

Oluwafemi Michael • November 23, 2024

Features • January 19, 2021

Comprehensive Guide on Keeping a Skunk as a Pet

You will often hear most skunk owners say that skunks make very great pets and are also very intelligent animals. The reason they are bold enough to make such claims of that most pet skunks usually have their scent or musk glands removed surgically when they are young thus disarming them and making it impossible […]

Emmanuella Oluwafemi • November 23, 2024

Features • January 19, 2021

7 Critters You Can Adopt to Beautify Your Aquarium

You can deny how cute Sebastian is in the “Little lady mermaid”, animation we all enjoyed growing up. The cartoon portrayed the beauty of the Sea World, showing off beautiful sea creature, but what if I told you that the attraction isn’t limited to just the imagination of cartoon characters? The sea world is in […]

Oluwafemi Michael • November 22, 2024

Features • January 4, 2021

Parent and Baby Animal Names You Probably Didn’t Know

Many animal lovers, especially children, are inquisitive when they find a baby animal. What is your favorite pet or wild baby animal called? That’s a fun question you may not always have the right answers to. Be it a cub, calf, kitten, pup, or chick, here at Animal of Things. We have decided to deliver […]

Emmanuella Oluwafemi • May 13, 2025

Features • December 21, 2020

20 Fastest Animals in the World

While humans love to give superlatives, such as smartest, fastest, and toughest, to creatures of the animal kingdom, these attributes are, in fact, difficult to measure. For example, there are tales of sailfish moving at 68 mph, dating to the 1940s and 50s; since then, scientists have concluded that anything faster than 33 mph is […]

Adenaya Damilola • June 28, 2024

Features • December 10, 2020

What Is a Prey?

The animal kingdom is a world where you eat or are eaten. This is why animals are grouped into prey and predators even as they share an ecosystem. Before we can understand what a prey is, it is only fair to run through what an ecosystem is, and other important facts. Below is all the […]

Emmanuella Oluwafemi • May 13, 2025

Features • November 30, 2020

What is an Animal Shelter?

An animal shelter, called the pound, is where lost, stray, surrendered, or abandoned animals (mostly cats and dogs) are housed. The word “pound” originated from the animal pounds of agricultural communities, where lost or stray livestock would be impounded or penned until they were claimed. Some shelters do not kill animals no matter what happens […]

Adenaya Damilola • June 28, 2024

Features • November 3, 2020

Bunyamwera Virus: Profile and Information

The Bunyamwera virus is a single-stranded RNA virus named after Bunyamwera, a town in west Uganda, where the Riboviral species was isolated in 1943. The Bunyaviridae is scientifically known as the Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus (BUNV). It is a family of arthropod-borne, spherical enveloped RNA viruses responsible for several febrile diseases in humans and other vertebrates. The […]

Hope Ehikioya • June 22, 2024

Features • October 24, 2020

Guide to United States Laws on Exotic Pets

The United States is blessed with wild and exotic pets guided by laws that specify if an animal is banned, allowed, or needs specific authorization. Some states allow exotic pets like kangaroos or squirrels to be kept, while it is illegal in other states. It is best to know your state’s animal policy before you […]

Oluwafemi Michael • June 22, 2024

Features • October 12, 2020

How to Start a Dubia Roach Colony at Your House?

Rushing to the pet store each time you run out of the stock of dubia roaches is irritating. It also costs you money and time. How about developing a dubia roach colony at your house? Yes, it is possible with proper planning and some efforts. But, why should you breed a colony of dubia roaches […]

Editoral Staff • November 22, 2024