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Exotic Pets? I don't think so

Have you ever thought about giving your little brother or sister a cool exotic pet? Do you want to teach your baby how to take care of an exotic animal like an iguana, a hedgehog, or a monkey? Well… think again. A new study reports that exotic pets may be highly dangerous for children.People with a weak immune system, such as children, have shown to be the perfect host for infectious diseases carried by nontraditional pets, and avoiding contact with these animals is what the October report of Pediatrics advocates.Dr. Robert Freck, the head of this investigation and leader in the area of children’s health, is a professor at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and has published various articles in the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Frenck has shown that in the wild, certain rodents...