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Japanese Butterflyfish
The Japanese butterflyfish (Chaetodon nippon), a small and comparatively easy butterflyfish marked by a crescent-shaped black blotch on the rear of its body. A temperate species happiest below 26°C, omnivorous and suited to a reef-style aquarium of at least 190 L.
Hognose Snake (Western Hognose)
The comedic 'puff adder' of the pet trade - a short, upturned snout, dramatic bluffing, and a harmless nature make it a characterful colubrid.
Tibetan Pit Viper
A high-altitude, venomous pit viper from the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau - beautiful but dangerous, and of interest mainly to specialist keepers.
Yellow-margined Box Turtle
A beautiful, box-hinged Asian turtle from central and southern China, personable and semi-aquatic - a long-time favourite among Chinese keepers.
Red-headed Side-necked Turtle
The red-headed side-necked turtle (Platemys platycephala) is a flat-headed South American side-neck from the Amazon and Orinoco basins, with a dark orange-red head. Shy and cold-sensitive, it is best kept much like a box turtle.
Yellow-crested Cockatoo
The Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea), also called the Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, is a medium white parrot with a yellow crest. Prized for its looks, it has been heavily trapped and is now listed as Critically Endangered. Loud, social, and highly trainable, it needs a large cage, chew-proof toys, and an owner with real time to spare.
Lop Rabbit
The Lop Rabbit — one of today's most popular pet rabbits — is named for its ears that hang down. Gentle, small, and people-friendly, it is short-lived (usually 5–7 years) and heat-sensitive, needs daily grooming of its dense coat and drooping ears, and must never be picked up by the ears.
Standard Gray Chinchilla
The Standard Gray Chinchilla — the original 'Totoro' — is a vegetarian rodent from the high Andes of South America. Gentle, clean, nearly odorless and long-lived (8–10 years), it needs a cage, dust baths, constant chewing material, and careful protection from heatstroke.
Discus
The Discus is the 'king of tropical aquarium fish,' prized for its round, vividly patterned body and calm schooling nature. A cichlid from the Amazon basin, it needs a large, stable, warm soft-water tank kept as a group, and lives 5–6 years on a careful 'four-fixed' feeding routine.
Taisho Sanshoku
Taisho Sanshoku, commonly called Sanke, is one of the two representative koi varieties alongside Kohaku. Bred in Japan during the Taisho era (around 1915), it is a red-white-black tricolor koi whose appeal lies in the placement and quality of its black sumi markings over a pure white-and-red body. Its care is the same as for any koi.