I was expecting an Elephant Shrew as well!
The African Giant Shrew is Crocidura olivieri - and that photo does look like one.
The African Giant Shrew is Crocidura olivieri - and that photo does look like one.
Most exotic animals seen on the pet trade
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The funny thing this that this isn’t even an animql directly from the wild. It arrived from The Netherlands and it’s claimed to be CB/ captive bred.
A pair of Fishing Cats is available now too. They're not super uncommon in the private trade, but still interesting to see. There's a caracal as well, which isn't as common as some of the other feline species.
Caracals are used to make hybrids with domestics. They're not as common as Savannahs and Bengals, but Caracats are gaining popularity
Caracals, Servals, Geoffroy's Cat, Fishing Cat, Eurasian Lynx, and Sand Cat are the most exotic wild felids I see for sale. I used to see a lot of Indochinese Leopard Cats, too, but those seem to have dwindled a bit.
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Screaming Hairy Armadillo is currently listed.
Fun fact: last time I checked fishing cats weren't listed as endangered under the ESA.
I have a Chinese Pond Turtle, which is endangered in the wild, but he was from a turtle and tortoise breeder, so he is from a line of captive animals.
I received an e-mail from someone who wanted to buy a lion cub at a market in Pakistan.
I've seen youtube videos of Sand Cats being sold at a store.
So have I. The same store I saw has also sold Rock Hyrax, Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth, Fennec Fox, Common Marmoset, Kinkajou, African Striped Weasel, Red-rumped Agouti, Derby's Woolly Opossum, Southern Tamandua, Brazilian Porcupine, Capybara, Striped Skunk, Ruppell's Fox, Red Fox, Ring-tailed Lemur, and Least Weasel.
So what's the deal with this Underground Reptiles place, and why does everyone seem to hate it so much?
They have A LOT of wild caught animals and in the store the reptiles aren't kept in tanks, they're kept in plastic deli cups. Many of the animals they ship are DOAs and the reviews seem good, but that's because after you make a purchase, they give you a big coupon if you write a 5 star review and when people have received DOAs and try to email them they blow them off and tell them they lied.
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They're so expensive. I hate it.
They mass import wild-caught animals. They're also infamous for selling people sick animals. They've got a sort of monopoly over the reptile industry. They always show up as the first site when you look up things reptile related. They also keep things like mini pigs in small reptile enclosures, but it is what it is.
MINI PIGS TOO!?
which species in particular?
In the "exclusive exotocs" section of their website there are really rare animals like "Mexican giant caecilian", tegu morphs, South American curtain web spiders, Multiple Goniurosaurus sp., Crocodile Tegu, rare Reticulated Python morphs, Painted Terrapin, Banded Water Snake morphs, Salt Marsh Snakes, Scolopendra sp., and Mountain Pitviper.
Prices seem to range from reasonable to extortionate: Least Weasel - Underground Reptiles