New data shows the top 10 most common dangerous animals being kept in the UK, from herds of wild boar to the hundreds of endangered lemurs in people s homes.
Chris Lewis, captivity research officer at wildlife charity Born Free, told MailOnline there is no way of knowing whether you will have a fatal reaction until it is too late.
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics say that dogs might wag their tails because humans find the rhythmic movement psychologically pleasing.
From the world s smallest fox to the world s largest rodent, many exotic animals are legal to keep as pets, but experts warn these wild creatures are unsuited to a life in captivity.