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No, really —you probably don't want to touch this. He may be adorable, but this baby Sumatran tiger, who weighs just 8 lbs. and could pass for a house cat at this size, won't be so small for much longer!

The newest resident at Australia's Cairns Wildlife Safari Reserve will soon be a ferocious (and much larger) beast, ready to pounce on anybody lower down on the food chain.

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Chickens — they're not just for laying eggs anymore. While the practice of keeping poultry as pets has grown in popularity over the past few years, their often inappropriate bathroom etiquette remains an issue. When you have fowl inside the house, what do you do about their foul ... poop?

For some pet bird owners — including actor Ewan McGregor — it's all about the diaper.

Yes, putting undergarments on a chicken is acceptable practice for those who keep the animals as household pets, and for Linda Celez, the diapers aren't just a matter of good hygiene, they're an expression of creativity and personality.

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Supermodel Miranda Kerr may love posing for the cameras, but her affection for pooch Frankie is no mere photo op. It seems the Yorkshire terrier — and furry love of Kerr's life — really does follow her wherever she goes, whether it's on a jet plane, at a cover shoot or to the farmers market.

While promoting her new skincare line Kora, Kerr revealed several personal moments from her life, including the still-small baby bump she has just started showing.

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For every pet living with a happy family, there is an animal in a shelter waiting to find a loving home. Today we'd like you to meet Tucker and Skye, two special dogs who have faced adversity, but are waiting for forever families at Pets with Disabilities in Prince Frederick, Md.

Mixed-breed pooch Tucker is "full of energy and loves to hang with people," says Pets with Disabilities founder Joyce Darrell. The 4-year-old, who is completely blind, came to the facility as a stray, "which is an amazing testament to his spirit," Darrell says. Though he was underweight and suffering from a painful, bulging eye, Tucker persevered through surgery and now is eager to “see” anyone who comes to visit him.

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Huh. And all this time we thought cats were self-cleaning creatures. Full disclosure: We're not totally sure he's a real cat.

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These stories are worth a click:

Sad news: Cedric, a Tasmanian devil who was thought to be immune to a contagious facial cancer that is wiping out his species, has been euthanized. Believing that he was a possible key to saving the species, scientists had injected Cedric's face with cancer cells. He eventually succumbed to the disease. —AP

Country star and animal lover Miranda Lambert isn't above picking up after her donkeys ... including their recently removed testicles. After her two donkeys were neutered, the singer says, "they didn't clean up." —TODAY Show

A U.K. woman is "devastated and disgusted" after she discovered that her cat, who had been hit by a car, was found by a city council person and disposed of without her knowledge. Boots, whose owner had him microchipped, was sent to a landfill site. —Perthshire Advertiser

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When it came time for Priscilla Rattazzi to put together her latest book, Luna & Lola, the photographer faced a daunting process. Over 13 years, she had taken thousands of photos of her two family dogs. Editing the collection was an agonizing process that took months; each photo was loved as much as the next.

The resulting volume is a beautiful tribute to the pooches that came to rule a part of her life — Luna, a saintly Golden retriever who died recently, and Lola, a neurotic and wicked dachshund who still runs wild through the house.

"It was a balancing act," Rattazzi tells PEOPLEPets.com. "I wanted some great black-and-white portraits that look like fashion shots on some level, but I also wanted funny ones, as well as darling ones that would make people melt."

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