Meet Mirasol, one very, VERY large rat. “She’s about 1.7 kilograms,” says Jenny Egan, the Senior Area Manager for the Maryland Zoo at Baltimore.

Nosed Viper or a Cyprus Whip-snake?Perhaps you’re one of the island’s rarer species: the Coin Snake, Dwarf Snake, or Worm Snake (an elusive ophidian that lives quietly underground).Either way, there’s ...