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Photo: Jamie Mintram holds a giant rabbit called Pringle in Weeting, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Former lab technician Jamie, 39, and his 32-year-old wife Michelle live with children Chloe and Josh in a typical detached house that they share with 145 pets. They have more than 30 snakes, five baby pythons, a baby crocodile, free-roaming skunks and a raccoon, redefining the term "animal mad".
Bilingual: Every time you enter a supermarket, you are being manipulated. By design, all the basics you're just dropping by to pick up lie on the far side of a sea of temptation: the eggs, milk, and bread are blocked by fruit snacks, those fancy new chips, and a display of artisanal beef jerky. If that wasn't enough, your kids are targets, too: All the cereal at the eye level of a child sitting in a shopping cart is covered with cartoon blandishments to attract their interest.