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Father buys strange pet in China Town

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Posted on: Oct 23, 2008 at 5:25 PM CST

Channel: Pets & Animals

Location: Beaumont, TX

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A Beaumont man recently purchased what he is calling "a strange yet cute animal" in a China Town gift shop in Houston.
Randal Peltzer says he purchased the creature as an early Christmas gift for his son Billy. Billy named the animal Gizmo, because of the critter's facination with mechanical gadgets.
Lamar University biology assistant professor Jim Armacost says he has never seen anything like it.
Gizmo is 8 inches tall and weighs only two pounds, 6 ounces. "And he is smart," says Billy Peltzer,"he can even talk, though he only says a few words."
For such a unique pet, Gizmo requires very little care. "The shop owner told me not to feed him after midnight and to not get him wet," Mr. Peltzer added, "but other than that He seems to take care of himself."

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