John Quincy Adams and the Bathtub Alligator
Chapter 1

Morning routines and wardrobe secrets

Chapter 2

Bizarre culinary choices and dining quirks

Chapter 3

Unusual White House pets and animal encounters

Chapter 4

Eccentric hobbies and unusual pastimes

YOUR GOAL

Master of Strange habits of US presidents

Ch 3 · Unusual White House pets and animal encounters
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hank Andrew Jackson and his swearing parrot

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hank Unusual White House Pets

When young Archie Roosevelt was sick in his bed, They snuck pony Algonquin up the elevator instead!

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hank Thomas Jefferson and his pet grizzly bears

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Thomas Jefferson and his pet grizzly bears

hank Thomas Jefferson kept two live grizzly bear cubs on the White House lawn.

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Andrew Jackson and his swearing parrot

hank Andrew Jackson's pet parrot had to be kicked out of his funeral for swearing.

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Commander-in-Chief Critters is great.
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hank Match each bizarre White House pet to its owner to discover the weirdest presidential habits.

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Fun Fact

Roosevelt's massive zoo: President Theodore Roosevelt's family kept dozens of pets in the White House, including a small bear, a badger, a blue macaw, and a one-legged rooster.

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Glossary
menagerie (noun)
A collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition. President Calvin Coolidge kept numerous exotic animals, including a pygmy hippo, at the executive mansion.

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Gossip

Would you keep a pet alligator in your bathroom?

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Quiz

Which president's children kept a pet snake named Emily Spinach, named because it was 'as green as spinach and as thin as Emily'?

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Why did Andrew Jackson's pet parrot, Poll, have to be removed from the president's funeral in 1845?

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hank Benjamin Harrison and his pet opossums

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Which president kept a pet pygmy hippo named Billy, who eventually became an ancestor to almost all pygmy hippos in US zoos?

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Which president's family kept a single-hoofed cow named Pauline Wayne, who was the last cow to graze on the White House lawn?

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Quiz

What were the names of Benjamin Harrison's pet opossums, which were named after political slogans?

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Which president had a pet badger named Josiah, who was known to bite people's ankles around the White House?

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Quiz

Which president kept a pet alligator in a White House bathtub to startle visitors?

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Quiz

Which president kept two grizzly bear cubs in a cage on the White House lawn?

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