Synopsis
How would you like to observe a large alligator trying to steal your van? What about rescuing a monkey who bit off two of his owner's fingers? How about havinf a loaded gun fall out of a ceiling while you were blindly feeling around for an escaped python? These, and many other, remarkable true stories are found inside the pages of Animal Magic Unleashed. Animal Magic is a licensed non-profit exotic animal rescue/educational facility owned and operated by Mark Rosenthal. He was voted Nickelodeon's Michigan Entertainer of the Year and shares some of his most dangerous and humerous stories he's compiled over the past 45+ years. This book is a must read for all animal lovers, both young and old alike. If the response is anywhere near that from his first book, Animal Magic, then most of you won't be able to put it down. Animal Magic Unleashed contains 63 actual photos from the Animal Magic archives. All the stories really happened, even though most of them sound too unbelievable to be true. Come take a journey back throughout Mark's life as he shares some of his most memorable stories.
About the Author
Mark Allen Rosenthal was born June 4, 1962 in Detroit, Michigan, and spent the majority of his school years in Oak Park, Michigan. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and now resides in Belleville, Michigan with his beautiful wife, Diane, and their three wonderful kids: Jessica, samantha and James. Mark s father introduced him to magic when Mark was eight-years-old. Mark practiced for many years and loved performing for his family. Mark became proficient enough to help pay his way through college. He acquired a job as a magician in 1984 at B Zar, a very popular nightclub, where he was discovered by a talent agent. He was then hired to perform at the Detroit Tigers 1984 Christmas party, the year they won the World Series. Mark was asked to perform at a cousin s birthday party in 1980, and he brought along some of his exotic pets. The rest, as they say, is history! Mark was hired by Clayton Environmental Research in Novi when he graduated college, and worked there for two years. He then decided to pursue his lifelong dream of working exclusively with animals. He started The Reptile Source, a reptile wholesale company, and quickly became one of the largest reptile dealers in the United States. He supplied over 1600 pet stores in the early 1990s. Mark decided to stop wholesaling to pet shops and entertain/educate full time when he saw too many stores selling exotic animals to anyone who could afford them, whether or not they knew what they were doing. This book is for animal lovers everywhere. Come take a journey back throughout Mark s life, as he relates some of his most memorable stories. He promises you will not only laugh, but shed a few tears as well.
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