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Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to Ask@lemm.eeEnglish · 6 days ago

If you could have any animal for a pet what would it be?

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If you could have any animal for a pet what would it be?

Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to Ask@lemm.eeEnglish · 6 days ago
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  • Letstakealook@lemm.ee
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    If it was ethically possible, a capybara. I’d just hangout in my own water and stone feature with my chill friend.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      My partner took me to a place where we got to hang out with all sorts of animals, capybara included. They live up to their rep, for suuuuure. They just let me pet and hug them, and they loved being hand fed.

      My favorites were binturong though. They had two babies they just let loose in a room with us. They were crawling all over our heads and bodies. I cried. I loved them so much.

      Porcupines were also WAY more chill than I expected. I was scared to touch their quills, but they were happy to let me pet them and feed them carrot. They were pretty much as chill as capys!

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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      I’d love to hang out with a capybara!

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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    Tiger. There’s no other acceptable answer.

    However, it would have to be a very chill tiger, because I can’t have it eating my chickens

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      Personally, after seeing all the pictures of pet tigers in the US, I’ve been put off anyone having a pet tiger.

      Cool idea but it doesn’t seem right.

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        I agree in the real world.

        But this is fun and games, so I get to pretend that the tiger would be happy, enjoy being a pet (those two aren’t inherently the same), and safe completely.

        None of the big cats should ever be a pet, even cheetahs that have sometimes been kept and bred as hunting animals. Hell, no wild animal should be a pet at this point. Domestication is a massive undertaking when done intentionally. And we’ve got plenty of domesticated animals as it is, plenty of captive bred species that should more than satisfy the folks that just have to have something not domesticated (and likely can’t be) and exotic that’s a realistic “pet”. So taking a wild animal that’s in no way realistic is just stupid.

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          Yeah I understand. I even have trouble enjoying the idea in the land of fun and games because the land of real life ruined it for me 🙁

    • Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.alOP
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      Get an elderly one

  • theblips@lemm.ee
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    Honestly, just a regular black cat. I can’t because of terrible allergies

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      That’s my idea of hell I love my kitties

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    A red panda. I’d be happy with just being able to pet it occasionally to be honest.

    • 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.network
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      Alternative Tree Foxies are incredibly cute.

  • Lembot_0002@lemm.ee
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    Brick. It doesn’t eat much and can defend you. It is also very quiet. Brick is the most ninjaish pet. And everyone knows that ninjas are cool.

    • Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.alOP
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      Good point they are very easy pets. Hard to train though

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        Sit/lay/stay/be_quiet can be taught literally in seconds! Most pets aren’t able to learn that in their whole lifetime.

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    I love cats, but in a fantasy world I’d like a horse. I’d have to be mega rich and have someone care for the horse, but it would be cool to be able to go out for rides when I fancied it

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      deleted by creator

      • Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.alOP
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        It’s the effort though… so much effort. Kudos to you for doing it!

  • fxomt@polished-informally-tortoise.ngrok-free.app
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    Cats. (also test true )

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    I want a big ol’ grizzly bear to cuddle. :3

    More realistically, a cow would be cool.

  • 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.network
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    Bear. In case I meet a man in the woods.

    (The animal choice is serious. The subsequent sentence is not.)

    • 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.network
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      Someone who made the right choice in the viral hashtag.

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    Godzilla.

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      You could destroy your enemies with him

      • 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.network
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        And your friends. And passing strangers. Cars. Trucks. Tanks. Ships. Buildings. Small mountains. Large mountains. …

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          Don’t forget Tokyo! He’s actually very well behaved if you just let him sleep peacefully in the ocean.

          • 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.network
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            Oh no! There goes Tokyo! Go go Godzilla!

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    A giant squid. Just to be the first.

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      Good idea. What would you call them?

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        Squidward ofc.

  • SlyLycan@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I’d love to have ferrets. They are illegal where I am, but more importantly I couldn’t afford to take care of multiple ferrets, which is problematic with how social they are. They are soooo cute and fun though. ❤️

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    Great horned owl 🥰

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      I was thinking of this recently after having dealt with rodents on my yard. But it’s illegal in my area to own one and that’s probably for the best. I hear them at night outside sometimes but I have never seen one. I think I saw one flying during the day because the wingspan was huge and there was absolutely no sound as it went from one tree to another. All I saw was this thing with huge whitish gray wings open them wide and silently fly from one tree to another as I got near and called out to our dogs. I think we frightened it and it was trying to stay away out of sight during the day time hours.

      Absolutely amazing, majestic creatures.

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        Many owls are completely silent when flying 🥰

        In my country it’s legal to own one only if you have a falconry license, which is quite expensive to get.

    • Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.alOP
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      Great choice 👌

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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    Raven!

    Loved the Mortimer the Raven books when I was a kid and have wanted a corvid companion ever since.

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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      Corvids are super cool!

      !corvids@sopuli.xyz :)

  • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz
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    It’s actually legal in my state to own a crocodile as a pet with no permits or anything, but I don’t have the time, space, or adequate habitat for such a critter. Ignoring that Craigslist post was soooo difficult…

    My kid is absolutely hurting to have a Giant African Snail, but they’re illegal here.

    …go figure.

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