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Muse here,

If money, location, availability of space, climate, etc were no object, what kind of animal would you like to have as a "pet"?

I'm thinking I would like to have a herd of elephants. I would love to have an elephant friend. Maybe even teach it how to use those talk buttons!

elephants

Q: How do you fit four elephants into a mini cooper?
A: Two in the front, two in the back.

Q: How do you know if there's an elephant in your fridge?
A: You open the door and see the elephant.

Q: How do you know if there are two elephants in your fridge?
A: When the door doesn't quite close.

Q: How do you know if there are three elephants in your fridge?
A: They giggle when the light goes out.

Q: How do you know if there are four elephants in your fridge?
A: There's an an empty mini cooper parked outside.

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All of them? Manta Rays, Dolphins, Crows, Savannah cats, Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, Peacocks, Mekong Catfish... As long as someone else is taking care of them. :-D

I should stick to regular cats and goldfish. LOL

But, I do plan on raising Mourning Geckos once I have the house situation settled.

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Anyone for a raven?
youtube.com/shorts/9dXOFiYqEKI
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As for tigers, I'm born in the year of the tiger 🐅 rrawr.

There's a lady on YouTube who treats tigers and lions too as any other cat. Boop, belly scratch and tickle. Somehow I'd like to do that too, a little, the "do I radiate calmness too" test at the potential cost of a hand. So, no. But it looks fun.

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I used to find nice rocks - bowling ball size ones with an outgoing personality and no bad habits - paint them up with a face, mount 'em on a roller skate with a leash, and take them for walks or, rather, rolls.

They made really good pets.

I think a Tactyldactyl would make a nice pet....

Beware the Tactyldactyl!

cavebear.com/old_cbblog/000303…

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Depends how far the "etc" stretches: if we are remaining within the realms of the consensually real, then I already have an Una Cat so have no lack; if it covers the truly fantastical, then it might be pleasant to be official thumb-wielder to a dragon.
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Having briefly volunteered at an Aviary in Pittsburgh, I previously wanted a pet bird. After having had a Cockatiel for a bit cured that. I think I'll stick with Cats. However a Dragon would be a neat pet, just a reminder as mentioned in the GRR Martin book 'Dance of Dragons' that even dragons have a particular scent and it's a damned good idea to also have an excellent bathroom as well. In House of Dragons young princess Rhaenyra is scolded by her Mother for the amt of time the young gal spends with her Dragon and that her Mother decides she really needs a bath as she smells like Dragons. In Anne McCaffrey's Pern the dragons didn't smell as bad..
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What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants?
"Here come the elephants"
What's the difference between an elephant and a grape?
Grapes are purple.
What did Jane say when she saw the elephants?
"Here come the grapes" She was colorblind.

have long been intrigued by lamas. Am partial to cats (domestic, not jungle)
when I was a kid I wanted a snake, but my mom wouldn't allow it
I was mesmerized by the beauty of a green boa constrictor at the Central Park Zoo

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Ah, llamas and alpacas .... once upon a time we went to one of the beaches on the San Mateo coast (very pretty area) and we came across a llama drinking water out of a six quart cooking pot. Nice llama, nice pot. Nobody around.

So we went hiking.

On our return there was no llama. But there was that pot. So we grabbed the pot, used it, filled it with blackberries that we picked nearby. I think that pot is still in use, 40 years later, for our cats' water. I wonder if our cats might transform into llamas and disappear?

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treats tigers and lions too as any other cat. Boop, belly scratch and tickle


a former co-worker went to some kind of event that included "pet a ____ (jaguar?)"... the manager guy told her to approach from behind rather than from the front, but otherwise just scritch like a regular cat... and she said it did in fact act like a regular cat, purring and all!