Assuming time, money, living situation, and the law wasn't a factor. I'd love a skunk. I'd name her Oreo and i'd love her and she'd be my best friend.
If you could have any pet in the world which one and why?
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Assuming time, money, living situation, and the law wasn't a factor. I'd love a skunk. I'd name her Oreo and i'd love her and she'd be my best friend.
What about an aboleth or a tarrasque? Either one would be pretty cool.
The post doesn't say anything about feasibility/safety, so unless you can find dragon tamers for hire and a dragon-proof construction company, you'd likely end up dead and/or with an escaped dragon.
Also, it was about any pet in the world, so I guess that requires dragons to exist somewhere, sounds like a gamble on if they do...
You say all that like my safety is a concern. Yeah I want a dragon, yeah I don't care if it eats me. Either it's a cool dragon and my best friend or it's an evil dragon and I get to unleash it upon the world. I'm not seeing a downside.
Dragons are also usually sapient, meaning it can't be a pet, just a slave.
Me too. We're having to put our little guy to sleep tonight, he's too ill. They're pretty sure it's cancer, but he's not stable enough for diagnosis let alone treatment. The poor guy's had basically a soda can's worth of fluid drained from his chest cavity twice in the last 2 months.
My wife is hurting worse than me. He got her through the pandemic, and they really bonded. I opened the cat flap this morning and pulled out his food before I remembered he was gone. Been a tough Saturday.
Sorry about your friend, it's worse when they go suddenly with no warning. Sending hugs.
That's him away now. I'm just happy he wasn't hurting yet. With the way things were going he probably would have had massive heart failure which is hardly pleasant.
Here's a picture of the wee man just before the vet came.

That's so cute.
You haven't considered the horrific things that would undoubtedly happen, especially given infinite time, if you were to follow through on that sale.
For the sake of good taste and sanity, I won't list any here, but I'm sure your imagination can fill in the gap.
Can I have a pet human or is that too problematic?
Is this some consensual sex thing? If so, will you care for them and love them?
On the advice of my legal counsel, I am choosing to invoke my fifth amendment rights.
In that case, yes it's problematic.
Bad take, fifth amendment is based
My cat. I left home for a bit, I come back to see she's gone. Nobody told me or anything. I know she's fine wherever she is, but I still miss her.
I'm sorry π₯
Thank you. We still have her kids, so that's great.
My dog Denver, who died a couple years ago. She was so awesome, my little buddy. Lived 18 great years, miss her every day.
Some kind of a wild cat like Ocelot would be cool assuming they could behave themselves but since they can't, a normal house cat is just fine too.


It's like meowschwitz in here
Approve.
Evangelion fan located
My dogs. Because I loved them, and still do.
Capybara. Self-explanatory. It'd chill with me and my dogs.
I got to meet a couple capybaras on a cruise excursion. At one point someone in the crowd got rowdy and upset the male, who had to huddle in a corner and stare at a wall to calm down.
It was sad that we made him uncomfortable, but also pretty cute to watch him sulk.
They're so cute. Fuck whoever upset the lil guy.
A binturong. They have a fluffy prehensile tail as long as their body and they smell like popcorn!
I'll stick with my dog family

I also choose your dog. /s
Understandable. She's a high-quality, purebred stray from Croatia.
A service dog so to speak. I'm at her service all the time. Snacks? Yes ma'am. Hug? You got it.
The other one is a Polish stray of the finest quality as well.

I wouldn't settle for less than a rescue, they're simply the best.
My previous cat from childhood until my early twenties and a Savannah cat.
EDIT: Corrections of the sentence.
An army of pet dragonflies.
Never be bothered by mosquitoes again.
You can get a dragonfly on a flexible arm that clips to your hat. Apparently it works pretty well, bugs see a dragonfly floating around your head and fuck right off.
It is a small plastic dragon fly
Tanuki
A common magpie, specially if it can come and go as it pleases and I don't have to do much.
You guys get to choose your pets? All of mine just invite themselves in the house and then decide they live there now. I'm not complaining about the situation, but I don't exactly remember having much choice in the matter.
Quokkas are adorable little shits, I'd love to have one as a pet.
birds are actually higher maintenance than dogs and cats, more medical costs since you would probably need a vet specializing in birds. also the more exotic the bird the higher the cost, probably cant get toucan or even most macaw species from an ethical source. because of the birds unique respiratory system they would be susceptible to whatever pollution or things you spray in the house.
A cat, because I love cats. But I live in the city, I think it's not appropriate for a cat to only live inside an apartment, and you can't avoid buying meat for feeding the cat.
Roaming free is dangerous to all wildlife.
Seems as both are bad options?
It's dangerous for... the wildlife.
That's very location specific, and doesn't apply to most of the world.
Outdoor domestic cats and wildlife: How to overrate and misinterpret field data
It's more someone referring to a published study and pointing out that every single one of the news articles written about it are misrepresenting its findings.
A donkey but I don't know how to take care of them
Pangolin, maybe? It's probably as close as one could get to a pet draco vulgaris.
Capybara are actually supposed to be already pretty cool. Some selective breeding might make them even cooler.
Sloth could be interesting.
There are some aquaria that would be unrealistic to own now but if there were no limits it'd be interesting to have some of the deep sea creatures.
But also, really, if money, time, etc. were no issue, I'd probably take over an entire american state to build an enormous shelter/kennel/animal hospital/rescue centre for the lost, abandoned, unhoused, or otherwise uncared for pets of the world.
Boston Dynamics Spot, for no reason.
An American nazi. And I'd abuse the shit out of him!
The first time I saw this was about 11:30 pm on TV.
I laughed so hard and long, my partner ran upstairs to see if it was having a seizure!
Even though I don't really want to get a pet because I don't want to get too attached and end up heartbroken when it dies! If I ever change my mind, I'd get a dog. I also really like owls in general, but I don't want to get a bird just to keep it locked in a cage for the rest of its life just because I want to feel like Harry Potter lol!
I want a fully cloned megaraptor. I don't even care if it's trained or not.
just release it in Florida for me when it's done.
Either a penguin or a horse
i think a horse is more reasonable.
Imagine snuggling up to a pet polar bear.
A powerful politician. The reasons should be obvious.
Found Elon's account.
As long as there are stray animals, that is the only moral choice.
A senator. They're apparently a great ROI if you can afford one.
I know here in Canada it's illegal to own a skunk, but there are places you can get them "de-stinked" and have as a pet. They supposedly can be pretty chill too if they're domesticated and not wild.
Be better than a guard dog too IMO. Someone comes on your yard and sees a fart cat they're not going to want to get out of their car.
pet skunks are a thing, you have to get its anal glands surgically removed though.
You donβt have to. You can train them not to spray as long as you get them as a kit. Iβve known a few people with skunks that they raised from babies that didnβt get their scent glands removed.
Yeah I wouldn't descent mine. I believe it would be unethical to surgically alter them to better suit humans. I want a skunk for the lovable, smelly floofball they are.
Cats and dogs are the best pets but I also make sure to be nice to the crows; and if I could have any group of working animals I would love to have a flock of vultures to rent out to clean up dead animals.
I also often wish for a shoebox sheep, a couple of sheep as small as a very small dogs, as lawnmowers.
An ankylosaurus magniventris.
assuming no ethical implications of keeping wild animals captive for your own personal entertainment.
Hmm, so the vegan version would go something like: if you could live with any animal in it's native habitat, which one would it be?
honestly. cats and dogs are pretty great and off them goldens are super awesome. Not sure I would want anything above that necessarilly. I mean if I was going to reach for the fantastic maybe an orangutan like in every wich way but loose. its also so amazing the way the one that learned sign language learned so many aspects of humanity. still if I only had one pet and did not have to worry about providing for it then golden all the way.
None.
Pets are anchors.
Do you want to volunteer?
Not into it, sorry. Maybe a few sex-related requests per year when I'm super horny
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Dragon. And anyone who says otherwise isnβt being completely honest with themselves. Everyone wants a dragon.
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