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The Detroit zoo has an Australia exhibit where you just walk through a habitat with 11 kangaroos and 2 wallabies, without even a rope to separate you. They ask you not to mess with them of course, and I’ve only seen them lounging off to the side, but they can just walk across the pedestrian trail. I’m not sure what mixture of sexes the kangaroos are.
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Neito posted:Some people have descented skunks as pets. Apparently they're very cat-like and cute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwKV9dJzqDs
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Agreed that roos are more like deer than bunnies. They have super placid females and males that are super aggro and beat the living poo poo out of each other to establish dominance. Also they have had most of their natural predators wiped out and so their only remaining predator is the car
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Skwirl posted:I think emus look cool and interesting, just like most dinosaurs. Cute is not a word I'd use to describe them. They are pretty hilarious though when they run around or get excited/spooked by toys & stuff Neito posted:Some people have descented skunks as pets. Apparently they're very cat-like and cute. Makes sense, IIRC they're relatives to weasels & from what I've heard they just act like a less spastic ferret BOOTY-ADE has a new favorite as of 16:27 on Sep 20, 2022 |
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BOOTY-ADE posted:they just act like a less spastic ferret So a cat
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RFC2324 posted:So a cat A marginally less odorous cat.
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BOOTY-ADE posted:Makes sense, IIRC they're relatives to weasels & from what I've heard they just act like a less spastic ferret This is a word to not use, by the way.
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I've known someone with a descented skunk, and yeah they're relatively well behaved house pets. The big problems are that they're insane chewers, like an up-scaled hamster, who will destroy your house if not kept properly occupied; their diet isn't well-understood so good nutrition is tricky; and it's difficult and often expensive to find a vet willing to work on them.
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Prism posted:This is a word to not use, by the way. It's not used as a slur in the US.
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OPAONI posted:It's not used as a slur in the US. Lol look at America flexing its diverse vocabulary over here
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Well see you in six pages when this one is over.
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OPAONI posted:It's not used as a slur in the US. I guess it’s fine then. (Also, pretty sure you’re wrong)
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OPAONI posted:It's not used as a slur in the US. Doesn't matter, don't use it
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Look, man, if Weird Al wouldn't use it you shouldn't use it. That guy even has an excuse, he's weird.
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https://twitter.com/Kellenbryce1/status/1572128699226406913?cxt=HHwWgoCyqZ6uqdErAAAA B33rChiller posted:I'm not 100% convinced it's our size. Cougars eat elk. I think it may have more to do with a combination of size, noise, propensity to have dogs and fire with us, our generally dangerous and unpredictable nature as a species, etc. Yeah, I was taught that us making so much noise is a major part of it.  Who knows if that's true though.
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Platystemon posted:Most humans are too large for mountain lions to think tangling with is worth it.
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When I went hiking outside town in CO, I was told to take a Bluetooth speaker and a gun, because the Mountain Lions will loving eat you. There are incidents with them several times a year- mostly They get caught stalking, and the human scares them off. They can absolutely hunt and kill people- but largely, we aren't worth the effort. We cost a lot for our size animal in comparison to wild animals. I wear a US 12/13 shoe- I saw a track that was nearly the length of my foot Local PD had to set security when a young girl fell to her death for fear the wildlife would come for her body. Local cops also warned there was a chance I'd find human remains within a few hours on foot in the surrounding hills- people die in the wild, or disappear, only to be found half eaten in a tree.
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Prism posted:This is a word to not use, by the way. This. Please don't continue the "but actually it's okay because" derail and post idiots on social media.
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Cleretic posted:Every continent has a few animals that feel like cartoon characters rather than real animals. The difference is what style of cartoon. American bears are red, use toilet paper to poo poo, and wiggle their rear end happily when done.
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https://twitter.com/overtime/status/1571942148257513473 "gently caress it, I'ma ride it anyway."  Bonus: https://twitter.com/Celenaali/status/1572001385771855872 https://twitter.com/JetsNihilist/status/1572017550547877888 Read After Burning has a new favorite as of 18:40 on Sep 20, 2022 |
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Silly Burrito posted:American bears are red, use toilet paper to poo poo, and wiggle their rear end happily when done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOIpqRbaHHo
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Silly Burrito posted:American bears are red, use toilet paper to poo poo, and wiggle their rear end happily when done. https://youtu.be/I8fPRmOWCbA
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Tiggum posted:We actually have indoor plumbing these days, and the last time someone died from a spider bite was 1981. Congrats that just means evolution is working
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Neito posted:Some people have descented skunks as pets. Apparently they're very cat-like and cute. Feels kinda evil to surgically remove a part of a wild animal’s body to forcibly keep it at home
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goblin week posted:Feels kinda evil to surgically remove a part of a wild animal’s body to forcibly keep it at home Yeah, same. Makes me think of a video I saw on youtube a while back about an owl café somewhere in Japan with owls chained to perches with their flight feathers removed, so that guests could live out some fantasy and take selfies.
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goblin week posted:Feels kinda evil to surgically remove a part of a wild animal’s body to forcibly keep it at home If I'm remembering right, I believe removing their scent glands also can lead to seizures.  I wanted a pet skunk at one point, but "giving" an animal seizures for that purpose sounds horrible.
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Kind of feels like if you are going to keep an animal like that, figure out how to keep it comfortable enough that it WON'T use the glands. Like getting a scratching post for cats, you know it has the potential to do the thing, so prepare for it. Or find a solution, is there some kind of chemical solution you can mix to neutralise the smell in case it sprays? That kind of thing.
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Such Fun posted:Yeah, same. Japan has little to no oversight regarding wild animal ownership. It’s the reason why so many of such videos come from there. 😔
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Just get a cat. Most animals are not suited to be pets, and that’s fine. There are plenty of animals out there that need a good home, no need to take a wild animal and mutilate it or turn your sofa into a sponge full of skunk stank and febreze just to satisfy your vanity.
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https://twitter.com/Toasteon_En/status/1570614394954084352 https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1572218271549587457 Such Fun posted:Just get a rabbit Fixed that for ya. 
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goblin week posted:Feels kinda evil to surgically remove a part of a wild animal’s body to forcibly keep it at home Oh but it’s perfectly fine to spay and neuter your pets? Nice double standard Mr. Barker
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is megadosing Nyquil the new eating laundry detergent?
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Such Fun posted:Just get a cat. If some improbable plague caused dogs and cats to go extinct, I wonder what animal(s) would be next in line to get fully domesticated and engineered into replacement house pets. Raccoons? Pot-bellied pigs? Foxes?
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I like the bit where the boiled nyquil/ raw chicken juice mixture gets poured back into the bottle for the next food poisoning while nearly unconscious-trip. I’m guessing this started as somebody doing a bit, and then a glut of hapless teens took it up in earnest?
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A sighting of the fabled “everyone clapped” out in the wild 
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Dr. Stab posted:is megadosing Nyquil the new eating laundry detergent? Edit: Drinking tons of it, not the chicken stuff. That's new.
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smellmycheese posted:A sighting of the fabled “everyone clapped” out in the wild “Investor, Landlord” tracks
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Powered Descent posted:If some improbable plague caused dogs and cats to go extinct, I wonder what animal(s) would be next in line to get fully domesticated and engineered into replacement house pets. Raccoons? Pot-bellied pigs? Foxes? Speculating out of my rear end, but I’d put money on a man-made hybrid of a domestic species with a wild species that is resistant/immune. Not particularly exciting, unlike what having a racoon for a pet would be like 
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Powered Descent posted:If some improbable plague caused dogs and cats to go extinct, I wonder what animal(s) would be next in line to get fully domesticated and engineered into replacement house pets. Raccoons? Pot-bellied pigs? Foxes? Multiple presidents had raccoons for pets while in the White House. Calvin Coolidge had one that was given to him by a supporter who suggested he eat it for Thanksgiving. It's super weird to me that raccoons were once, simultaneously a not uncommon pet, and a normal thing to eat. Although I've eaten rabbit, so maybe not so weird.
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