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[swanny]

This in response to hobgoblin's posting about using the koala as an animal model organism:

What native animal from your home country would you consider having as a pet, or more interesting, perhaps, what native animal would you never consider having as a pet?


For me, I'd never have a red kangaroo. First of all I'd need to have fences over 5m high. Then, they have very large sharp claws, and when they have a fight, males are capable of disembowelling a person.
As to one I would like to have, possibly a ring-tail possum or an echidna.

[LostintheLab]

swanny, on Mar 16 2009, 12:33 PM, said:

This in response to hobgoblin's posting about using the koala as an animal model organism:

What native animal from your home country would you consider having as a pet, or more interesting, perhaps, what native animal would you never consider having as a pet?


For me, I'd never have a red kangaroo. First of all I'd need to have fences over 5m high. Then, they have very large sharp claws, and when they have a fight, males are capable of disembowelling a person.
As to one I would like to have, possibly a ring-tail possum or an echidna.
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They're so cute!! but no Koala? or duck billed platypus?

I'd adopt a pika or flying squirrel from Hokkaido. No so keen on the suzumibachi (giant hornet)

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[hobglobin]

Never:

Full of fleas and dirty. Noisy sex live.


Too big, too aggressive.


Don't like them, have no tree in my flat


Perhaps:

Small, easy to keep, only one mood, beautiful.


Tetrix feeds on moss, cute and small

Edited by hobglobin, 16 March 2009 - 09:06 AM.

[casandra]

the Canadian Lynx…..this one’s got fancy snowshoes for feet….a real big beautiful kitty….miaow..

[casandra]

the best pet for the winter…very economical- you don’t need to feed it for about 7months…

[hobglobin]

casandra, on Mar 16 2009, 11:20 PM, said:

the best pet for the winter…very economical- you don’t need to feed it for about 7months…

And it's satisfied with you if hungry some day....

[casandra]

hobglobin, on Mar 16 2009, 06:22 PM, said:

casandra, on Mar 16 2009, 11:20 PM, said:

the best pet for the winter…very economical- you don’t need to feed it for about 7months…

And it's satisfied with you if hungry some day....

..you just need to follow the laboratory safety guide.....the chapter on simple precautionary measures for raising laboratory black bears...guess you don't need any for your bugs...

[perneseblue]

Ideal pet for the modern person. Need to be away for a week or a month? No problem with an Axolotl. Just keep it in the fridge at 16 C and your pet will keep till you come back.

[casandra]

perneseblue, on Mar 16 2009, 07:12 PM, said:

Ideal pet for the modern person. Need to be away for a week or a month? No problem with an Axolotl. Just keep it in the fridge at 16 C and your pet will keep till you come back.

... 16 C but that's summer temp!!! Does it have identity issues- am I a fish or a lizard? I guess no separation anxiety...where do you dig all these pernese?

[swanny]

casandra, on Mar 17 2009, 10:24 AM, said:

perneseblue, on Mar 16 2009, 07:12 PM, said:

Ideal pet for the modern person. Need to be away for a week or a month? No problem with an Axolotl. Just keep it in the fridge at 16 C and your pet will keep till you come back.

... 16 C but that's summer temp!!! Does it have identity issues- am I a fish or a lizard? I guess no separation anxiety...where do you dig all these pernese?

16 C might be summer from your part of the world, casandra, but for me, it's the middle of winter...

Still, thinking about your bear, I'd have to feed it year-round. Good thing I know where there's a huge supply of undergraduates...

[Kami23]

swanny, on Mar 17 2009, 06:01 AM, said:

casandra, on Mar 17 2009, 10:24 AM, said:

perneseblue, on Mar 16 2009, 07:12 PM, said:

Ideal pet for the modern person. Need to be away for a week or a month? No problem with an Axolotl. Just keep it in the fridge at 16 C and your pet will keep till you come back.

... 16 C but that's summer temp!!! Does it have identity issues- am I a fish or a lizard? I guess no separation anxiety...where do you dig all these pernese?

16 C might be summer from your part of the world, casandra, but for me, it's the middle of winter...

Still, thinking about your bear, I'd have to feed it year-round. Good thing I know where there's a huge supply of undergraduates...

alot of people have axoltl in this country... they make great pets but you can only get them in pink and black

[Penguin]

When i was a kid we had a number of these:


Very cute and if you handle them often there's no fear of getting bitten!

Edited by Penguin, 17 March 2009 - 04:36 AM.

[perneseblue]

Kami23, on Mar 17 2009, 03:58 AM, said:

alot of people have axoltl in this country... they make great pets but you can only get them in pink and black

As pluck genetic engineers, this challenge must be answered. Starting with an albino strain of axoltls, we should introduce pathways for pigment production. Every colour of the rainbow, including fluorescence.

[casandra]

swanny, on Mar 17 2009, 02:01 AM, said:

16 C might be summer from your part of the world, casandra, but for me, it's the middle of winter...

Still, thinking about your bear, I'd have to feed it year-round. Good thing I know where there's a huge supply of undergraduates...

And don't forget that it likes to play with its food....we have to teach it some proper table manners, really....

ps...16 degrees is called mid-winter there, eh? here it's called mid-winter for Wimps......... ...I'm just sour-graping swanny....I'll gladly exchange your mid-winter for mine...

Edited by casandra, 17 March 2009 - 01:31 PM.

[hobglobin]

casandra, on Mar 17 2009, 10:09 PM, said:

swanny, on Mar 17 2009, 02:01 AM, said:

16 C might be summer from your part of the world, casandra, but for me, it's the middle of winter...

Still, thinking about your bear, I'd have to feed it year-round. Good thing I know where there's a huge supply of undergraduates...

And don't forget that it likes to play with its food....we have to teach it some proper table manners, really....

Take the axolotl, if you don't want it anymore you can eat it and not vice versa.

Edited by hobglobin, 17 March 2009 - 01:25 PM.