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UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months ago

Which animal would you domesticate if you could pick one?

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Which animal would you domesticate if you could pick one?

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UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months ago
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  • Wahots@pawb.social
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    Probably red pandas. I’m still a bit surprised they are wild animals, they seem too silly to be like…doing their own thing out there.

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    Pallas's cat Pallas’s cat

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      They are just irl pokemon :)

    • shaggyb@lemmy.world
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      This is the only correct answer.

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    Tall horse 🦒

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      Stupid long horse, but yeah that would be a sick

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    Assuming their domesticated enough to listen to my commands and ignore their pray drive, on like a magical level, Tiger. Hands down. I would go to the Renaissance Fair with them and commission a blacksmith to forge armor for them. I would ride it into battle whenever necessary.

    Edit: I was also assuming no one else has a magically domestic animal. If everyone in this thread also has one, I’ll choose Rhinoceros

    • Ziglin (it/they)@lemmy.world
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      With those conditions I would pick a bear/panda or platypus respectively.

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        I’m pretty sure a Rhino would wreck any kind of bear, the only animal I think i would need to worry about is an elephant, would a platypus be able to penetrate a rhino’s skin?

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          Hear me out: a bear is useful, fuzzy and could probably squeeze through doors.

          A platypus is just perfect, I don’t need it to have combat proweses when I can play with a platypus instead of fighting.

          Being the only one with a bear would of course make fighting an option but still I wouldn’t want it to get hurt.

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            I like and really appreciate how you think. I definitely wouldn’t attack you with my Rhino, but I, personally, will not pick something that would leave me vulnerable against someone else who might. I hope you and your platypus-bear live in harmony🙏

            Edit: but just so you know, a platypus wouldn’t leave you completely vulnerable, because they do have poisonous barbs. I’m not sure how effective those barbs are against large animals or humans, but I’m sure it would at least be a good deterrent

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    Fennec fox or fruit bat. Perhaps raccoon, or maybe otter. Seals are neat too if there’s water. There’s a lot honestly

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        ears

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    • ByroTriz@lemmy.ml
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      This actually seems realistic, foxes have been domesticated in a short period of time, and fennecs are adorable

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    Mountain Lion, for home defense. Hard to act tough when your buddy just got dragged up to the balcony by their broken neck and stairs weren’t involved in getting him there.

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      There’s a Youtube channel run by a couple with a domesticated mountain lion.

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        That is not domesticated. It has dual passive income, no housing costs, and a source of free meals that is more convenient than eating said source of meals. That thing will maul somebody if the arrangement is no longer convenient and aligned with it’s interests.

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          Point taken. I still think it’s cool though.

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    Tigers are just big cats.

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    Don’t know quite how things would work out, but definitely domesticat the North American beaver because they’re one of the coolest animals and you can’t convince me otherwise.

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    Wolf, I call dog

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      Tbh, a pet that’s friendly and tameable like a dog but physically a wolf would be cool. I think wolves are very cute.

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        They are sweet creatures. But they need to run! And are social creatures like humans. They need to have families with them :)

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    Red Panda. I want to steal one from the zoo every time I go.

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    Pallas cats look very soft, I’d love to be able to cuddle one

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    I’m gonna have to go with a miniature elephant, maybe the size of a Labrador.

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      Pygmy elephant.

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    Kind of surprised that I’m not seeing honey badger or wolverine or tasmanian devil.

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    Parrots can be extremely intelligent, but are still dinosaurs.

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    Ocelot

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      BABOU!!

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        Lana! He remembers me!

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      How do you titilate an ocelot?

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