animals

drekikona · Post by **drekikona** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:14 pm

i saw nothing in here about pets or animals, so im making one, if that's ok.
my favorite animals are,
caimans, snakes, and eels

G byrd · Post by **G byrd** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:56 pm

what about chicken i like eating them, so that qualifies as liking.

drekikona · Post by **drekikona** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:57 pm

um... i guess

chromus · Post by **chromus** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 7:06 pm

I could look it up, but it'd be better from someone who likes them:

What's a caiman?

drekikona · Post by **drekikona** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 7:21 pm

it's a small crocodilian the ranges from 4 to 7ft, commonly found on the cayman islands, and have been known to live beyond the human life span, which is why I like them.

chromus · Post by **chromus** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:45 pm

How long do they live?

drekikona · Post by **drekikona** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:46 pm

it has not been officially recorded yet, but the longest lived was 110, and it was in captivity

Es'n'vee · Post by **Es'n'vee** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:40 am

If you ask me, it doesn't get better than good old fashioned Pangolins.

But that's merely an opinion.

Post by **Pez-Man** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:44 pm

Puffins! PUFFINS!

Phred · Post by **Phred** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:22 pm

I like Dogs and Cats
but all that's allowed at the dorm in the university I'm going to is fish
so I think I might get a fish

Post by **Pez-Man** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:06 pm

Fish are lame pets.

chromus · Post by **chromus** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:20 am

Bah. Not every pet needs to be exciting, or cute and cuddly. Fish are good for those who don't need/want to interact with pets, just watch how they act or show off.

Es'n'vee · Post by **Es'n'vee** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:17 am

Oh, right. I also like our Australian marsupials. Good ol' Kangaroos.

The only qualm I have about fish are their tiny, tiny memory spans. New tests are coming out to prove that they do have bigger memories, though. I think the premise was that even fish such as household goldfish would learn to stay away from areas patrolled by predators. I can't remember.

What about actual pets that we each have? My family, for one, has four cats, three dogs, two chickens, an uncountable amount of cockatiels (three of which are hand-raised), a cockatoo, a corella, and three alpaccas. And some... uh... seamonkeys?

Post by **Pez-Man** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:59 pm

Now thats an animal house. You don't always need to interact with your pets, but fish just don't do anything anyways. No acting or showing off, just moving. They look cool, but as pets, they're just floaters that require alot of work to clean the tank.

chromus · Post by **chromus** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:36 pm

No pets in our house. We used to have fish and hamsters, but the results of both were disasterous. We still have, somewhere in our basement, the plastic cage with a hole chewed through by one of our hamsters.

The showing off bit for fish is the potential for bright colors and exotic looks swimming together. If you can afford hiring someone to clean your tank for you (as well as the fish) it's not that big of a burden. It sounds crazy, but this is how some people with lots of money show it off.