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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 01:30 PM
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If you can have any animal in existance as your pet - what animal would you pick
Rules:

It cannot be an animal you already own or previously own as a pet
It cannot be extinct
It cannot be imaginary

GO!!!

I'd love to have a pet Ocelet. They are so pretty and not much larger than an overstuffed housecat
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 01:32 PM
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1. I think I would like to have a camel.
or maybe a yak (although that is pretty close to a cow and I have too many pet cows already)
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Polly Hennessey Donating Member (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 01:37 PM
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2. Animals I love
That's easy --- it would be a horse. I already have cats and dogs. I've had fish. Now I want a horse. An Appaloosa to be exact.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 01:37 PM
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3. A pack of Dingos
I can relate :)



:hi:
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 01:41 PM
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5. What if they eat your baby?
:shrug:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 01:47 PM
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8. I'll raise my baby tough
Where the dingos fear being et.

:)
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 03:18 PM
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16. Our old dog was half dingo
She was a very nice dog. :)
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 03:40 PM
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19. Hehe
I'm hoping for mixed blood in my pack :)

:hi:
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uncommon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 01:39 PM
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4. That is beautiful. I would love to have one of those hanging around.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 01:44 PM
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6. Giant sea turtle.
Doubles as a mobile coffee table.
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 01:45 PM
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7. When I was little, the couple across the street had one of THESE:



A South American Margay


BEAUTIFUL CAT, but NOT cuddly.

It spent all of its time in the rafters of the basement.

I used to be allowed to feed it (raw chicken).

They also had a kinkajou that looked like this:



He lived in a cage and ate grapes, slowly.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 02:25 PM
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9. A sloth. How hard can it be?
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 03:02 PM
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11. At least when it's time to go to the vets it'll be easy to catch
:shrug:
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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-23-10 08:07 AM
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51. Going by anecdotal accounts...they shit if they're frightened.
And their claws can cause serious damage.
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 02:58 PM
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10. A giraffe.
I think they are so graceful and beautiful and I love those big soft eyes.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 03:05 PM
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12. Well say 'Welcome to the world to this beautiful girl' Born 6 feet tall...
http://cbs3.com/local/baby.giraffe.philadelphia.2.1814697.html

Giraffe Gives Birth To Baby Girl At Philly ZooPHILADELPHIA (AP) ― It's a girl! And she's 6 feet tall! The Philadelphia Zoo is welcoming a newborn giraffe—the first to be born at the zoo in 13 years.

The unnamed female born Saturday is the offspring of 9-year-old Stella and 4-year-old Gus.

Zoo officials made the birth announcement Tuesday. They say the giraffe was delivered after a 15-month gestation, and that both mother and calf are doing well.
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 03:18 PM
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15. Awww...... how adorable!
Thanks for the great news! I'm sure she will be a "huge" attraction. :hi:
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 03:17 PM
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13. Polar bear.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 03:17 PM
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14. I think a raven would be cool
I had a crow, but we couldn't keep it. :(
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 03:20 PM
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17. We used to have a "tame" crow who would sit on our deck.
We thought it was pretty cute to feed him until he started to peck huge chunks of wood out of it. He was no longer welcome after that.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 03:27 PM
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18. A pet red panda
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Nuclear Unicorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 03:48 PM
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20. wombats FTW


"Why, hallo thar, buttsekz."
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Rob H. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 04:33 PM
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21. One of these:


Although it might help to show the whole thing:
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 07:12 PM
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47. Are you into camel toes, too?
:hide:
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Rob H. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-23-10 12:30 PM
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53. Absolutely!
Edited on Fri Jul-23-10 12:34 PM by Rob H.
I mean, check those things out. Sexay!



What do you mean, that's not what you meant? :silly:


Edited because I can't spell today. Grr!
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 05:03 PM
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22. Dogo Argentino
Awesome dogs, I have a friend that has two and they are fabulous. Quality pups are pretty pricey though :(
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Maccagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 05:36 PM
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23. A pony
I always asked for a pony for my birthday and NEVER got one!
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carlyhippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 05:44 PM
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25. "I had a pony....it was a beautiful pony"
Edited on Wed Jul-21-10 05:45 PM by carlyhippy
When I was a little girl in Poland, we all had ponies. My sister had pony, my cousin had pony

in best Manya (Seinfeld's great aunt) voice......
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carlyhippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 05:41 PM
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24. dolphins
I would have to renovate my yard into a big tank pool.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 06:38 PM
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26. I'd like two.....
A snow leopard...



or a great white....
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 06:56 PM
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27. Narwhal
FUCK YEAH!!!!!!
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 07:42 PM
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28. A crow would be cool. Or a cow. Or to be more exotic, a meerkat.
I used to love watching Meerkat Manor. Those little guys are so cute.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 10:13 PM
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29. Ocelots are actually twice the size of a house cat
and tend to be snarly and hissy. They also have very strong-smelling pee for marking their territory. They are gorgeous creatures but lousy pets. I believe Salvador Dali had one, but he was pretty weird anyhow.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 06:29 AM
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37. My housecat is twice the size of normal house cats (17lbs)
and after I eat Asparagus my pee smells funny too!

:cry:
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 10:26 PM
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30. Shire draft horse
Assuming I had the money for the necessary land and feed ;)
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 10:41 PM
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31. Matthew McConaughey
and I will not be spaying or neutering that pet.
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Gold Metal Flake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 10:55 PM
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32. Some kind of dog.
Dogs are cool.
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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 01:13 PM
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38. I would like a bunch of big dogs and a few bears....
who all get along great and none of them bite or kill. That would be my dream. And we would all go to sleep together at night (no funny stuff, just cuddling).
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Gold Metal Flake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 09:39 PM
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49. The fartless kind of bears.
Cuz cuddling up to a gassy pair of bears for a few months will give you one mother of a headache.
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noamnety Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 11:05 PM
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33. This porcupine looks like fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5I5H7EeC8k&feature=player_embedded
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RushIsRot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 11:26 PM
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34. Bush Baby
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 11:30 PM
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35. Fossa
Something along the lines of your ocelot would be a very close second, however.
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txwhitedove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 11:34 PM
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36. An Indian Paint, preferably black and white... I had a bay mare as a
teenager, a cow pony trained for barrel racing. All horses are different and I've always wanted a paint. Turns out there's a horse boarding farm 1-mile from my house.
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pink-o Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 01:20 PM
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39. A miniture horse...
They're about the size of golden retrivers. Up in the North Bay near Petaluma there are lots of stables and you can go up and visit them. Albeit, they have a bit of an attitude--the full-sized horses are much friendlier and down-to-earth.

But I have a small city apartment, I don't think my landlord would appreciate a Clydesdale in my living room!
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 07:07 PM
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46. I remember someone telling me that draft horses eat about
two bales of hay per day! :o

So, not only would a Clydesdale eat you out of house and home, but then there's the clean-up...
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 01:29 PM
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40. A Woodchuck or Whistlepig.
:popcorn:
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Gold Metal Flake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 09:40 PM
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50. You could name it "Pragmatica".
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davsand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 03:05 PM
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41. The baby version is mighty cute. An adult version might be problematic.
Aw--isn't she cute?






The adult version, however looks like she might be willing and able to eat my entire family in one sitting:





Laura
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pinniped Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 03:47 PM
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42. Not really a pet, but a few of these flying around would be cool.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 05:27 PM
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43. Cheetah.
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JTG of the PRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 05:32 PM
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44. I'd want a big patch of land and a herd of buffalo.
I LOOOOVE buffaloes. One of my favorite animals, ever since I was a really little kid.
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 07:01 PM
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45. Meerkats!
They're just so entertaining! LOL
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 07:14 PM
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48. One of these: a Savannah Cat. Looks like a wild kitty, but is domestic


They're big, friendly kitties. I don't know how my other kitties would feel about them, though.
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-23-10 08:33 AM
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52. A koala, panda or meerkat. Koalas don't do much but sleep in the crook of a tree.
I could just plop him on my lap while I work and constantly squeeze his chubby little body.
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