The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIt's just not fair!lemmy.world6596213
949It's just not fair!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago65
Show Contentpete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish16·1 year agoSame thing with big cats: A Jaguar or Leopard just looks and acts like a big house cat… but it can crush your skull with one bite and can drag your dead body 30 feet vertically up a tree.
Show ContentRozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish12·1 year agoThen why are house bears not a thing? Not fair.
Show ContentUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish11·1 year agoThey’re called raccoons and they put holes in your drywall.
Show Contentitstoowet@lemmy.worldEnglish5·1 year agoAh yes, Raccoon Willie demonstrates that very very well https://piped.video/watch?v=E5ODWQPhB_0 (One of my favorite vintage YouTube videos)
Show ContentAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish1·1 year agoAny thoughts I ever had of getting a raccoon for a pet were just destroyed.
Show ContentWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@lemmy.todayEnglish3·1 year agoAt least we get other domesticated Caniformia (the “dog-like” suborder), just no domesticated Ursidae (bear family) specifically.
Show ContentAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish2·1 year agoProbably for the same reason that racoons make terrible pets. They’ll eat anything, and are very smart, so nothing in your pantry is safe.
Same thing with big cats:
A Jaguar or Leopard just looks and acts like a big house cat… but it can crush your skull with one bite and can drag your dead body 30 feet vertically up a tree.
Then why are house bears not a thing? Not fair.
They’re called raccoons and they put holes in your drywall.
Ah yes, Raccoon Willie demonstrates that very very well https://piped.video/watch?v=E5ODWQPhB_0
(One of my favorite vintage YouTube videos)
Any thoughts I ever had of getting a raccoon for a pet were just destroyed.
At least we get other domesticated Caniformia (the “dog-like” suborder), just no domesticated Ursidae (bear family) specifically.
Probably for the same reason that racoons make terrible pets. They’ll eat anything, and are very smart, so nothing in your pantry is safe.