The pet we could never own

I know all of us have a certain creature you'd love to own, but by law we can't own them. If you could have one critter you could own, what would it be?

For me personally, I've always loved komodo dragons. Such a huge, ferocious, dangerours lizard!

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I want to own a penguin and have a habitat controlled area of my house for him and a gf :( (IE a bigass freezer with a pond area, etc, kinda like a zoo exhibit :)

I'd like a pair of hyenas. Not sure why, I just think they're interesting.

Imagine the looks I'd get taking them out for a walk!!

how about a 300 gallon tank filled with piranha...i know i can in some states just not in cali.

If I could have any animal, it would probably, within at least a five-acre lot with great habitat, be an ocelot or a pair of snow leopards.

King Cobra... That comes with its own handler of course!

http://www.geocities.com/hotherps/kingmale.jpg

I'd like to have my own zoo...but if I had to choose only one, it would be a Bush Baby, they're so darned cute with those big eyes! Or maybe a flying fox, they're adorable too...Hmm. :D

Dolphins and whales. All shapes and sizes of them. Actually...any of the sea-going mammals...... I'm always awed and mesmerized by them.

A flock of platypii!

A wolf I could name Fenris.

A sloth or three so I could feel more productive (though I guess we could count our boys in there ;))

A 2 legged dog?

A huge group of Zebra's! Yay! Go Zebra's!

Wait, ive changed mine. I want a Llama and a Chimpanzee to live on my ranch with me..

Chumon!

Some of these animals you actually could own.. including zebras, but they're quite aggressive and can be very dangerous. Have you guys ever seen a zorse? (half zebra half horse hybrid)

I have a picture of one that I took at the horse fair this weekend.. probably tonight I'll show you guys some pictures. ;)

A Turkey Vulture.....sitting on a perch at the entrance of my house! I have wanted one for 30+ years.

I have actually tried to obtain a chick from a nest once. Never again shall I try. The mothers have a habit of flying above the nest and regurgitating on threatening intruders, not a very pleasent smell or sight. lol

I'd love to have a pet wolf, and/or a pet penguin. I've always loves wolves, and penguins are just plain awesome.

i think a kamoda dragon would be awesome. is that pig feet sticking out of its mouth? i want a gila monster too.

It's a toss up between a wolf, male Lion, or Gorilla.

Barn owl, hands down. I still toy with the idea of taking in a rescue bird someday when (knock on wood) we have the space. Burrowing owls are tempting too, so cute! Also a striped domestic skunk, the legalities on those are weird from state to state. Illegal in AZ cuz people think they're born with rabies.

we have barn and burrowing owls at our property. they're AWESOME!! we have one that flys all around our field looking for deer mice and voles, we call him screech lol.

I think a compsognathus would make a perfect pet. Nothing would be cooler than having a carnivorious, 2 ft tall biped dinosaur running around the house :devilish:

Too bad that they are extinct :(

A Giant Sloth would be cool. But for those animals that aren't extinct, a Galapagos or Aldabra tortoise.

I would love to have a squirrel monkey or a Bennett's Wallaby.:D

Not to sound redundant but I love wolves too. I could also go for a polar bear and a tiger myself. You just gotta love those big powerful animals. :love: Of course I could just move into the zoo and be a very happy camper.

Either a humpback whale, or an eagle. They are both very beautiful and graceful. If it was up to Mattias, it would be either a white tiger, or a lion.

While I think dolphins and whales and penguins are super cool, I wouldn't want them outside their natural habitat.

Most of my dream animals are quite ownable, I just probably won't have any - those being a burmese python (way too big) and a gila monster (dunno, they just do something for me).

Other than that, for very selfish sushi reasons, my own school of yellow fin tuna would rock! ("Get in mah belly!")

http://www.greatcanadianoutdoors.com.../moose7348.jpg


Heck Im a suker for a moose!
I've seen footage where they get wild and attack, scoop ya up with that rack on its head...ehh i still would want one!

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Originally Posted by cassandra

Other than that, for very selfish sushi reasons, my own school of yellow fin tuna would rock! ("Get in mah belly!")

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in that case I amend my choice - I want one of them avacado eels!

SUSHI!!! How did you all know? It is sushi bar and hibatchi grill tonight for Katie's birthday! SAKE!!!!

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Originally Posted by daniel1983

SUSHI!!! How did you all know? It is sushi bar and hibatchi grill tonight for Katie's birthday! SAKE!!!!

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Smulkin and I will be RIGHT OVER!

A sloth would be cool as a pet; but I wouldn't want him around. He would make my work ethic look bad.

Ok since we're talking sushi, I want a school of salmon and freshwater eel! Unagi is just too tasty!

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Originally Posted by Shelby

Some of these animals you actually could own.. including zebras, but they're quite aggressive and can be very dangerous. Have you guys ever seen a zorse? (half zebra half horse hybrid)

I have a picture of one that I took at the horse fair this weekend.. probably tonight I'll show you guys some pictures. ;)

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Or a zonkey??? That one's a HOOT!!!

For me, dolphins, elephants, or any of the big cats! They're just gorgeous, and if I could, I'd breed them for rehab back to the wild. Ocelots...snow leopards too.

Actually it's zedonk, not zonkey. ;) There was one of those at the fair as well.

To all the Napoleon Dynamite fans: I would want I "LIGER." "What did ya think, they are FLIPPING SWEET!" "HECK YES!"

You could have a Liger!


Like this!
http://www.sierrasafarizoo.com/images/animals/hobbs.jpg

thats flippin sweat!!!!

Angelina Jolie. :tongue2:


But ok...here in the real world...a Harpy Eagle would be my dream bird!!!!

http://www.whozoo.org/Anlife99/corey...62105_5587.JPG


;)

K~

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Originally Posted by JamesMX39

A sloth would be cool as a pet; but I wouldn't want him around. He would make my work ethic look bad.

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Rofl...although snakes are lazy enough...

(Ent. Rick and Cass's apartment, Rick comes from from work)

Rick: "So, how are the snakes doing?"
Cass: "Take a wild guess..."

(Rick and Cass share a "knowing look")

Rick: "Sleeping?"
Cass: "Oh yeah."

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Originally Posted by mr~python

we have barn and burrowing owls at our property. they're AWESOME!! we have one that flys all around our field looking for deer mice and voles, we call him screech lol.

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Oooh, lucky!! Barn owls are my all time favorite birds, and burrowing owls are just SO cute. They look like adorable little fluffy hitmen. If I were ever to become an evil overlord of some kind, I would want burrowing owls as my minions. They're somehow adorable and menacing all at once! Not to mention oh so very tiny.

I have a special place in my heart for the Great Horned Owls. I've actually worked with them. I got to work with a rehabilitor, and help administer shots and hold them. (I thought it was going to take off with me!! - so very light but so very strong!!) We had a couple Saw-Whet owls, and omg they were the cutest things on the face of the earth!!! :aww: I started out with the orphaned robins and flickers, then worked my way up to squirrels and beavers. (behave children!! I still can't have an adult conversation about that without whoever I'm talking to starting to giggle) I had some of the coolest experiences working there. Oh and chimney swifts are so sweet too!!

I know some people do use owls in falconry, so technically, you could own one. They are not considered great falconry birds, so they're not terribly popular, but still. I believe some falconers fly eagle owls.. I know great horned owls are one of the more common in falconry.

the ones up there look like that henchman on the far right, lol.

Lets see, real lifers i would take a green Sea Turtle and a White Wolf.

Now, crazy fake pets, how about a Chocobo? :D

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a cow.

ooooh! i want a kasuari too!!

DEFINATELY a killer whale.....I simply adore my snakes, but would give em all away in a heartbeat for a killer whale. They are my most fave animal in the whole world!!! :wuv:

Oh I've been obsessed with orcas since I was a little girl.. my e-mail address is still orca2010.. lol

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Originally Posted by JBallPython

I would love to have a squirrel monkey or a Bennett's Wallaby.:D

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Something odd happened today while flipping through a classified ad bulletin from where my mom works...somebody local had Bennett wallaby joeys for sale!

Mentioned that how cool it would be to have one yesterday, and I find the ad today! I would love one, but at $1500-2000 that's a bit too much for me at the moment....and I have no idea how to care for a wallaby.:P

Does anyone know if its legal to keep a crow? The one critter that I've wanted for years, that would be somewhat practical to keep is a crow, a raven would be better, but I'm pretty sure they're protected.

Erin, crows and ravens are migratory birds and therefore protected by federal law. Unless one has a federal permit (these are difficult to obtain), it is a criminal offense, to keep a crow or raven. These laws are sometimes silly in application, (e.g. a game warden treating a kid raising an orphaned crow as a criminal), but in principle, they have a rational basis -- to keep people from buying or selling native birds in pet shops, as was once a common practice. Also this protects birds from idle, would-be pet keepers whose intentions are good, but are so lacking in expertise that they end up abusing the animals.


And as for me, I don't think I could narrow it down to just a few animals I couldn't really have... I think I want an Ark so I can have 2 of everything!! How's that for a sweet zoo?! ;)