Pets - Sort Of

[Kashmir]

We all know that cats and dogs make fine pets. But many people these days have a liking for these as well. What do you think? Have one? Want one?

Tarantula

 

[Cruznolfart]

 

[VictorB]

Doesn't look like it's housebroken...

 

[Howard2k]

F*ck no. But I know someone who had one. He named it Elvis.

 

[Kalamazuu]

I have no desire to own one.
I'd hold one or whatever, but I'm good with the dog.

 

[poncho]

Tarantula is hands down one of the coolest words ever

 

[Maynar]

 

[Kashmir]

They're actually very calm and docile creatures. They only bite if threatened, and it's like a bee sting. And they can live as long as thirty years.

 

[Bigfoot410]

They have babies and make hundreds more to run around your house. Ummm, no...

 

[Kashmir]

They have babies and make hundreds more to run around your house. Ummm, no...

Yes, but you would need a male and a female for that to happen.

 

[PraXis]

Sounds like an opportunity to open up a gay exotic pet business.

 

[Kashmir]

Sounds like an opportunity to open up a gay exotic pet business.

It's either that, or a bunch of older females eventually, because after sex the female eats the male if he doesn't get away on time. So, no time for a cigarette and some small talk. They don't like them to kiss and tell I guess.

 

[Howard2k]

Yes, but you would need a male and a female for that to happen.

No immaculate conception in the spider world? Thank god for that!

 

[Kashmir]

No immaculate conception in the spider world? Thank god for that!

Supposedly they're not spiders. They're arachnids.

 

[poncho]

Spiders are awesome. I actually suffered from a mild case of arachnophobia for the longest time, er, or at least I think I did, but all the while I found spiders to be the most fascinating creatures

I moved from the city to the country a few years back, and well, thanks to accidental immersion therapy, I got cured real quick Seriously, I've seen it all, big and small



There are a couple little dudes that live on my bathroom sink that I'm simpatico with, in fact

My boy Frankie Oliver knows a lot about this stuff

 

[st.bede]

I always thought if a nice smart-ish mammal like a cat does not really care about the owner, how is it possible for a non-mammal to really bond with a human.

 

[st.bede]

This is the thought experiment I do when choosing pets. If the animal in question was to enlarge by a sizable amount, would it eat you. If yes, then there is a problem because the "pet" is just waiting until you are weak. Where I come from we do not call that a pet, but a predator.

 

[st.bede]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_2ouqYZgBs]Tarantula (the movie - 1957) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[PeteK]

Oh my god! Kill it with fire!!!

 

[hecube]

This is the thought experiment I do when choosing pets. If the animal in question was to enlarge by a sizable amount, would it eat you. If yes, then there is a problem because the "pet" is just waiting until you are weak. Where I come from we do not call that a pet, but a predator.

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