Posted on 08/28/2014 7:23:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The mind of an animal is a far richer, more complex thing than most people know as a new TIME book reveals.
Lets be honest, youd probably rather die than wake up tomorrow morning and find out youd turned into an animal. Dying, after all, is inevitable, and theres even a certain dignity to it: Shakespeare did it, Einstein did it, Galileo and Washington and Twain all did it. And you, someone who was born a human and will live your life as a human, will end your life that way too.
But living that life as an animal an insensate brute, incapable of reason, abstraction, perhaps even feeling? Unthinkable. Yes, yes, the animals dont recognize the difference, and neither would you. If youre a goat, you possess the knowledge of a goat, and that cant be much. But theres more to it than that.
Human beings have always had something of a bipolar relationship with the millions of other species with which we share the planet. We are fascinated by them, often dazzled by them. They can be magnificently beautiful, for one thing: the explosive color and frippery of a bird of paradise, the hallucinatory variety of the fish in a coral reef, the otherworldly markings and architecture of a giraffe. Even the plain or ugly animals consider the naked, leathery grayness of the rhino or elephant have a certain solidity and equipoise to them. And to see an animal at what appears to be play the breaching dolphin, the swooping raptor is to think that it might be fun to have a taste, a tiny taste, of their lives....
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You’re right. But, I see many lizards and snakes of different sizes (ages).
Adorable. Thanks for skink info. They’re charming.
I visit Bearded Dragons in the pet store frequently. But alas, AndyMan the cat would make quick work of them. They have nice personalities. http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/pets/beardeddragon.htm
When my daughter was 7, she fell in love with a tiny green lizard
I bought it, with a pricey “Lizard Lodge,” and tended it well. One night, when the kids were asleep, I turned on the radiator. Poor lizard looked cold, so I put his Lodge on the radiator—and fried him. OH THE SCREAMING and parental guilt. Next day, a new lizard
it lived on and on until it turned almost black
took one footstep a day. No way I’d declare it dead. Then my sis came over and scooped it out of it’s lodge==”This thing is dead.!!!” and flushed him before I could stop her.
Daughter didn’t care so much this time, as long as her MOM wasn’t the guilty party.
When and if AndyMan goes to cat heaven, I may consider something slithery. Actually, I find Anacondas fascinating, but doubt they make good house pets. Plus, this grrrrl couldn’t go thru feeding anything live mice ‘n stuff.
I told my daughter I wished dogs could talk. She said “why, they would just wake you up at 2 a.m. saying ‘scratch my butt’”. LOL
But my dogs love me and I love them and that’s all that matters.
Go straight for a Boa.
Hog Islands are not actually one of the “dwarf” varities but they stay smaller than BCI or BCC.
Some of the smaller Boas are
Corn island Boas - 4-6 feet
Caulker Cay Boas- 4.5-5.5 feet
Crawl Cay Belize Boas- 3-5 feet
Hog Island Boas- 3-6 feet
Of them, the Hogs have arguably the best personalities.
-Definitely- get a male as they always stay smaller than the females and are less hormonally moody.
You will love a Boa like you’d love a dog.
A 6’ male Boa is very easily handled and seems ‘smaller’ than he actually is.
A 4’ x 4’ x 2’ enclosure is adequate space for any of them and an adult only needs to eat once or twice a month so the food cost is not intolerable.
[unless you have 21 of them...then it gets pretty weird]
Ringnecks were my first love.
:)
All the bikers pass him around with no problems. :)
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Here is how we can answer the question in the title
Can you get Rosys? ..or are they restricted?
He is the biggest attention whore, ever.
He will cheerfully go from shoulder to shoulder until I get tired of keeping track of who has him, *now*.
He knows that my leathers mean a possible trip out.
He knows to hop into his backpack if I open his door when wearing leathers.
He rides quietly in the backpack, aware that he will emerge into a crowd of fans.
He also knows that going back *into* the backpack means we are going home and he will have to go back into his house, so he wrestles me for it.
Then, when we get home, he puts on The Face which is supposed to make me feel so guilty for making him Live Like An Animal.
[and it works]
;D
I could, if I wanted them, Rubbers, too.
However, I’m not much for Boas who burrow and are “invisible” most of the time.
My first Boa was a Dumerils and I only saw her when she rocketed out of her substrate to grab her supper.
She lives with a friend, now, hopefully soon giving him babies.
Wouldn’t mind having a Sonoran but I rarely see them for sale.
I think with horses, trust is love. They make you work for trust. A lot of dogs just love everybody. Not so with horses.
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