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[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Probably red pandas. I'm still a bit surprised they are wild animals, they seem too silly to be like...doing their own thing out there.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

I too want to domesticate a Firefox

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[–] Rusty 39 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

They are just irl pokemon :)

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 days ago (2 children)

A bear. They are just adorable and silly and cute until they eat you completely for no reason.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

A bear walks into a bar and says "I'll have a ............................. beer." The bartender asks: "Why the big pause?" The bear responds: "I don't know, I was born with them."

(Pic in OP relevant. Even bear cubs have big paws.)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Foxes. They're like a cross between cats and dogs, with their cute fluffy tails.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Congrats, your wish was granted a few years ago.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You should listen to and smell a fox before embarking on that kind of project.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Oh I listen to them every night, believe me. I don't mind it anymore. It is true though I've never been close enough to smell one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Russians inadvertantly did that, when trying to rear blue foxes for fur. Selecting for tameness altered the coat.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 days ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Lana! He remembers me!

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Penguin, I want to see a penguin wearing thigh highs and an arch linux shirt :3

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

those would be the shortest thigh highs ever

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I am trying to befriend crows right now so I agree with this haha

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago

Quokka.

I need that type of positivity in my life.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I'd take a unicorn or dragon.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Zebras. It's just a bug that we can't, right? It's just a stripey horse!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Zebras are extremely aggressive and violent

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I'm assuming the hypothetical domestication process proposed by OP is magical though.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Assuming their domesticated enough to listen to my commands and ignore their pray drive, on like a magical level, Tiger. Hands down. I would go to the Renaissance Fair with them and commission a blacksmith to forge armor for them. I would ride it into battle whenever necessary.

Edit: I was also assuming no one else has a magically domestic animal. If everyone in this thread also has one, I'll choose Rhinoceros

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (3 children)

So, essentially, you chose violence, be it through He-Man (Battle Cat) or the Teenage Mutant Turtles (Rocksteady).

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago

WHAT THE FOX SAY?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Fennec fox or fruit bat. Perhaps raccoon, or maybe otter. Seals are neat too if there’s water. There’s a lot honestly

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fennec fox

just LOOK AT THESE THINGS

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

Tigers are just big cats.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

Don't know quite how things would work out, but definitely domesticat the North American beaver because they're one of the coolest animals and you can't convince me otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

the human one

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Mountain Lion, for home defense. Hard to act tough when your buddy just got dragged up to the balcony by their broken neck and stairs weren't involved in getting him there.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

Fruit bats. Just no ebola, please.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

Red Panda. I want to steal one from the zoo every time I go.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Pallas cats look very soft, I'd love to be able to cuddle one

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm gonna have to go with a miniature elephant, maybe the size of a Labrador.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Pygmy elephant.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Domesticated microraptor. It would be cool as hell, and also imply that we've somehow resurrected a dead species.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Get a chicken. They still know they're dinossaurs.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (3 children)
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