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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

One that's big enough to cuddle us. They also should get along fine in the increasingly small environments we are being shoved into. Having a newly domesticated animal that is limited to the ultra rich with giant estates is pointless, right? Bonus points if we can make it an environmental win as well.

Just about everything 'big' fails at being in an apartment though. Big cats, even the smaller ones among them, need more room. Same with bears, moose (cooool, dudes, am I right? Imagine lounging with a moose), elk, whales, dolphins... bah.

My idea, then? Giant birds. Big enough to lay on you when on the couch, but could be let loose to fly around while you're at work. It would take an incredible amount of domestication to get them to go and come back, but if we're talking hypotheticals and theoreticals and blue fantasy, I think giant birds would be the way to go. Take your pick of them. The steller's sea eagle and especially the phillipine eagle speak to me, but I wouldn't turn my nose up at a swan, a goshawk, or a red kite. Feed them well at home, pretend that during the domestication process we made the nesting area easy to clean, and imagine being able to set it loose on stupid fascist leaders.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Kind of surprised that I'm not seeing honey badger or wolverine or tasmanian devil.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sparrows are already semi domesticated due to living near human settlements basically since we started farming.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Red fox would be great assuming domesticated would render them not smelly xD

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Gorillas and monkeys. Just to watch them evolve. I think it would be nice to see them with glasses.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Gorillas are intelligent enough to learn sign language, so if you could teach a group, nature, uh, nature would find a way

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Snow leopard

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Parrots can be extremely intelligent, but are still dinosaurs.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Wasps; I'm going to be a supervillain now.

Edit: Scratch that. Termites have better crime potential, if that's the idea I'm going with.

Even if not, a large quadruped is the wrong answer when we already have dogs, horses and elephants. Something flying, digging, tiny or aquatic is where we should all be thinking.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I mean, obviously a lion.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Yeah, bears for sure. Little teacup-size pet bears.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Miniature gm giraffe, about waist height. Cantering about with its tiny blue tongue. I love that little freak.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

A pet kangaroo would be cool

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

a fluffy wallaby!

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Having a pet sloth would be pretty cool

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

It will be a long process.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Zebra. Many have tried and gotten killed in the process.

Alternatively, Triceratops.

EDIT because I brainfarted: I meant zebra. Donkeys are perfectly stable and friendly. Zebras are assholes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I once had to help an ass that had either been dumped or escaped and ended up at a park until the animal wrangling guy came. It was the sweetest creature I could ever imagine. All it wanted was to stand next to me and lightly push its head against my arm until I gave it pets and scratches. One of the best 30 minutes of my life.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I made a zebra out of myself due to having a brainfart as I wrote my original comment. See edit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Your original comment isn't that far off, though. Donkeys are often kept with other animals because they can be ornery and mean as fuck, killing predators that come near where they're being corralled. They're known as the rural alarm system for a reason.

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