The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoIt's just not fair!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down114
arrow-up11.07Karrow-down1imageIt's just not fair!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squarepete_the_cat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-22 years agoSame thing with big cats: A Jaguar or Leopard just looks and acts like a big house cat… but it can crush your skull with one bite and can drag your dead body 30 feet vertically up a tree.
minus-squareRozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 years agoThen why are house bears not a thing? Not fair.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 years agoThey’re called raccoons and they put holes in your drywall.
minus-squareitstoowet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoAh yes, Raccoon Willie demonstrates that very very well https://piped.video/watch?v=E5ODWQPhB_0 (One of my favorite vintage YouTube videos)
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAny thoughts I ever had of getting a raccoon for a pet were just destroyed.
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoAt least we get other domesticated Caniformia (the “dog-like” suborder), just no domesticated Ursidae (bear family) specifically.
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoProbably for the same reason that racoons make terrible pets. They’ll eat anything, and are very smart, so nothing in your pantry is safe.
Same thing with big cats:
A Jaguar or Leopard just looks and acts like a big house cat… but it can crush your skull with one bite and can drag your dead body 30 feet vertically up a tree.
Then why are house bears not a thing? Not fair.
They’re called raccoons and they put holes in your drywall.
Ah yes, Raccoon Willie demonstrates that very very well https://piped.video/watch?v=E5ODWQPhB_0
(One of my favorite vintage YouTube videos)
Any thoughts I ever had of getting a raccoon for a pet were just destroyed.
At least we get other domesticated Caniformia (the “dog-like” suborder), just no domesticated Ursidae (bear family) specifically.
Probably for the same reason that racoons make terrible pets. They’ll eat anything, and are very smart, so nothing in your pantry is safe.