The Picard Maneuver to awwEnglish • 9 months agoIt's just not fair!imagemessage-square92arrow-up11.08Karrow-down114
arrow-up11.07Karrow-down1imageIt's just not fair!The Picard Maneuver to awwEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square92
minus-square@pete_the_catlinkEnglish21•edit-29 months 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-squareRozaŭtunolinkfedilinkEnglish13•9 months agoThen why are house bears not a thing? Not fair.
minus-square@UnderpantsWeevillinkEnglish13•9 months agoThey’re called raccoons and they put holes in your drywall.
minus-square@itstoowetlinkEnglish5•9 months agoAh yes, Raccoon Willie demonstrates that very very well https://piped.video/watch?v=E5ODWQPhB_0 (One of my favorite vintage YouTube videos)
minus-square@AnticorplinkEnglish1•9 months agoAny thoughts I ever had of getting a raccoon for a pet were just destroyed.
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]linkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoAt least we get other domesticated Caniformia (the “dog-like” suborder), just no domesticated Ursidae (bear family) specifically.
minus-square@AnticorplinkEnglish2•9 months 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.