If You Could Have Any Wild Animal As A Pet, What Would It Be?

[SoonerBeAHawk]

I would have an elephant but keep it real low key.

So low key visitors would finally blurt out, "I think we need to talk about the elephant in the room."

I'd giggle everytime.

 

[goldmom]

Love Orangutans - so smart and social.

 

[TDJ7]

 

[Finance85]

Ring tailed lemur

 

[pink shizzle]

Red panda

Pygmy marmoset

This dude just seems fun for the lolz (golden snub-nosed monkey)

 

[pink shizzle]

A stoat due to cuteness and to catch rodents

 

[DooBi]

Fricken sharks with fricken lasers on their fricken heads.

 

[Big_Palooka]

Certainly easy to care for.....can even survive in space for a while.

 

[nolesincebirth]

 

[The Tradition]

A dolphin. It would be awesome to train it to do flips in the pool here at Tradition Manor when Miami scores a touchdown.

 

[stillh8unlv]

A dolphin. It would be awesome to train it to do flips in the pool here at Tradition Manor when Miami scores a touchdown.

Or kick field goals better than that damn Ray Finkle!

 

[UNIowaHawk]

Since it’s Australia, I’m assuming that while extremely cute, when threatened they spit poisonous saliva into your eyes, immediately rendering you blind and helpless while their mates pounce and tear your writhing body to shreds.

 

[Nole-4-Life]

 

[UNIowaHawk]

Just looking at those claws is a hard pass for me. They look like they could shred a person

Cuddly koala attacks South Australian woman

A South Australian woman has found out that koalas aren't that cuddly after one brutally bit her leg and left her nursing a wound that required 12 stitches.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[ICWestfan]

 

[z_ape]

A Chinaman

 

[seminoledq]

I'll take a Great White Shark. It would be pretty badass to belly up to the bar with a shark.

 

[Nole-4-Life]

Just looking at those claws is a hard pass for me. They look like they could shred a person

Cuddly koala attacks South Australian woman

A South Australian woman has found out that koalas aren't that cuddly after one brutally bit her leg and left her nursing a wound that required 12 stitches.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Just looking at those claws is a hard pass for me. They look like they could shred a person

Cuddly koala attacks South Australian woman

A South Australian woman has found out that koalas aren't that cuddly after one brutally bit her leg and left her nursing a wound that required 12 stitches.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Well the OP did stipulate no worry for safety. I think a gorilla would be worse.

 

[noleclone2]

One of those miniature giraffes that came out in Russia 10 years ago.

Or maybe a big one?

 

[QChawks]

Baby platypus

 

[RuthJames]

If I could pick a wild animal, though, I think I’d go with isopods. Yep, those little crustaceans that look like tiny armadillos. They’re quiet, low-maintenance, and would probably chill out in a corner somewhere. Plus, they come in so many cool varieties, and I’d never get tired of saying, “Oh, just hanging out with my isopods.

 

[Tenacious E]

Weird this thread got revived by a bot. Gave me a sad giving whatisgoingon a like before realizing it was his post. Life’s not fair.

 

[seminoleed]

I've got about 50 various fish in the canal behind my house that I feed every morning. About 20 of them are carp, which started getting REALLY big after I started feeding them. That's all the pets I need at my age.

 

[seminoleed]

A dolphin. It would be awesome to train it to do flips in the pool here at Tradition Manor when Miami scores a touchdown.

How many practice efforts would that take, Trad? You might be limiting yourself here.

 

[DickensLeah]

Elephants are definitely a bold choice, but I can totally imagine the giggles every time someone would point out the elephant in the room. I’m new here, but honestly, if I could have any wild animal as a pet, I'd probably go for something a little smaller but still pretty wild—like platinum isopods! They’re these super cool, shiny little creatures, and I think it’d be amazing to have a whole colony of them. They’re low-key, don’t need much, and would be pretty fun to observe. Plus, they're so unique that I think I’d always have someone curious about them, just like the elephant scenario!

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Not having to worry about safety, I’m taking a Gorilla.

Depends...would these pets do my bidding? If so, I'd like an army of wiener dogs.

 

[Aardvark86]

Polar bear.

 

[ICWestfan]

Changing my choice to this, particularly the one on the right....