The cheer up thread.

[Psychosplodge]

I've noticed a lot of humans only have empathy for mammals, and only the ones that they don't eat.

Which ones were banned?

Got a lot of that when I had some lizards.

Banned list
ANIMALS
Pallas's squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus)
Indian house crow (Corvus splendens)
Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensi
Indian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus)
American Bull frog (Lithobates (Rana) catesbeianus)
Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)
Coypu (Myocastor coypus)
Coati (Nasua nasua)
Spinycheek crayfish (Orconectes limosus)
Virile crayfish (Orconectes virilise)
Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus)
Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii)
Red swamp crawfish (Procambarus clarkia)
Marbled crayfish (Procambarus fallax)
Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Topmouth Gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva)
Gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger)
Siberian chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus)
Sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
Slider Turtle (Trachemys scripta)
Asian Hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)

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Your circus of Little People never did count as exotic pets. We keep telling you this!

Look if the pygmys under my bed don't count as pets why are they living under the bed?

[Mr Mystery]

Feet nailed to floor =/= freedom of choice, and well you know it.

When will you learn the difference between Pygmy Hippos (exotic animal/pet) and Pygmy Hippies (little. Hairy. Smelly. Not suitable for pets)

[Gotthammer]

[Psychosplodge]

Feet nailed to floor =/= freedom of choice, and well you know it.

When will you learn the difference between Pygmy Hippos (exotic animal/pet) and Pygmy Hippies (little. Hairy. Smelly. Not suitable for pets)

Its like one/two letters, how different can they be?

[Mr Mystery]

If anyone's interested, that was the Me First and the Gimme Gimmes cover version, available on their album 'Blow In The Wind' - though for my money, 'Are We Not Men, We Are Divas' is their best one

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

[CoffeeGrunt]

Man, Laika are just on it. I think they're the last holdout of stop-motion animation.

[Morgrim]

Got a lot of that when I had some lizards.

Banned list
ANIMALS
Pallas's squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus)
Indian house crow (Corvus splendens)
Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensi
Indian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus)
American Bull frog (Lithobates (Rana) catesbeianus)
Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)
Coypu (Myocastor coypus)
Coati (Nasua nasua)
Spinycheek crayfish (Orconectes limosus)
Virile crayfish (Orconectes virilise)
Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus)
Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii)
Red swamp crawfish (Procambarus clarkia)
Marbled crayfish (Procambarus fallax)
Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Topmouth Gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva)
Gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger)
Siberian chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus)
Sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
Slider Turtle (Trachemys scripta)
Asian Hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)

A good chunk of those are either endangered or require a farm and specialist care.

And then there is the invasive, aggressive and lethal to humans asian hornet. That feeds on vitally required honey bees. Which means someone tried keeping one as a pet. Good grief, some people are stupid.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Still waiting for my pet eldritch abomination Morgrim! I can you pay you via paypal, not sure what the import tax or regulations are for cosmic horrors though.

[Necron2.0]

Feet nailed to floor =/= freedom of choice, and well you know it.

When will you learn the difference between Pygmy Hippos (exotic animal/pet) and Pygmy Hippies (little. Hairy. Smelly. Not suitable for pets)