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Which animal would you domesticate if you could pick one?

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    Capybara

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      A pet kangaroo would be cool

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      a fluffy wallaby!

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        Capybara

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        x2 for the chillest little dudes

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          Wolf, I call dog

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          Tbh, a pet that's friendly and tameable like a dog but physically a wolf would be cool. I think wolves are very cute.

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            Fruit bats. Just no ebola, please.

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              Mountain Lion, for home defense. Hard to act tough when your buddy just got dragged up to the balcony by their broken neck and stairs weren't involved in getting him there.

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              There's a Youtube channel run by a couple with a domesticated mountain lion.

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                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.

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                  There's a Youtube channel run by a couple with a domesticated mountain lion.

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                  That is not domesticated. It has dual passive income, no housing costs, and a source of free meals that is more convenient than eating said source of meals. That thing will maul somebody if the arrangement is no longer convenient and aligned with it's interests.

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                    That is not domesticated. It has dual passive income, no housing costs, and a source of free meals that is more convenient than eating said source of meals. That thing will maul somebody if the arrangement is no longer convenient and aligned with it's interests.

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                    Point taken. I still think it's cool though.

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                      Snow leopard

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                        Crow/raven!

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                          Capybara

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                          Straight up, chill coconut,

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                            Tall horse 🦒

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                            Stupid long horse, but yeah that would be a sick

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                              Gorillas and monkeys.

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                                Stupid long horse, but yeah that would be a sick

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                                Get me a miniature giraffe and a miniature elephant and I'm good.

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                                  Gorillas and monkeys.

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                                  Is this what you want?

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                                    Fennec fox. Perhaps raccoon, or maybe otter, or a seal. There’s a lot honestly

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                                      Is this what you want?

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                                      I was thinking more the tv show The Umbrella Academy.
                                      I don't know how to post a photo or I'd send you one back for referencs. None the less if I see a monkey push up their glasses every so often as they slide down. I'd have to laugh.

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

                                        Alternatively, Triceratops.

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                                          Pallas's cat
                                          Pallas's cat

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