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Which animal would you domesticate if you could pick one?

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    Foxes. They're like a cross between cats and dogs, with their cute fluffy tails.

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    You should listen to and smell a fox before embarking on that kind of project.

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      I mean, obviously a lion.

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        Foxes. They're like a cross between cats and dogs, with their cute fluffy tails.

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        Russians inadvertantly did that, when trying to rear blue foxes for fur. Selecting for tameness altered the coat.

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        • reil@beehaw.orgR [email protected]

          Domesticated microraptor. It would be cool as hell, and also imply that we've somehow resurrected a dead species.

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          Get a chicken. They still know they're dinossaurs.

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            Zebras are extremely aggressive and violent

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            I've read somewhere some have been successfully (more or less) tamed.

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              Assuming their domesticated enough to listen to my commands and ignore their pray drive, on like a magical level, Tiger. Hands down. I would go to the Renaissance Fair with them and commission a blacksmith to forge armor for them. I would ride it into battle whenever necessary.

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              So, essentially, you chose violence, be it through He-Man (Battle Cat) or the Teenage Mutant Turtles (Rocksteady).

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                Wasps; I'm going to be a supervillain now.

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                  Sparrows.

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                  Sparrows are already semi domesticated due to living near human settlements basically since we started farming.

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                    So, essentially, you chose violence, be it through He-Man (Battle Cat) or the Teenage Mutant Turtles (Rocksteady).

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                    I just want to be ready, in case everyone else chooses violence.

                    If, all of a sudden, there were a handful of people that had a magical connection with an otherwise dangerous animal; I imagine, either those people would fight each other or team up against someone with a robot army. Either way, a tiger would have a lot of weak points, even with armor.

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                      I just want to be ready, in case everyone else chooses violence.

                      If, all of a sudden, there were a handful of people that had a magical connection with an otherwise dangerous animal; I imagine, either those people would fight each other or team up against someone with a robot army. Either way, a tiger would have a lot of weak points, even with armor.

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                      Fair point.

                      For a truly scary animal to have on your side, what do you think of wasps? Airborn, vicious and capable of team work.

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                        Sparrows are already semi domesticated due to living near human settlements basically since we started farming.

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                        Well, they're not domesticated enough to let me pet them unless I catch a chick which fell off a nest.

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                        • absgeeknz@lemmy.nzA [email protected]

                          I'm gonna have to go with a miniature elephant, maybe the size of a Labrador.

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                          Pygmy elephant.

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                            Fair point.

                            For a truly scary animal to have on your side, what do you think of wasps? Airborn, vicious and capable of team work.

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                            You would need at least an entire hive, the rules state only one animal. But if you got a Queen, you probably could control an entire hive๐Ÿค” you've given me something to think about for sure

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                              You should listen to and smell a fox before embarking on that kind of project.

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                              Oh I listen to them every night, believe me. I don't mind it anymore. It is true though I've never been close enough to smell one.

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                              • L [email protected]

                                Foxes. They're like a cross between cats and dogs, with their cute fluffy tails.

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                                Congrats, your wish was granted a few years ago.

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                                  With those conditions I would pick a bear/panda or platypus respectively.

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                                  I'm pretty sure a Rhino would wreck any kind of bear, the only animal I think i would need to worry about is an elephant, would a platypus be able to penetrate a rhino's skin?

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                                    I'm pretty sure a Rhino would wreck any kind of bear, the only animal I think i would need to worry about is an elephant, would a platypus be able to penetrate a rhino's skin?

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                                    Hear me out: a bear is useful, fuzzy and could probably squeeze through doors.

                                    A platypus is just perfect, I don't need it to have combat proweses when I can play with a platypus instead of fighting.

                                    Being the only one with a bear would of course make fighting an option but still I wouldn't want it to get hurt.

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                                      Hear me out: a bear is useful, fuzzy and could probably squeeze through doors.

                                      A platypus is just perfect, I don't need it to have combat proweses when I can play with a platypus instead of fighting.

                                      Being the only one with a bear would of course make fighting an option but still I wouldn't want it to get hurt.

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                                      I like and really appreciate how you think. I definitely wouldn't attack you with my Rhino, but I, personally, will not pick something that would leave me vulnerable against someone else who might. I hope you and your platypus-bear live in harmony๐Ÿ™

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