If you could have a wild animal that was as domesticated as a golden retriever, which do you pick? - Page 2

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - If you could have a wild animal that was as domesticated as a golden retriever, which do you pick? (Page 2 of 3)

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:03:12 PM EDT

[#1]

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:03:27 PM EDT

[#2]

Quote History

Quoted:
Not in your choices, but for me it would be an ocelot. I would have said a leopard, but I couldn't afford to feed it.

View Quote

Archer Loves Ocelot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwPaES_mP3E

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:04:11 PM EDT

[#3]

Why isn't the Platypus on the list of options?

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:07:20 PM EDT

[#4]

Grizzly, my spirit animal.

Tiger would be No2, because tigers love pepper.

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:08:35 PM EDT

[#5]

Quote History

Quoted:
Raven

View Quote

This exactly.

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:08:55 PM EDT

[#6]

Cocaine bear

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:12:15 PM EDT

[#7]

Guy who lived near my parents had a pet cougar in a tiny rental house on a 50'x100' unfenced lot. We never saw it or heard it, but somebody switched and it got hauled away.

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:14:30 PM EDT

[#8]

I read somewhere yesterday that a tiger has a tongue like a bastard file. Might put a damper on snuggles.

I'm going with river otter. They're incredibly playful, easily feed themselves and are kind of beautiful in the wild.

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:14:30 PM EDT

[#9]

I would definitely have a wolf

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:15:20 PM EDT

[#10]

Would anyone here be brave enough to rub a tiger or cougar's belly?

Attached File

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:19:06 PM EDT

[#11]

Quote History

Quoted:

This exactly.

View Quote View All Quotes

View All Quotes

Quote History

Quoted:

Quoted:
Raven

This exactly.

My great grandma had a pet crow. It would follow her, sit on her shoulder, eat from her hand, my grandpa told me. He was a boy at the time so this would be in the '20s.

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:20:18 PM EDT

[#12]

Quote History

Quoted:
Would anyone here be brave enough to rub a tiger or cougar's belly?

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/72701/OIP_-_2023-03-10T101340_859_jpeg-2740659.JPG

View Quote

I touched one of the paws on a tiger cub once. He got *PISSED*

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:20:54 PM EDT

[#13]

Bobcat. Idk why, I just like them.
Have had a coons and possums before. Gotta find a young kit.

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:21:08 PM EDT

[#14]

Poll fail
no option for Honey Badger

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:21:13 PM EDT

[#15]

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:21:35 PM EDT

[#16]

Quote History

Quoted:

aw, her hair was green as sea-weed
her skin was blue and pale
but i'll tell ya now before ya start,
you can love that girl with all your heart,
but you're just gonna love the upper part,
you're not gonna like the tail

View Quote View All Quotes

View All Quotes

Quote History

Quoted:

aw, her hair was green as sea-weed
her skin was blue and pale
but i'll tell ya now before ya start,
you can love that girl with all your heart,
but you're just gonna love the upper part,
you're not gonna like the tail

He can always go for the mermaid's sister, whose bottom part was a girl

Quoted:
Cougar was my first thought, until I remembered that cats are assholes.

I imagine having a 150lb cougar pouncing on your foot because it moved under a blanket would certainly be interesting

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:24:05 PM EDT

[#17]

Is there a lack understanding about what wild animals means?

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:24:28 PM EDT

[#18]

Hyena

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:30:42 PM EDT

[#19]

I most definitely need a trunk monkey

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:34:27 PM EDT

[#20]

Platypus

Can you imagine how many wimmins would want to see that thing?!?!?!

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:38:17 PM EDT

[#21]

Great White shark

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:38:23 PM EDT

[#22]

T-Rex

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:38:40 PM EDT

[#23]

I think a trained, domesticated Attack Cassowary could be fun.

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:45:50 PM EDT

[#24]

I want a hyena. Imagine playing frisbee in the park with a fucking hyena

Posted: 3/10/2023 2:53:49 PM EDT

[#25]

Quote History

Quoted:
Cougar. I like cats. Walking a cougar around the neighborhood would be cool AF.

View Quote

Yep. In a survival situation it would be a good hunting partner to boot.

Could be trained to use a litter box. More snuggle potential than most of the other options.

While a cougar would require a lot of food, it would be more reasonable than the larger carnivores. I guess you could fatten the grizz on junk like pancakes though.

Posted: 3/10/2023 3:08:01 PM EDT

[#26]

Quote History

Quoted:
I voted grizzly bear, I already have a domesticated cougar.

View Quote

Posted: 3/10/2023 3:12:01 PM EDT

[#27]

Asian elephants have been domesticated for a few thousand years and long before Golden Retrievers even existed

I’ve worked with every animal on the list except for elephants and goldens for that matter

Everyone of them is capable of killing you. The bear and alligator are probably the least likely to snap.

Cats are dicks and big cats can be big dicks. There are instinctual behaviors that make them extremely dangerous if you fuck up. Cougars and lions are more chilled out than tigrrs, leopards and jaguars though

Chimpanzee are intelligent and not bad until about they reach the age of 10. Then they can get fucking evil. I worked at a facility that cared for “retired” chimps, gorillas, etc. Most were stable but there were a few that could absolutely not be trusted

BUT. Perfect world with the animal being docile and obedient 100% of the time I’d go with the chimpanzee. I raised one at the facility. Saw him years later and he remembered me. I know what they turn into or else I’d have a bunch of them

Posted: 3/10/2023 3:13:24 PM EDT

[#28]

Tried a cougar for a few years, you really can't domesticate her. The training is a blast, but it usually never works out.

Posted: 3/10/2023 3:19:45 PM EDT

[#29]

Quote History

Quoted:

Yep. In a survival situation it would be a good hunting partner to boot.

Could be trained to use a litter box. More snuggle potential than most of the other options.

While a cougar would require a lot of food, it would be more reasonable than the larger carnivores. I guess you could fatten the grizz on junk like pancakes though.

View Quote View All Quotes

View All Quotes

Quote History

Quoted:

Quoted:
Cougar. I like cats. Walking a cougar around the neighborhood would be cool AF.

Yep. In a survival situation it would be a good hunting partner to boot.

Could be trained to use a litter box. More snuggle potential than most of the other options.

While a cougar would require a lot of food, it would be more reasonable than the larger carnivores. I guess you could fatten the grizz on junk like pancakes though.

Grizzlies will and do eat anything.

Posted: 3/10/2023 3:22:29 PM EDT

[#30]

I picked cougar because giant fruit bat wasn't an option.

Posted: 3/10/2023 3:30:13 PM EDT

[#31]

Chimp

Posted: 3/10/2023 3:33:23 PM EDT

[#32]

Silverback Gorilla

If it's as tame as Golden Retriever it would be awesome.

Get him as a baby when you are 25 or 30 and you will have a pal for 40 years or more.

Posted: 3/10/2023 3:34:51 PM EDT

[#33]

Quote History

Quoted:
Great White shark

View Quote

I’d pick an Orca, and then we would fight…….. but only if they were the same weight class

Posted: 3/10/2023 3:35:56 PM EDT

[#34]

don't like cats much

I'd take a direwolf. Some scientist somewhere had a DNA sample that could be used for cloning one.

Posted: 3/10/2023 3:45:42 PM EDT

[#35]

Eastern Lowland Gorilla's are the largest of the species.

Something like this guy, imagine riding around in your truck with him in the passenger seat or sitting on your front porch waiting to alert you when someone drives up

Posted: 3/10/2023 3:48:58 PM EDT

[#36]

Otter or red panda

Posted: 3/10/2023 3:49:10 PM EDT

[#37]

Otter or red panda

Posted: 3/10/2023 3:49:52 PM EDT

[#38]

If restricted only to extant critters, a polar bear. My bear can beat up y'alls grizzlies.

If I could do anything from history, a dire wolf.

Posted: 3/10/2023 3:52:22 PM EDT

[#39]

Quote History

Quoted:
A chimp. They would be the one most capable of being trained to do all kinds of menial shit like cut the grass and take out the trash

View Quote

Voted the same. My nephew is almost out of high school so i need a new trainable idiot.

Posted: 3/10/2023 3:54:44 PM EDT

[#40]

I voted chimp so have a drinking/lifting buddy.

Posted: 3/10/2023 4:07:20 PM EDT

[#41]

Quote History

Quoted:
I voted chimp so have a drinking/lifting buddy.

View Quote

He could spot for you but I'm not sure you could spot for him.

Posted: 3/10/2023 4:09:21 PM EDT

[#42]

An ocelot or a lynx. I had a cougar in my younger days. While she taught me many things and was fun to play with, there were no long term prospects with her.

Posted: 3/10/2023 4:15:02 PM EDT

[#43]

Quote History

Quoted:

He could spot for you but I'm not sure you could spot for him.

View Quote View All Quotes

View All Quotes

Quote History

Quoted:

Quoted:
I voted chimp so have a drinking/lifting buddy.

He could spot for you but I'm not sure you could spot for him.

Most definitely correct. But I could hopefully out drink him. :-)

Posted: 3/10/2023 4:19:04 PM EDT

[#44]

I've worked with every animal on that list except for the grizzly bear...

Cougars and tigers are both awesome, but I'd go with the cougar because they are cheaper to feed.

Feeding big cats is expensive.