"It’s a strange thing to keep a creature you have no hope of developing a relationship with." I keep tropical fish because I find it super relaxing to watch th

"It’s a strange thing to keep a creature you have no hope of developing a relationship with." I keep tropical fish because I find it super relaxing to watch them flit around. We're not bros or buddies. My grandparents put out feeder and nectar for hummingbirds because hummingbirds are totally awesome, not because they enjoyed a deep personal relationship with those little sugar fiends. Its a strange theme for a reptile show story in that most stories are a variation on pointing out the unusually high percentage of white trash followed by the usual preaching to the choir social signalling about how awesome we are because we aren't them. I also noted the lack of sense of wonder or beauty. Perhaps another symptom of excessive projection about human relationships is refusal to admit some animals are part of our lives for shallow reasons because of fear of judgment about the depth of human relationships. Maybe something to do with age; I'm confident enough in my long marriage to buy a tropical fish based solely on how it looks (aside from blindingly obvious higher priority engineering constraints like compatibility and biochemistry, within those constraints, pick something based on looks) Or the opposite, Mexican Mole Lizard totally not happening any time soon.