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I live in Tasmania :) That’s a great idea. Also, I advocate to make endangered animals legal to keep as pets. Look how successful cats and dogs are.
by TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
I live in Tasmania :)
That’s a great idea.
Also, I advocate to make endangered animals legal to keep as pets.
Look how successful cats and dogs are.
- dev_dull 7y agoA Tasmanian devil though??!
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y agoMost medium sized, and above, dogs could bite your hand off no problem. Ya’d need to keep them in an enclosure. They breed in captivity fine.[1] I wonder if they could be bred to become house pets. Could take a while. 1. http://theconversation.com/tasmanian-devils-reared-in-captivity-show-they-can-thrive-in-the-wild-68058 http://theconversation.com/tasmanian-devils-reared-in-captiv...
- DoreenMichele 7y agoThey are infamously aggressive. There is ongoing debate about the wisdom of keeping extremely aggressive dogs as pets, so the dog comparison isn't really a good rebuttal.
- beerandt 7y agoYou'd have to domesticate them. And then it's a philosophical question of if they're even Tasmanian Devils anymore. After all, the success of dogs didn't do anything to prevent the near extinction of the wolf.
- Smithalicious 7y agoThere are many pets that aren't domesticated like fish, snakes, tarantulas. That's not to say that Tasmanian devils are docile enough to be that kind of pet, though.
- beerandt 7y agoTrue, but... Part of what makes the cancer so transmissible with Tasmanian devils is their predisposition for biting each other, especially on the face, well past the point of drawing blood. I mean, they're not called devils because they're red with horns.
- graeme 7y agoThey made a devil reserve in australia, in a similar climate. Going well I think.