REMINDER: IF you're cold, they're cold! Let them in this winter! : chapotraphouse

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 44 points 2 months ago

[–] Sleve_McDichael@hexbear.net 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Possums are next screm-pretty

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If they lived for more than a few years I'd be amenable to it.

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

I've seen quite a few reports of them living for like 10 years as pets.

[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Possums make good pets actually. They are already very cuddly and sweet and don't carry most diseases we humans need to worry about.

Some people say they can live a pretty good lifespan but in reality you should only expect 5-6 years tops.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 34 points 2 months ago

Short snooter doggirl-smug

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@Dort_Owl@hexbear.net do you have a nice barn or something to protect yourself from the elements? Or a hole in a tree?

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or a nice hole in the dirt?

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago

Dort*

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago

[+] ghosts@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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[–] simpletailor@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Raccoons will sort through your trash so you don't have to compost, saving you precious seconds of your life.

[–] sgtlion@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Domestication isn't necessarily an objectively symbiotic affair. Pets are already a much more commensal thing tha they were.

I might argue Raccoons may just be parasitising on us by overflooding our dopamine receptors with cuteness. I think animals all over the world are slowly doing it.

And I'm not complaining.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

But if we get our dopamine receptors juiced from the deal, surely that makes them symbiotes

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago

domesticating humans so that we allow them access to our magnificent garbage.

[–] blunder@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago

Raccoons are really funny and cute lil guys

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't need something as smart as a raccoon in my house. Get up at 3 AM for a snack and Rigby is digging around in the fridge, no thank you

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's his fridge now, get used to it.

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

They see the sweet ride the dogs and cats are getting and they want in

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Uh, hi. Can I come in?

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Aw get in here little one, I was just about to take out the trash. Have at it!

Chapotraphouse