# Any online pets that you follow?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-pets-that-you-follow/1008306>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 30, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-pets-that-you-follow/1008306 "2024-09-30T23:26:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-pets-that-you-follow/1008306/41 "2024-10-10T03:40:52Z")

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I’d forgotten about Keyush, thanks for the reminder. We are shaken up about Sherpa.

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**Author:** ![Ryz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryz/32/13213_2.png) [@Ryz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryz)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-pets-that-you-follow/1008306/42 "2024-10-10T09:44:27Z")

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> [@MyFootsZZZ](#):
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> “Despite”? That cat milked his wobble for every cent!! Wobble is just a part of his charm. 😄

Despite was a bad choice of words.

You’re right about his wobble being part of his charm.

Have you seen orangeisthenewblackandtan on Instagram? He a wobbly cat as well.

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**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-pets-that-you-follow/1008306/43 "2024-10-10T09:56:55Z")

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> [@Tibby](#):
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> I’m inclined to believe that many species possess richer inner thoughts and greater self-awareness than we previously assumed.

They absolutely do!

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> In general, trying to domesticate wild animals is bad idea; it often ends disastrously for both the animal and the humans involved, who are typically at fault.

I agree with this, too. But there are notable exceptions, especially if the animal was raised from a very young age. Finnegan Fox (post #7 in this thread) is a great example. His adorable laugh when being skritched is priceless!

There’s another video (not posted here) of a young but obviously wild fox that wandered into a lady’s walled back yard through a small hole in the wall. She slowly and gradually tried to offer it food and water which it initially refused to take. She gently persisted, very wisely leaving the hole open in case the fox wanted to leave, bringing to mind the old expression, “if you love it set it free; if it comes back to you, it’s yours; if it doesn’t, it never was.” Long story short, the fox stayed, and eventually bonded with her and her other pets, but it took a lot of time and patience.

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**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-pets-that-you-follow/1008306/44 "2024-10-11T01:59:27Z")

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I like to watch Pete Moss and the Boo Crew aka MonkeyBoo, Monkey Happy and Monkey Princess Meela. The antics of the monkeys, the affection they and their human buddies obviously have for each other, and Mr. Moss’s soothing Southern accent (he talks at length about the monkeys and whatever else comes to mind), fascinate me and usually lift my spirits.

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**Author:** ![EnolaStraight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-pets-that-you-follow/1008306/45 "2024-10-11T22:10:55Z")

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Dragon and Me…a series of videos of an albino iguana.  
[dragon and me - Search (bing.com)](https://www.bing.com/search?q=dragon+and+me&form=STNWSB&refig=6f3b61bbb5cf4ba9b04cd891f9b11b36&mkt=en-us&ocid=msedgntp)

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