In a “fantasy” context, the first thing that comes to mind is having beautiful, exotic animals as part of the decor, you know what I mean? Peacocks and unicorns roaming the grounds, butterflies and hummingbirds in the garden, a huge tank with all kinds of aquatic critters like octopi, stingrays, puffers, seahorses, jellyfish . . . I’d love to swim with a dolphin. I’d love to have a pet fire lizard.
But, when it comes right down to it, all exotic pets aside, if I had unlimited space, and didn’t have to wonder how I was going to feed them, I would go right now down to the Humane Society and rescue every animal in there, every bird, bat, cat, rat, horse and dog, and give them all the gift of living out their lives in a loving environment where all their needs are met.
As long as it wouldn’t maul me to death or hurt anybody I would want a black panther as a pet. But I’ve always wanted a polar bear too. Maybe I’ll keep the panther inside and the bear outside!
real animals - more of my Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (I’ve got three), horses - especially the bay? really pale, gold colour, tigers, dolphins, cheetahs, grey wolves, owls, various hawks.
And a really large house & grounds to keep them in!
Real animals - the odd ones you never see in zoos. Aardvark, anteater, pangolin. And, most importantly, a duck-billed platypus. My personal zoo would be incomplete without one of those.
I want a koala bear. They sleep 22 hours a day so I wouldn’t be spending much time taking care of it.
On the other hand they stink to high heaven, and I’d have to import about 20 eucalyptus trees from Australia because they don’t eat anything else. I think I’ll just try to smuggle my dog in from the States instead.
I want a raven. I see them sitting around in the trees when I go walking, looking atmospheric and going “Grawk!” I think a raven would add a nice touch to home or office.
