# non-domesticated animals you'd like as a pet
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 22, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148 "2004-11-22T18:44:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/1 "2004-11-22T18:44:31Z")
What are some non-domesticated animals you’d like as a pet? I’d like a skunk (descented, of course) - yes, I understand that there are some individual skunks that are domesticated, but as a species they are not. They’re very cute and smart, and just seem like they would be fun to have around.
Also, a marmoset would be great. I love their huge eyes! Plus, when I gave new people directions to rooms in my apt, I could say such things as, “the bathroom is on the right, just past the marmoset”
Disclaimer:
I’m not actually advocating taking in wild animals as pets. They are not pets, nor should they be. This is purely for amusement 🙂
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### Author:  [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/2 "2004-11-22T18:58:49Z")
I’d also like a skunk, and an elephant.
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### Author:  [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/3 "2004-11-22T19:07:11Z")
I have a thing for elepahnts, they are so cool. Also, I want a chipmunk. Cutest rodent ever.
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### Author:  [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/4 "2004-11-22T19:08:53Z")
I want a polar bear, a kangaroo, and a penguin.
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### Author:  [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/5 "2004-11-22T19:23:14Z")
A wallaby and a penguin. I would raise them together from when they are babies, and love each other and snuggle a lot, and look so cute…
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### Author:  [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/6 "2004-11-22T19:28:52Z")
I want a [sloth](http://www.k12.de.us/warner/sloths.htm). They can try to run away for three days and you can still find them at the end of your driveway.
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### Author:  [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/7 "2004-11-22T19:38:42Z")
a badger - because they look so cute and cuddly, but they’re mean, mean little bastards.
Also, a kinkajou, also known as a Sugar Bear, though they’re not really bears - cutest things I’ve ever seen
[http://www.pjc.cc.fl.us/sctag/kinkajou/KinkajouCornelius.jpg](http://www.pjc.cc.fl.us/sctag/kinkajou/KinkajouCornelius.jpg)
[http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rzu2u.com/jpg/kj3wk.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.rzu2u.com/kinkajou.htm&h=231&w=182&sz=10&tbnid=H29hVn1ogBwJ:&tbnh=102&tbnw=81&start=17&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dkinkajou%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rzu2u.com/jpg/kj3wk.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.rzu2u.com/kinkajou.htm&h=231&w=182&sz=10&tbnid=H29hVn1ogBwJ:&tbnh=102&tbnw=81&start=17&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dkinkajou%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D)
these little guys CAN actually be purchased as pets, and supposedly make really good companions. But they need a lot of space, and are apparently near impossible to housetrain (as per National Geographic).
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### Author:  [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/8 "2004-11-22T19:43:59Z")
I forgot, I want a hedgehog too.
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### Author:  [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/9 "2004-11-22T19:45:14Z")
Meerkat. MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!
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I want a meerkat.
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### Author:  [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/10 "2004-11-22T19:48:50Z")
I want a bat, a cute little fruit bat as much as **Jennyrosity** wants a Meerkat. I’m just too lazy to type that much.
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### Author:  [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/11 "2004-11-22T19:50:21Z")
I want a hyena. No one would mess with me. Ever.
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/12 "2004-11-22T19:50:34Z")
I’ve always wanted a skunk. Or a llama. Or an ostrich.
My totem animal is the flamingo, so that would be my #1 choice.
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### Author:  [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/13 "2004-11-22T19:51:18Z")
Copy and paste, my friend 😃 .
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### Author:  [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/14 "2004-11-22T19:53:44Z")
My fondest wish would be to go behind my house every morning, jump into a half-acre-size tropical temperature swimming pool and swim with my two pet dolphins.
🙂🙂
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### Author:  [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/15 "2004-11-22T19:54:07Z")
I want a monkey. But a monkey like the monkeys on “Freinds” and “Indiana Jones”. Not a real monkey that’ll fling poo eeverywhere…
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/16 "2004-11-22T20:00:43Z")
I want a lion. I always liked “Kitty Kat”, the Lion on The Addams Family. I want a lion just like Kitty Kat! And a carnivorous vine named Cleopatra. I don’t think it’s too much to ask, really!
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/17 "2004-11-22T20:00:55Z")
I’ve wanted a pet ocelot ever since I was a wee kiddie. This has only been reinforced by recent visits to an ocelot sanctuary where I got to enter their cages and interact with them (I even got a hug!)
If it wasn’t illegal to own one (and probably pretty stupid unless you’ve got a lot of time and energy to invest) I’d love to have one as a pet.
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### Author:  [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/18 "2004-11-22T20:01:59Z")
I want a ring-tailed leaping lemur. They’re so cute.
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### Author:  [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/19 "2004-11-22T20:22:11Z")
I’m with Indygrrl. I wanted to say that in both my other posts but I had a brain fart and I couldn’t remember what it was called. I wanted to say lemming but I knew that was wrong.
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### Author:  [@Blown\_Injected](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blown_Injected)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-domesticated-animals-youd-like-as-a-pet/276148/20 "2004-11-22T20:35:06Z")
> [@swampbear](#):
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> I want a lion. I always liked “Kitty Kat”, the Lion on The Addams Family. I want a lion just like Kitty Kat! And a carnivorous vine named Cleopatra. I don’t think it’s too much to ask, really!
Fine choices but is there really such thing as an African Strangler?
Keeping a flying critter as a caged pet does not seem cool to me which is why a penguin seems like the best bird pet. They also look like they might have some personality - just got to keep it away from the house plants.
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