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Oh man, poor Malcolm. Sorry for your loss @Yoda, what a beautiful cat.

I have a black cat called Neville who is of a similar age and am rather terrrified this will happen to him

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I got one of these. Anyone know what it is?

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/content/dam/nh...mb.768.768.jpg

Lordy, it looks plastic. Is it real?

It certainly is.

It's called an Axolotl. Ours is called 'Buddy'. It's kind of like a salamander. Is carnivorous and can grow limbs back!

Yikes.

I am sorry for your loss, man. I love black kitties. I have two.

My wife and I have 3 dogs; Great Dane, German Shepherd, and a Rottweiler. All are giant cuddle-muffins.

My aunt has a Dane, a Shepherd, and a Husky.

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Cute dog! A guy on my softball team has a very similar dog.

Been fostering this doll for about the last 10 days. Found her a good home and she's going Saturday.

Aw, poor baby! I hope he's feeling better now.

Do some extensive research on dogs with skin issues because it can get really bad & the dog can lose all its fur. Not to mention the discomfort associated therewith.

It’s very treatable though. If you know all this, forgive me for butting in.

This picture breaks my heart. Owned a blenheim Cavalier King Charles Spaniel that I really dearly loved. She passed eight years ago of heart disease (common ailment with the breed) and because of "Lily", I will never own a pet again. I still weep at times.

Like now...

https://i.postimg.cc/qvD88fBV/20231229-182214.jpg
An Italian pizza chef? Talk about stereotypical.

i bought this bed over a year ago. he wouldn’t use it all. then he got sick all over the living room rug the other night (that was not a fun mess to clean up :sick:)

but now he’s using it. and he’s loving it. probably realizes he was a fool for not using it sooner

edit: i’m thinking i should just burn the rug

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Okay, not pets, but I figure people would be interested anyway. I went to Los Angeles recently and the gibbons there were pretty incredible. As loud as this is, it was twice as loud in person:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBL_OiAaArI

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That's how I get to work every morning ^^^ ;)

Primates creep me out for some reason. Well, except lemurs. I don't mind lemurs, but they're about the least primate-y primates.

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I assume it's an uncanny valley thing.

Probably. Thankfully, primates are usually easy to avoid.

I remember several years back a friend of mine had a jungle themed party for her daughter. My friend sometimes handles dogs for a lady who provides animals for ads/movies/TV, etc. so she's met a bunch of other animal handlers in the business including one that has a bunch of exotic animals. She hired this guy for the party and he brought a bunch of reptiles, a capuchin monkey, and three baboons - including one big male that was trained to pose for photos with people. The other adults at the party were freaked out by the reptiles, but were delighted by the monkeys. Not me. Pet a gigantic python? Sure! Pet an alligator? Absolutely. Pose with a baboon? Oh hell no.