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Environment be damned or don't be damned. Because you like them or because you don't like your neighbors ... what animals would you like to see locally that are not there ?

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

polar bears. it's the only animal that likes to eat people. daily life is just too safe and dull.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can confirm ... and once they know what a human is, that it is tasty, that it is weak, that it is vulnerable without weapons .. it will chase after people like a dog chasing squirrels.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Without taking into account the environmental impact and viability: Sicilian dwarf elephants. Come on, 1m short elephants, hairier (i.e. fluffier) than their African and Asian counterparts? I want it!

Bonus points: capybaras are native where I live, and a common occurrence in parks. Now imagine those small elephants, plus some capybaras: chilling under the grey sky, taking a bath in the lake in warmer days, gathering together in colder days... come on, it's cuteness overload!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t understand why everything and everyone in the Mediterranean area (read: south Italy) is so hairy lol

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would love to have a pet capybara, so a local source of wild capybaras would be cool. Also some orangutans. I'm in Utah, so it should probably be fine.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

search up CBT (capybara therapy).

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would be awesome to get woolly mammoths back in the Alps.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

If we are going with de-extinction, then the Haast Eagle. NZ is really far too safe, we need a genuine predator to keep us on our toes.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Squirrels.

Grew up in Chicago, currently in Phoenix. I miss squirrels.

All the lizards are pretty cool though. They're like desert squirrels.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Capybaras! They are so chill

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Guinea Bigs

[–] Bustedknuckles 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Fireflies. I could sit on a porch watching fireflies every night of my life

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They're dying everywhere due to climate change and overuse of pesticides.

Sorry, my dude... :(

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Brontosaurus

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Minnesota... bison. Because it was their native habitat before we killed them all, and because watching jackasses in cars trying to negotiate with 1500lb bison everywhere would be hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Agreed, also I don't think there's enough here to fuck around and find out with. The scariest animal I've had to deal with up here is my neighbors always angry papillon getting loose. There's a thrill about seeing an enormous reptile staring lazily at you from an apartment retention pond, I bet bison would be fun too.

[–] TheFlopster 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Zebras seem cool. I don't think Texas has any zebras. They can hang out with the horses...? (Idk if they actually get along.)

And giraffes! I want a giraffe to come hang out in my yard and eat some tall leaves.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hey now, it can't be that black and white

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I've driven past Zebras and Giraffes (and more) in Africa and it's absolutely beautiful watching those creatures chilling just doing what they do.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

None. We're still dealing with many other instances of people thinking it's a good idea...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

OP specified that it's hypothetical and you can choose to ignore the consequences if you choose.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Leopards. There's some faces that need eating here.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I just moved from a place with raccoons to somewhere without them and I miss them. So raccoons. They're funny as fuck.

[–] linearchaos 12 points 1 year ago

Giant ground sloths

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Kangaroo. I'm sure they'd thrive and be a pain in the ass but they look cool.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Monkeys. Several species, but specifically pygmy marmosets. What I really want is Borrowers, but since the scientific community refuses to focus research on the actually important things, it feels unlikely in my lifetime. So pygmy marmosets. I want to walk onto my porch, and a troop of teeny little monkeys is chilling out there, living their best lives.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hedgehogs. They're hilarious

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We don't have enough apes in northern europe

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

. . . enough species of apes.
There's way more than enough individual apes - at least in my shitty parrt of N. Europe.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Needless to say, raccoons (in Southern Europe).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pangolins! I'm not sure how well they'd survive in Texas, but if they find fire ants tasty, they might be able to make a dent in the population (they're invasive themselves). Also, being present on another continent might help ensure their survival, especially the species currently critically endangered.

Edit: if they don't have to be extant, then troodontids! They were supposedly smart little raptors. I bet they'd make great pets c:

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Here in RI, I will take some of those Japanese Snow Monkeys, and a bunch of Tanuki as well.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Gimme da Red Panda

[–] reddig33 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Koalas. Or maybe sloths. I’d love to see either climbing the trees when I go to the park.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Drop bears though

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Am from tropical zone so stumble upon capybara will be nice. Though we already have tapir and that creature is rare as heck.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Easy, I'm on vacation around the New Jersey area. Release the Candiru fish. Use your fucking turn signals ass hats.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Tyrannosaurus rex

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Honestly foxes. They are so fun to photograph and there are none on Vancouver Island.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Somehow we can get the red panda to replace the raccoon. This is my wish.

[–] TechNerdWizard42 6 points 1 year ago

Cassowary. Giant dinosaur bird that will lunge at you get first with razor sharp talons. But looks cool and prehistoric. One of the few creatures that terrify zoo keepers as they are smart enough to be evil but not smart enough to be tamed

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