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

Kukaburra, what a great call. Second only to the haunting loon call.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're not anywhere near my favorite animal, but if dolphins could survive in freshwater, it would be interesting to hear about all the interactions people have with them near me considering people have re-learned they have a language, even if it's more like 50,000-BCE-human-levels of communication. If any were integrated, I wouldn't mind going the extra mile to treat them as anyone else and anticipate them showing up.

[–] deus 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

if dolphins could survive on freshwater

Well, you're in luck cause these guys already exist

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah but I mean bottlenose ones. They're the ones which are being studied, the other species are to bottlenose dolphins what other apes are to humans. If you put a bottlenose dolphin in freshwater, they get all wrinkly before dying due to saltwater having the chemical properties they need.

[–] TheBananaKing 5 points 1 year ago

Polar bears. It would be hilarious.

[–] Eczpurt 4 points 1 year ago

Platypus would be cool, or African land snails

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Pretending that they’d have a good life here: koalas and elephants.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Giant land snails!! They're soooo sooooo cuttteeee, but also unfortunately sooo destructive here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Tarantulas. We don't have any.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

red pandas.

also pandas.

samoyeds too.

cockatiels, elephant seals, blue whales and giant squids aren't bad either.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Hedgehogs or stoats. They're delightful little critters in their own ways I love them both

[–] Papanca 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I need sloths, hummingbirds, monarch butterflies, raccoons and orang utans in my life, please.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nutrias. Oh wait, they're already here!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hedgehogs. Damn cute and eat slugs and snails.

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

Humans! ..... oh no wait ... we already did that one

[–] Papanca 2 points 1 year ago

They wished for that hundreds of thousands of years ago, so be careful what you wish for

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

Velociraptors

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