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[color=#003300]Near a Long Island roadside, an alligator (a low-to-the-ground quadruped with rough skin trailing a very long tail of similar texture, so I'm sure they were not speaking of Fly2e) was recently captured . They are fairly certain it , now three to four-years-old and of that applied size, was once someone's pet.

Regardless, it is ridiculous to me to have something as a pet that: I cannot care for until the end of its life, that cannot fend for itself on its own or is an 'unnatural' danger to the natural fauna. I suppose, if one would be so absurdly energetic, one might transplant an overgrown tropical plant outside in the soon-to-be winter landscape. I, too, have some fascination for certain things not of my own habitat; I do not wish to remove them from their natural habitat if they cannot safely endure in mine (not to say that it may not be of their propensity, anyway). If they wish to travel into my domain on their own, that's another matter; if the situation arises, I may well help, if

I can't understand how people have these kind of animals for pets...Who'd really want a pet who bite, rip, and tear you to shreds if it was in a lousy mood...

I can't understand how people have these kind of animals for pets...Who'd really want a pet who bite, rip, and tear you to shreds if it was in a lousy mood...

I could think of plenty of people who are thick enough to accept one as a present.  ;D

I can't understand how people have these kind of animals for pets...Who'd really want a pet who bite, rip, and tear you to shreds if it was in a lousy mood...

I could think of plenty of people who are thick enough to accept one as a present.

I can't understand how people have these kind of animals for pets...Who'd really want a pet who bite, rip, and tear you to shreds if it was in a lousy mood...

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They should me made into Handbags....

(Wives, not Crocodiles).... ...!

I can't understand how people have these kind of animals for pets...Who'd really want a pet who bite, rip, and tear you to shreds if it was in a lousy mood...

Sounds like owning a pit-bull, why any one would want to is beyond me.

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I can't understand how people have these kind of animals for pets...Who'd really want a pet who bite, rip, and tear you to shreds if it was in a lousy mood...

Sounds like owning a pit-bull, why any one would want to is beyond me.

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P.S. I still reckon a Female in a bad mood is much more dangerous that a Pit Bull Terrier... ...!

I, too, have some fascination for certain things not of my own habitat; I do not wish to remove them from their natural habitat if they cannot safely endure in mine (not to say that it may not be of their propensity, anyway).

Ever have a goldfish?  They're hard pressed to survive in our natural environment, and I don't think they last too long after the trip down the toilet bowl, either.  :)

I can't understand how people have these kind of animals for pets...Who'd really want a pet who bite, rip, and tear you to shreds if it was in a lousy mood...

Sounds like owning a pit-bull, why any one would want to is beyond me.

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Well, they're terrific dogs- that's one good reason. Don't believe the hype. Sure, if a pit bites you, you are in some danger- powerful jaws and all that. But are they naturally aggressive? Not any more so than any other breed, IMHO. Pits are prized for fighting or "macho status" (by the fools who are into that stuff) because they have those awesome jaws. Not because they're more aggressive by nature.

Yes, it is a "fighting" breed, but there's nothing about their brain that is any different from, say, a Chihuaua. They're just dogs.

 German Shepherds, collies,  retrievers, and even toy breeds will bite people... only two dogs that have ever bitten me-hard enough to draw blood- were a tiny poodle-terrier mix and a retriever mix. But it was my fault both times: the little guy I cornered because I had to bathe him and he had gotten away from me, and the retriever because I got too close when he was guarding his master's area in his absence (I was trying to initiate play, but he doesn't play when he's in "guard" mode). It is notewrthy that both dogs were acting defensively, and neither intended to kill me- they were just scared.

On the other hand, I have playfully rough-housed with pit bulls, Rotweillers, Great Danes, English Bull terriers, and other "killer" breeds without incident. It's a matter of understanding dog psychology, for the most part... dog attacks, by any breed, usually point to a lack of this understanding on the part of the owner or the person bitten.

There certainly are individual pit bulls who have been conditioned to attack strangers or other dogs, or whose aggression is not dealt with properly with play and exercise... and these are the ones that suddenly bite the baby or whoever without warning... they just haven't been trained right.

Humans who have grown up under inadequate supervision are far more dangerous, IMHO.

I can't understand how people have these kind of animals for pets...Who'd really want a pet who bite, rip, and tear you to shreds if it was in a lousy mood...

Sounds like owning a pit-bull, why any one would want to is beyond me.

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I, too, have some fascination for certain things not of my own habitat; I do not wish to remove them from their natural habitat if they cannot safely endure in mine (not to say that it may not be of their propensity, anyway).

Ever have a goldfish?  They're hard pressed to survive in our natural environment, and I don't think they last too long after the trip down the toilet bowl, either.  :)

I would much prefer to be sucked to death by a Goldfish than eaten alive by someone's Pit Bull Terrier... ...!

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I have now reached the age when I cannot see the purpose of either activity.

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[quote]Ever have a goldfish?

I can't understand how people have these kind of animals for pets...Who'd really want a pet who bite, rip, and tear you to shreds if it was in a lousy mood...

Hum, sounds like my dogs

I breed lice!! (interpret how you will...)

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There are certain pets I understand people having but gators aren't one of them. Gators need to be in the wild and stay in the wild. You wouldn't have a pet lion would you?