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sloopslarp t1_iyav6y1 wrote

Reply to comment by oversidedike66 in Salvador Dalí walking his anteater in Paris, 1969. by sotobet0509

Poor thing. Some animals just shouldn't be pets.

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Oo__II__oO t1_iybrjtn wrote

It's not a pet. It's a service animal!

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humaniteer t1_iybwgzp wrote

It's job is to sense ants in the pants of its owner.

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zdakat t1_iycfwzv wrote

"Oh not Ant-man. Ants-man. My superpower is I can sense ants."

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DfenselessOldLady t1_iybac40 wrote

I’m sure it lived a much happier life than most dogs and cats

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SweetNeo85 t1_iybbl48 wrote

You're sure... based on what?

EDIT: Some animals just can't thrive in captivity, no matter how rich or well-intentioned their owners are. Great white sharks, for example, always die in captivity, no matter how big or fancy the aquarium is. Zebras were never domesticated the way that horses were, for similar reasons. I don't know this to be true about anteaters, but it's not difficult to imagine.

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SeniorCoolio t1_iyc79w7 wrote

Is that really the only way we determine if an animal is suited for pet life?

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CHBCKyle t1_iyc8s6v wrote

I agree with what you’re saying though we have done a successful GWS on a temporary basis so that science could understand what we were doing wrong in the past. Once we had what we needed we released it back. It is theoretically possible though highly immoral and unnecessarily cruel.

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bilboteabaggins77 t1_iybiew6 wrote

Animals don’t live a happy life because their owner is rich. They have a happy life when their needs (not just food and shelter) are met and they are allowed to engage In normal behaviour for their species

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