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I am amazed people still try to get chimps for pets.

An adult male can pull your arm off and beat you with it and yet "oh I want Cheetah for a pet!"

Da linky!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/16/chimp.attack/index.html

I had a chimp for a pet. But my crocodile ate it. :(

A friend of a friend had a chimp for a pet (this was quite awhile ago). The chimp got out and got electrocuted to death because we wouldn't stay away from a power line, and theres not much a human can do to a chimp up in the air unless you have a tranquilizer.

But they are very powerful animals, I sure as hell wouldn't want one around.

EDIT: I can't believe the gross negligence of the government for not taking the chimp away after it escaped before, as well as the owner for failing to secure him properly, not once but twice.

I can't imagine having an ape for a pet. I mean, it's like having a particularly bright toddler for a pet. It's like having a roommate for a pet. One that's always naked.

Herold had called Nash over to her house to help get Travis back inside after he used a key to free himself from the house.
In 2005, a different chimp escaped from California's Animal Haven Ranch and chewed off a man's nose and genitals.
But they're so cute!

Why would you have a dog as a pet? It's capable of ripping my throat out, made even easier every night I go to sleep.

Capable being the operative word in that paragraph. Of course dogs have been bred, to the best of my knowledge not to do that. Being a chimp out of it's element would suck, and I imagine it's similar to the way a human would react in the same situation.

Edit: Oh and, violence is a emotion now?

I can't imagine having an ape for a pet. I mean, it's like having a particularly bright toddler for a pet. It's like having a roommate for a pet. One that's always naked.
Don't forget that this toddler can probably rip you to bloody little shreds as part of a casual temper tantrum. Try enforcing nap time on that.

Actually, it is more like having a Xenomorph as a pet.

Don't forget that this toddler can probably rip you to bloody little shreds as part of a casual temper tantrum. Try enforcing nap time on that.

Actually, it is more like having a Xenomorph as a pet.

Have you ever been attacked by a truly cranky toddler? I think most of them could at least bite off a few fingers. Chimps probably have a greater ability to listen to reason.

In 2005, a different chimp escaped from California's Animal Haven Ranch and chewed off a man's nose and genitals.

:eek:

I like my genitals. If some crazed escaped chimp chewed off my genitals, I'd be quite upset. :(

Have you ever been attacked by a truly cranky toddler? I think most of them could at least bite off a few fingers. Chimps probably have a greater ability to listen to reason.
I'm a serial older brother (goddamn parents wouldn't quit cranking out offspring, even though they obviously got it perfect on the first try) and a preschool teacher.
Aside from one or two psychos, I've never found myself outmatched. Although there was one kid last year who took three adults to restrain when he lost it, but he was just weird.

I want a goddamn riding chimpanzee.

I was watching 'MANswers' on Spike last night and they talked about 'cuddly animals that actually made terrible pets' and the chimp was No.1.

Although there was one kid last year who took three adults to restrain when he lost it, but he was just weird.

Was his mother's name 'Rosemary' by any chance?

In 2005, a different chimp escaped from California's Animal Haven Ranch and chewed off a man's nose and genitals
Woah, woah, woah!

Not cool! BAD CHIMP! VERY BAD CHIMP!

Why would you have a dog as a pet? It's capable of ripping my throat out, made even easier every night I go to sleep.

Capable being the operative word in that paragraph. Of course dogs have been bred, to the best of my knowledge not to do that. Being a chimp out of it's element would suck, and I imagine it's similar to the way a human would react in the same situation.

Edit: Oh and, violence is a emotion now?

The dogs you buy in a shop are domesticated, a chimp isn't. Those are wild animals and don't belong in your house.

Some people have humans for a pet. Most humans are extremely dangerous and not domesticated at all.

i want a smaller monkey like a squirrel monkey

It's a slippery slope.....

We domesticate them.... then they become our servants..... Then they take over the world!

http://www.theforbidden-zone.com/images/kiss.gif

I am amazed people still try to get chimps for pets.

An adult male can pull your arm off and beat you with it and yet "oh I want Cheetah for a pet!"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetah for a pet. WTF. :D

Anyway, I wouldn't inflict unto a fellow primate the role of pet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetah for a pet. WTF. :D

Anyway, I wouldn't inflict unto a fellow primate the role of pet.

might as well go all out and make it a king cheetah

might as well go all out and make it a king cheetah

I hereby nominate the King Tiger as best pet evah.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_tiger

I'll add a bumper sticker reading "Lost your pitbull? Try looking under my tracks".

I want userfriendly humans as a pet.

Chimps are just like people. Occasionally you'll find one that's nice and cute, but the majority are nasty violent little fuckers.

i want a smaller monkey like a squirrel monkey
Aren't those the ones that can leap several feet and go straight for the eyes when angry?

Aren't those the ones that can leap several feet and go straight for the eyes when angry?

Nah, you're thinking of LG.

I am amazed people still try to get chimps for pets.

An adult male can pull your arm off and beat you with it and yet "oh I want Cheetah for a pet!"

Da linky!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/16/chimp.attack/index.html

now, now. if one is willing to take the proper care and take the responsibility... then a chimp can make a great pet. so can a cheetah or any other 'dangerious' animal.

I always wanted a large hunting cat for a pet... it can double as a watch dog!

but I know I can't give it the proper care.... which is why I don't even have a cat... :(

now, now. if one is willing to take the proper care and take the responsibility... then a chimp can make a great pet. so can a cheetah or any other 'dangerious' animal.

I always wanted a large hunting cat for a pet... it can double as a watch dog!

but I know I can't give it the proper care.... which is why I don't even have a cat... :(

Well actually in the movie industy when chimps become teenagers their usually shot,sold too companys that need to test out their latest beauty product or for medical experiments or if their really lucky allow to live their days out on a reserve. The reason for this is because when they become teenagers they become uncontrolable and can as stated in this thread cause a man great harm.