I feel like bears is the most obvious answer. In this scenario it would have started thousands of years ago. We’d have dozens/hundreds of breeds with different shapes,sizes and characteristics. What do you think would be the most interesting/cool?
Raccoons are cool. They seem to be in the early stages of self-domestication, which is probably how we got cats.
They can be very cat like too. Super chill one minute, total asshats the next
I personally get freaked out by animals with human like hands.
I would love having a squirrel as pet. Unfortunately most squirrel types don’t do well in captivity because they are too anxious. I nursed a baby squirrel once as a volunteer and it would just sleep in my shirt pocket or bra and be the cutest little thing until it was old enough to start learning to be a wild squirrel.
I think I’m going to side with you on this one. They start out calm enough, simple feeding and housing requirements, they can’t hurt you as much as some of these larger animals, and most don’t seem to get too bad an attitude even as adults unless they’re cornered. Honestly my biggest problem would be them going to the bathroom everywhere and in places not readily accessible to clean. Eww.
Cats would be neat to get to that point.
Knowing the couple I have, impossible.
Cats
They think we make pretty good pets.
They domesticated us, not the other-way-'round, remember?
That’s a different question…
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Bats. Imagine having a friendly familiar. They could also be used to carry messages.
Dude I wish. Sadly bats are carriers for all kinds of diseases
Imagine having a friendly familiar.
Sister, why do you think we have cats?
I still think a fox is manageable. Cat software running on dog hardware seems…interesting
If you could miniaturize them I would totally take a house hippo
Pitbulls already exist
BEARS! Gahhhh they look so cuddly and cuuute.
Having a domesticated bird would be really cool, I think. Like a roadrunner or puffin. A kiwi? Imagine having a hummingbird ride in your front shirt pocket?
Giraffes of course.
Silly question.
Not domestication per se, but we should teach our ape cousins how to control fire and develop technology. Ascend, my brethren! Come and join your furless kin! Reach out your hands and grasp the tools that are your salvation! Reject the weakness of your flesh!
Foxes, Wombats, cats.
Hmm, I would say a monkey would be an obvious choice since they can manipulate objects and do all kinds of things, are also fluffy/cuddly, and there’s a potential for two-way communication. Possibly an ape, though it would be bigger–maybe too big and not as cute, and it could easily kill you if things don’t go well.
Lowland gorillas are the new pitbull.
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Salticids
Yeah but if they turned on you that would be fucking horrific
I like to think that jumping spiders could easily kill us with their bites, but they’re simply too sweet to even think about attacking us
This applies to my hypothetical giant spider puppies
Cobras
Red panda
