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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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[-] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

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

[-] TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Cassowary. Giant dinosaur bird that will lunge at you get first with razor sharp talons. But looks cool and prehistoric. One of the few creatures that terrify zoo keepers as they are smart enough to be evil but not smart enough to be tamed

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

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@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

if dolphins could survive on freshwater

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

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months 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.

[-] Eczpurt@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Platypus would be cool, or African land snails

[-] FarraigePlaisteach@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

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

[-] MxRemy@lemmy.one 4 points 11 months ago

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

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[-] MxRemy@lemmy.one 3 points 11 months ago

That was incredibly strange, but it only slightly tarnished the reputation of giant land snails for me 😌

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[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 4 points 11 months ago

Tarantulas. We don't have any.

[-] Papanca@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

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

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[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

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

[-] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago

red pandas.

also pandas.

samoyeds too.

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

[-] tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 11 months ago

Nutrias. Oh wait, they're already here!

[-] platypuspup@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Hedgehogs. Damn cute and eat slugs and snails.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Papanca@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

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

[-] ThatFembyWho 1 points 11 months ago
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