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(Running from stupidity) #223

I guess it’s just Australia. All our animals would rather kill you than be patted.

(Jessica) #224

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#225

OMG! I so want a goat!!! My bf says no ::frowning:

Those little kids are cute

(Carissa JB) #226

This is little Joan when we first got her in the beginning of August. Someone threw her out of a car in front of my neighbors house and he knocked on my door because I’m the neighborhood cat lady.

 Her name was going to be Johanna like the Bob Dylan song 'Visions Of Johanna' but we thought Joan was easier for her and she learned it right away ☺. We adore her!

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#227

Oh my god, I totally need to step away from my computer and stop taking over this thread, but GOATS!!! Pygmy goats, or are those just kids? I love goats so much. Now I’m seriously jealous.

A charm unto itself, the animal that would just rather kill you. Gotta respect that. :smile: I think it’s a cruel trick of the universe that some of the most huggable-looking animals (like polar bears) are very non-huggable. Are koala bears like that? Because they look huggable too.

(Carissa JB) #228

Oh my goodness! How adorable :blush:

(Jessica) #229

Those are Nigerian Dwarf/Pygmy mixes, but they’re also only a couple weeks old in that picture.

(Running from stupidity) #230

First, they’re not bears, they’re just koalas :slight_smile:

Second, no, they’re not dangerous, that’s the drop-bear (pic below). Koalas sleep almost the entire day, but they WILL piss all over you when held, even if you’re visiting royalty doing a photo-op.

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(Doug) #231

:smile:

(Running from stupidity) #232

Just realised that the drop-bear works well in the original spirit of this thread :slight_smile:

(TJ Borden) #233

They look so cute… and delicious, at the same time.

(Running from stupidity) #234

Most of them have chlamydia, so maybe not :slight_smile:

(TJ Borden) #235

The goats?

(Running from stupidity) #237

Oh, I didn’t realise you were talking about the goats. Being you, I assumed you were wanting to eat koalas.

(Heather~KWOL for life!) #238

:joy::joy::joy: I just found that a hilarious reply @Gaff LOL

#239

I had no idea! Clearly I’m no zoo vet. :smile: But glad to know! That Wikipedia entry is pretty hilarious.

My favorite Australian animal is the fruit bat, the flying foxes. I know they spread disease and stuff, but they are adorable and pretty darn smart. I interned at a zoo (that had no koalas LOL) for a little while, and I fell in love with those little guys. So highly trainable!

Also, my dog looks like an Australian kelpie. It’s a breed we don’t see around here, but one of my classmates ended up working in Melbourne and confirmed for me that kelpies also act a lot like my dog (don’t appreciate being handled by strangers, high anxiety, etc.)

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(Jessica) #240

My husband says they’re our emergency food backup.

They have names…we’ll eat the chickens first.

#241

You didn’t name the chickens? You should post pictures, we’ll name them for you. :smile:

(Jessica) #242

I named the first batch. I cried so hard when 2 were killed I couldn’t name future batches.

#243

Oh yeah, I get that. If you are using them for meat, I totally get it.