polar bears. it's the only animal that likes to eat people. daily life is just too safe and dull.
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Can confirm ... and once they know what a human is, that it is tasty, that it is weak, that it is vulnerable without weapons .. it will chase after people like a dog chasing squirrels.
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Without taking into account the environmental impact and viability: Sicilian dwarf elephants. Come on, 1m short elephants, hairier (i.e. fluffier) than their African and Asian counterparts? I want it!
Bonus points: capybaras are native where I live, and a common occurrence in parks. Now imagine those small elephants, plus some capybaras: chilling under the grey sky, taking a bath in the lake in warmer days, gathering together in colder days... come on, it's cuteness overload!
I donβt understand why everything and everyone in the Mediterranean area (read: south Italy) is so hairy lol
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I would love to have a pet capybara, so a local source of wild capybaras would be cool. Also some orangutans. I'm in Utah, so it should probably be fine.
search up CBT (capybara therapy).
It would be awesome to get woolly mammoths back in the Alps.
If we are going with de-extinction, then the Haast Eagle. NZ is really far too safe, we need a genuine predator to keep us on our toes.
Squirrels.
Grew up in Chicago, currently in Phoenix. I miss squirrels.
All the lizards are pretty cool though. They're like desert squirrels.
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Capybaras! They are so chill
Guinea Bigs
Brontosaurus
Fireflies. I could sit on a porch watching fireflies every night of my life
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Zebras seem cool. I don't think Texas has any zebras. They can hang out with the horses...? (Idk if they actually get along.)
And giraffes! I want a giraffe to come hang out in my yard and eat some tall leaves.
Zebras are evil though
Hey now, it can't be that black and white
I've driven past Zebras and Giraffes (and more) in Africa and it's absolutely beautiful watching those creatures chilling just doing what they do.
In Minnesota... bison. Because it was their native habitat before we killed them all, and because watching jackasses in cars trying to negotiate with 1500lb bison everywhere would be hilarious.
Agreed, also I don't think there's enough here to fuck around and find out with. The scariest animal I've had to deal with up here is my neighbors always angry papillon getting loose. There's a thrill about seeing an enormous reptile staring lazily at you from an apartment retention pond, I bet bison would be fun too.
Leopards. There's some faces that need eating here.
None. We're still dealing with many other instances of people thinking it's a good idea...
OP specified that it's hypothetical and you can choose to ignore the consequences if you choose.
I just moved from a place with raccoons to somewhere without them and I miss them. So raccoons. They're funny as fuck.
Giant ground sloths
capybara
Kangaroo. I'm sure they'd thrive and be a pain in the ass but they look cool.
Monkeys. Several species, but specifically pygmy marmosets. What I really want is Borrowers, but since the scientific community refuses to focus research on the actually important things, it feels unlikely in my lifetime. So pygmy marmosets. I want to walk onto my porch, and a troop of teeny little monkeys is chilling out there, living their best lives.
Needless to say, raccoons (in Southern Europe).
Pangolins! I'm not sure how well they'd survive in Texas, but if they find fire ants tasty, they might be able to make a dent in the population (they're invasive themselves). Also, being present on another continent might help ensure their survival, especially the species currently critically endangered.
Edit: if they don't have to be extant, then troodontids! They were supposedly smart little raptors. I bet they'd make great pets c:
We don't have enough apes in northern europe
. . . enough species of apes.
There's way more than enough individual apes - at least in my shitty parrt of N. Europe.
Here in RI, I will take some of those Japanese Snow Monkeys, and a bunch of Tanuki as well.
Tyrannosaurus rex
Koalas. Or maybe sloths. Iβd love to see either climbing the trees when I go to the park.
Drop bears though
Gimme da Red Panda
Chameleon
They've been there since 2013, haven't you noticed?
Is that why i keep feeling my chair is staring at me?
Am from tropical zone so stumble upon capybara will be nice. Though we already have tapir and that creature is rare as heck.
Easy, I'm on vacation around the New Jersey area. Release the Candiru fish. Use your fucking turn signals ass hats.
Polar bears. It would be hilarious.
Kukaburra, what a great call. Second only to the haunting loon call.
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