An animal can be inbred and still purebred. Many purebred dogs are inbred. Pugs, for one example. America's white tigers are crossbred with several tiger subspecies along with being inbred. To be honest when I clicked on this thread the title did make me think this was going to be a discussion on what animals you hate to see kept as pets... As for animal pet peeves, the previously mentioned ones about the annoying things that visitors do in zoos (hey, someone should make a thread about that!) all ring true for me. Also the normal calling apes, monkeys and so forth. ~Thylo
I think that's because it says 'Pet' Hate rather than 'Pet Hate'. However I'm sticking with my Pet Hat idea. The great thing about pet hats is that if you go away somewhere for thirty years you can just stick it in a box and it'll be fine until you get back. The only other pet you can do that with is a South American tortoise.
I don't dislike dogs or cats (I have a dog) but I'm not too fond of them, and I cannot stand breeders who just contaminate their lines a lot more via inbreeding and the like. I also cannot stand biased owners who see other animals as "inferior" compared to what they fall their "fur-babies", because if anyone says otherwise they'll go berserk. I also am not a fan of the "designer morphs" reptiles and other animals out there, it's pretty ridiculous how there's ball pythons worth around 10 grand for its colors when I can buy a normal ball python for just 20-30 dollars. Don't forget the "fancy" deformities some animals have and goldfish are unlucky victims of them. Bubble-eyes, Celestials, Pearlscales, I cannot do anything but pity the poor animals. I also cannot stand improper pet care and the myths that surround pet-keeping. I worked at a pet store and some stuff I heard made my insides cringe. Bettas languishing in bowls, birds fed with a seed-only diet, I could go on. Don't forget the many products out there meant to "keep your pets happy" when a lot of them can actually kill them.
Supposed 'educators' who do displays and handling sessions ect. with animals, yet repeatedly spread misinformation and incorrect 'facts' about their animals. It happens far too often, and people are much more likely to believe something said by such an 'expert'. If the information you are giving out is not 100% factual, do not brand yourself educational.
that particular example is one of my pet hates too - er, pet "pet hates", whatever. The idiotic justification that "they live in puddles in the wild" or "they feel safer in a jar". And in a similar vein, the "goldfish only have a [insert number here]-second memory" myth to justify keeping them in little bowls.
best (/worst) one I've ever heard from someone in a pet shop is, "They live in the wild without all this UV equipment, so it's not really necessary."
When someone calls a lion a tiger or vise versa, or a antelope a deer or vise versa, they look completely different, how are people getting these animals mixed up? The other thing I hate is when people buy pets without doing any research, especially when they are really surprised it died two days after they got it.
I do handling sessions at events with my reptiles, and the most frequently heard misidentifications are; -Referring to any lizard larger than a gecko as an iguana -Calling a gecko a salamander -Thinking any snake larger than the average corn snake is a python However, what really peeves me are people who, after talking to me, being corrected, and learning about the animal, go back to referring to the animal incorrectly immediately afterwards....!
"Isn't that snake POISONOUS? If it's not it'll constrict you to death!!!!" *insert small, harmless snake species here*
Let's not forget the number of people who's friends have been measured up by their pet python because it was trying to eat them... But I suppose there's no point in animal educators if some people don't need educating on animals
Having pet reptiles at home I feel your pain xD Pretty sure that dog across the street's more likely going to attack you for some strange reason than a python would
I remember visitors looking at a large group of house mice in London Zoo's Moonlight World. Someone looked at the label and said the animals were elephant shrews.
