Answer a Question with a Question...

[StarSong]

Isn't it because, as with infant humans, their eyes are disproportionately large?

 

[Kaila]

Wouldn't that, like humans, be one of the multiple reasons?

 

[StarSong]

Who can turn away from (most) cuddly baby mammals?

 

[Rosemarie]

Why do we prefer animals which are furry?

 

[StarSong]

Aren't most mammals furry or hairy?

 

[Rosemarie]

Is it because we get the urge to cuddle them?

 

[StarSong]

Is what because we get the urge to cuddle them?

 

[Rosemarie]

Why do some people prefer reptiles as pets?

 

[hollydolly]

Would you ever have a reptile as a pet ?

 

[Gemma]

Would a reptile be happy becoming someone's pet?

 

[StarSong]

Are reptiles capable of emotions like happiness or are they guided strictly by instinct?

 

[Rosemarie]

Isn't it rather arrogant to think only humans feel emotion, when it's obvious that many other animals do?

 

[Kaila]

Would having fur or not, indicate whether an animal feels emotions?

 

[StarSong]

Aren't reptiles considered to be far lower on the evolutionary scale than mammals, most of which exhibit a lot of social (perhaps emotional) behavior?

 

[hollydolly]

Have you ever had a reptile as a pet ?

 

[StarSong]

Yes, they weren't pets I sought out. Back in the early 90s a friend had AIDS. He had a little water lizard that he could no longer keep because of the salmonella danger and he asked if my family would take it, so we did. My sons also had little red-eared water turtles. Eventually gave the last one away. Since the turtles and the lizard had zero interaction with the family they were worthless as pets, but if we turned them out into the wild they'd have surely died. We were responsible for their lives which is why we cared for them.

Would you ever had a pet snake?

 

[hollydolly]

Why would anyone want a snake locked up in a tank ?

 

[Rosemarie]

Could you really bring yourself to feed another creature to a snake?

 

[Rosemarie]

If you encountered a snake while out walking, how would you deal with it?

 

[hollydolly]

would you ignore it and walk the other way as I do with the occasional grass snakes we have here ?

 

[mike4lorie]

are grass snakes there not as harmful as they are here?

 

[StarSong]

How are grass snakes harmful?

 

[hollydolly]

Didn't you know grass snakes are not harmful ?

 

[StarSong]

Isn't Mike4Lorie suggesting that some are?

 

[Rosemarie]

Doesn't it sound as though American grass snakes are different from English ones?