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Re: Emotional Support Animals

Postby cmsellers » Mon Jun 12, 2017 5:39 pm

iMURDAu wrote:But after 5 minutes or less of research I'm thinking a support gharial would be ideal but I'd like a flock of them and I don't have the kind of land to support even one.

Gharials are harmless eaters of fish. What you want is a false gharial, which according to one of the zookeepers at the San Antonio Zoo is the meanest, orneriest, most aggressive species of crocodilian she's ever worked with.
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Re: Emotional Support Animals

Postby iMURDAu » Mon Jun 12, 2017 5:46 pm

I'm not trying to have to satisfy the craving for human flesh.

You know what? I think I'll get a gharial, tag it, and let it loose in the Potomac. The thought of that is comfort enough.
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Re: Emotional Support Animals

Postby sunglasses » Mon Jun 12, 2017 6:55 pm

the non-native snakefish would probably eat it.

You know what?


Do eeet.
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Re: Emotional Support Animals

Postby Anglerphobe » Mon Jun 12, 2017 7:40 pm

Electric eel.
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Re: Emotional Support Animals

Postby SandTea » Mon Jun 12, 2017 7:59 pm

If we're going for disturbance, I can think of nothing funnier than a hippo. What i wouldn't give to watch a hippo stroll into a fancy restaurant and...

(fart/poop. nsfw?)
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Re: Emotional Support Animals

Postby D-LOGAN » Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:30 pm

cmsellers wrote:Gharials are harmless eaters of fish.


I'm guessing those fish would have a problem with the first half of that sentence.
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Re: Emotional Support Animals

Postby iMURDAu » Tue Jul 04, 2017 1:43 am

WaPo article about support animals.

The people in the article who are pro-support animal sure do make great cases for pet ownership. I'm not sure why people need to bring their pets everywhere though. Oh that's right, they want to. Emotional support imo should be needed if you're having idk quantifiable emotional issues. Like depression or PTSD or something trauma related. Not just "dogs r kewl n fuzzy so I want my untrained pitbull all up in everyone's face when I go places" issues.
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Re: Emotional Support Animals

Postby Kate » Tue Jul 04, 2017 11:51 pm

I can actually see an argument for a support animal of any variety to fly in the cabin of a plane: the cargo hold is dangerous. Animals die in cargo holds all the time. If I need my emotional support cat to function and my mother is dying in California and I live in Maryland, even if I can get through the plane ride without the help (flying is, after all, highly stressful for a lot of people) I will need my cat in California. Preferably alive. The same goes with a monkey; yes, flight attendants may be excellent at doing everything my monkey normally does for me, but I will need my service animal to be alive and not traumatized by the end of the flight.

I probably won't ever fly with my cat because though I probably could get her certified as an emotional support animal, people can be highly allergic and my need to travel by plane is not more important than anyone else's. But I can see why someone who is fully dependant on a support animal could face a situation where it is either fly with animal on lap or don’t go at all.
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Re: Emotional Support Animals

Postby NathanLoiselle » Wed Jul 05, 2017 12:41 am

So what you're saying, Kate, is that I should buy a seat for my emotional support Mastodon?
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