- pedz ( @pedz@lemmy.ca ) English40•2 months ago
Back in the middle of the 90ies, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were a big thing and my mother thought it would be a good idea to gift my sister and I, a pair of red-eared sliders. I kept mine for years and eventually my sister gave hers to me. So I kept two turtles for decades. I have been known as “the guy with turtles” since I’m a teenager now.
One of them just passed away this spring, after more than 27 years, and she was not that old for her species, in captivity. The other one is still alive behind me, basking under the UV light, and it could be alive for another decade. And I like Mittens (his name) but he’s taking a lot of space in my apartment. It’s obvious both of them would have had a better life outside, in nature, rather than in my sometimes depressive care.
Don’t gift animals.
- Baguette ( @Baguette@lemm.ee ) English8•2 months ago
I agree with not gifting animals, but it sounds like your turtles had a good life. 27 years is a long time and way longer than the life expectancy of a wild one
- Che Banana ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) English38•2 months ago
…slowly puts greenland shark back on the shelf
- Track_Shovel ( @Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ) English14•2 months ago
replaces immortal jellyfish
- Sphks ( @Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English22•2 months ago
Also lobsters. Lobsters can live for 100 years, but way less if gifted at Christmas.
- CosmicTurtle0 ( @CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English6•2 months ago
- Sphks ( @Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English3•2 months ago
Oh man. That’s great! I love the pace of these videos.
- perishthethought ( @perishthethought@lemm.ee ) English1•2 months ago
Same here, thanks @cosmic.
- MonkderVierte ( @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ) English4•2 months ago
Puppys too?
- linuxgator ( @user1234@lemmynsfw.com ) English2•2 months ago
Unless you’re Keith Richards, I don’t advise this as a pet.
- Emmie ( @Emmie@lemm.ee ) English2•2 months ago
I mean you can always make bbq
That’s the beauty of fish as pets, not only they are fun but also very nutritious
- Gloomy ( @Gloomy@mander.xyz ) English3•2 months ago
Well, cats and dogs are quite nutritious too, I suppose, so this realy goes for most pets.
- Emmie ( @Emmie@lemm.ee ) English4•2 months ago
Yes but they have hairs everywhere do you have any idea how hard it is to get rid of the fur?? You haven’t thought of the fur you bitch
- Gloomy ( @Gloomy@mander.xyz ) English3•2 months ago
You can cook em in hot water to losen the hair. It’s called scalding.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/dehairing L
- Emmie ( @Emmie@lemm.ee ) English1•2 months ago
I will remember it if my pet pisses me enough to turn it into a pie. I always joke that this day will come
- Steak ( @Steak@lemmy.ca ) English1•2 months ago
Maybe for my cats lmao. I’d be lucky to get 100 calories outta my tank
- Emmie ( @Emmie@lemm.ee ) English1•2 months ago
I have a pond where the bigger ones swim I don’t even know their species but they look tasty
- callyral [he/they] ( @callyral@pawb.social ) English1•2 months ago
christmas, just 152 days away
- Dudewitbow ( @Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip ) English1•2 months ago
id take it if the animal was meant for consumption and not as a pet