A pet for Arch

[wafflycat]

 

[TheDoctor]

Why would Arch want a yellow dog?
*confused*

 

[Renard]

An unseen still from the last Lassie film?

 

[Arch]

Why would Arch want a yellow dog?
*confused*

In the absence of a car, it would be something for my baby elephant to do, throwing sticks for it....

Cool picture, Waffles!

 

[Riverman]

Would certainly be interesting having a pet elephant. Would be fun taking it out for a walk, not so sure I'd want it in the living room though or be woken up by it.

 

[Davidc]

Would certainly be interesting having a pet elephant. Would be fun taking it out for a walk, not so sure I'd want it in the living room though or be woken up by it.

You'd need a JCB as a poop scoop, and one of those garden rubbish carriers to put it in.

Don't worry about it being in the living room, the trouble starts when it wants to sleep on the end of your bed.

 

[downfader]

No. The trouble starts if its a male and goes into musk!

 

[Arch]

Musth...

However you spell it, you're right, it's going to be expensive in crockery, windows, walls....

You know, before the last Ice Age, there were dwarf elephants, living on various Mediterranean islands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_elephant

I want!

I might have to make do with a pygmy elephant instead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_elephant

It ought to be possible to breed elephants down to pet size, just as dogs have been reduced to chihuahuas - the main problem is the long gestation period, so it would take centuries...

 

[TheDoctor]

Whilst I *love* the idea of an elephant the size of a labrador, I can't help thinking it's something of a long term project.
I mean, we domesticated wolves around 15 000 years ago, so I'd guess it would take 50 000 years or more to breed tiny elephants.
Genetic engineering might be the way to go here.

 

[Keith Oates]

Stay with the Red one Arch, at least it doesn't need feeding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ufkacbln]

Would certainly be interesting having a pet elephant. Would be fun taking it out for a walk, not so sure I'd want it in the living room though or be woken up by it.

Question is would an elephant in the room act as "an elephant in the room"

 

[Arch]

Stay with the Red one Arch, at least it doesn't need feeding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

Good point, it would cost a fortune in buns.