Oook where do I have to go to legally own a paleosuchus palpebrosus? (dwarf caiman)

[Minkness]

I think it was more of a comparison to different behaviors and personality not an actual comparison of social being.

So sating a carpet python has a tendency to nip, would be the same as saying so do dachshunds.

Saying a BP is chill would to say that a golden retriever makes a good family dog.

Or, saying that a responsible owner who has a known nippy snake will yake certain precautions to prevent the snake nipping a child. As should a dog owner, ect.

[Jrich]

Originally Posted by Minkness

I think it was more of a comparison to different behaviors and personality not an actual comparison of social being.

So sating a carpet python has a tendency to nip, would be the same as saying so do dachshunds.

Saying a BP is chill would to say that a golden retriever makes a good family dog.

Or, saying that a responsible owner who has a known nippy snake will yake certain precautions to prevent the snake nipping a child. As should a dog owner, ect.

This is exactly what I was getting at. The reason why there are breeds of any kind of animal is because they have certain characteristics(physical/behavioral) that set them apart, they were bred for something specific. Retrievers retrieve, pointers point, bloodhounds for their incredible nose and pitbulls for baiting animals much larger and for fighting(not the case nowadays thank goodness but that doesn't mean the traits disappear). Yes there are many individuals that deviate from the norm but I won't ignore statistics and maybe pitbulls more than any other breed do end up in the wrong hands. Bad people or gangs wanting the big bad dog in town. To reiterate I do not advocate a ban on pits, I do not hate pit bulls but I really think they are dogs that require extra attention by responsible owners. It makes me happy to see them in loving homes living life the way they should. We could go round and round in circles on this and bring up the great conversation of nature vs nurture and what's above and beyond a dogs cognitive ability but really in the end it's something that man has done. Anyways, back to reptiles, I think they are way cooler.