>>323091
>*gave (you faggot) (cute cat btw)
no, it was definitely gifted.
taking your chide in good humor as was intended tho-
Yeah, Octopuses,(Octopi-both are correct,) would be very cool. I do however agree with your stance that "Pets" as a concept is a modern contrivance.
Animal husbandry for work and food is very different than today's "Animals as accessories to my identity" and past the age of 12, I've always considered my animal companions as familiars, as opposed to "Pets"
While I have the 2 sisters that I rescued from becoming Kittencicles years ago, I also have hundreds of other animal friends with whom I am familliar, but claim no ownership.
for example:
I will occasionally build frames for spiders to web on, as they keep the mosquitoes and other pest insects knocked way down. I also tend several birdhouses and batboxes, along with feeders and baths.
None of those are pets, but many of them know me and I have just as much interaction with them as a hamster or gerbil owner would.
Animals do this as well.
the sister kot of the pic I posted(the rare AI one,) was being harassed by a local Tom who I named "Romeo the Rapist"
She had some kind of deal with the local crows where she'd catch moles and chipmunks, and leave them for them, and to my surprise, any time the Tom tried to come around, a murder of 5 would attack him mercilessly.
It was crazy to watch, and Tabbi would just sit on a fencepost and watch them beat the shit out of him with a really funny look on her face.
He's been MIA for almost 2 years now,(the Tomkot.)
Spiders...
I have a special relationship with spiders.
Since I was 5.
https://youtu.be/kRQMOF5c2Z8