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Environment be damned or don't be damned. Because you like them or because you don't like your neighbors ... what animals would you like to see locally that are not there ?

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[–] roastpotatothief@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

polar bears. it's the only animal that likes to eat people. daily life is just too safe and dull.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can confirm ... and once they know what a human is, that it is tasty, that it is weak, that it is vulnerable without weapons .. it will chase after people like a dog chasing squirrels.

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[–] themeatbridge@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

If they could cut down on the deer population, too, that would be nice.

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Without taking into account the environmental impact and viability: Sicilian dwarf elephants. Come on, 1m short elephants, hairier (i.e. fluffier) than their African and Asian counterparts? I want it!

Bonus points: capybaras are native where I live, and a common occurrence in parks. Now imagine those small elephants, plus some capybaras: chilling under the grey sky, taking a bath in the lake in warmer days, gathering together in colder days... come on, it's cuteness overload!

[–] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t understand why everything and everyone in the Mediterranean area (read: south Italy) is so hairy lol

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[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would love to have a pet capybara, so a local source of wild capybaras would be cool. Also some orangutans. I'm in Utah, so it should probably be fine.

search up CBT (capybara therapy).

[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would be awesome to get woolly mammoths back in the Alps.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 year ago

If we are going with de-extinction, then the Haast Eagle. NZ is really far too safe, we need a genuine predator to keep us on our toes.

[–] AlexanderESmith@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Squirrels.

Grew up in Chicago, currently in Phoenix. I miss squirrels.

All the lizards are pretty cool though. They're like desert squirrels.

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[–] wasabi@lemmings.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Capybaras! They are so chill

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

Guinea Bigs

[–] Landsharkgun@midwest.social 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Minnesota... bison. Because it was their native habitat before we killed them all, and because watching jackasses in cars trying to negotiate with 1500lb bison everywhere would be hilarious.

Agreed, also I don't think there's enough here to fuck around and find out with. The scariest animal I've had to deal with up here is my neighbors always angry papillon getting loose. There's a thrill about seeing an enormous reptile staring lazily at you from an apartment retention pond, I bet bison would be fun too.

I just moved from a place with raccoons to somewhere without them and I miss them. So raccoons. They're funny as fuck.

Brontosaurus

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Fireflies. I could sit on a porch watching fireflies every night of my life

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[–] TheFlopster@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Zebras seem cool. I don't think Texas has any zebras. They can hang out with the horses...? (Idk if they actually get along.)

And giraffes! I want a giraffe to come hang out in my yard and eat some tall leaves.

[–] H4mi@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hey now, it can't be that black and white

[–] sadbehr@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago

I've driven past Zebras and Giraffes (and more) in Africa and it's absolutely beautiful watching those creatures chilling just doing what they do.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

None. We're still dealing with many other instances of people thinking it's a good idea...

[–] lauha@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago

OP specified that it's hypothetical and you can choose to ignore the consequences if you choose.

[–] bestusername@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] Mossheart@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago

Leopards. There's some faces that need eating here.

[–] Treevan@aussie.zone 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Beaver. Always beaver.

Australia is mostly degraded, channelised shallow creeks and erosion problems. Bam, beaver does all the work for us.

Can beavers survive in the subtropics?

I believe so. I think there was a big thing about European settlers introducing beavers to Peru or northern Chile and causing ecological havoc

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[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Giant ground sloths

[–] fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago
[–] DieguiTux8623@feddit.it 12 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Needless to say, raccoons (in Southern Europe).

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[–] Toribor@corndog.social 11 points 1 year ago

Kangaroo. I'm sure they'd thrive and be a pain in the ass but they look cool.

Monkeys. Several species, but specifically pygmy marmosets. What I really want is Borrowers, but since the scientific community refuses to focus research on the actually important things, it feels unlikely in my lifetime. So pygmy marmosets. I want to walk onto my porch, and a troop of teeny little monkeys is chilling out there, living their best lives.

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hedgehogs. They're hilarious

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[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pangolins! I'm not sure how well they'd survive in Texas, but if they find fire ants tasty, they might be able to make a dent in the population (they're invasive themselves). Also, being present on another continent might help ensure their survival, especially the species currently critically endangered.

Edit: if they don't have to be extant, then troodontids! They were supposedly smart little raptors. I bet they'd make great pets c:

[–] lauha@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We don't have enough apes in northern europe

[–] oo1@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

. . . enough species of apes.
There's way more than enough individual apes - at least in my shitty parrt of N. Europe.

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 8 points 1 year ago

Tyrannosaurus rex

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 8 points 1 year ago

Am from tropical zone so stumble upon capybara will be nice. Though we already have tapir and that creature is rare as heck.

Here in RI, I will take some of those Japanese Snow Monkeys, and a bunch of Tanuki as well.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Koalas. Or maybe sloths. I’d love to see either climbing the trees when I go to the park.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Drop bears though

[–] Vej@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Easy, I'm on vacation around the New Jersey area. Release the Candiru fish. Use your fucking turn signals ass hats.

[–] kurgal@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They've been there since 2013, haven't you noticed?

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 8 points 1 year ago

Is that why i keep feeling my chair is staring at me?

[–] Promethilaus@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Gimme da Red Panda

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

They're not anywhere near my favorite animal, but if dolphins could survive in freshwater, it would be interesting to hear about all the interactions people have with them near me considering people have re-learned they have a language, even if it's more like 50,000-BCE-human-levels of communication. If any were integrated, I wouldn't mind going the extra mile to treat them as anyone else and anticipate them showing up.

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