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[blunder1983]

Well I cant get furry pets as I'm allergic to hair, but I thought a terrapin might be pretty cute.

I know NOTHING about them tho. Anyone own one at any point in time?Do they grow big? Do they enjoy company? Do they need a lid on their cage?

[ed4444]

They love eating chicken. Not sure if it is good for them though.

[KiteOperations]

Pros
a. no hair
b. less smell
c. they like to being alone
d. no need special care

Cons
a. quite expensive(terrapin kinds) more than 200K
b. they like to being alone
c. it's not a dog. no emotional connection.
d. they sleep all day. it's boring.

they eat corn, lettuce, fruit, meat and anything you eat.
and they need sunbathing.


i'm also allergic to hair.
how about african pigmy hedgehog? real cutesy.

[Picture Perfect]

[Hyeon Een]

Near where I was living until recently was one of those shops full of pressure cookers where they cook up roots and herbs, and also cats and fish for health drinks. Actually I never saw the cats, but my korean friend assured me they like to drink cats for health purposes, and they get cooked up in those places. Anyway, outside this pressure-cooker filled shop they kept their fish in a big plastic tub (no aquarium for these guys, unlike the restaurants). They were those black ones that are fairly long and quite thin (but a lot chunkier than eels).

The thing was, very occasionaly there weren't fish in the tub. There were other things. One day I walked past and it was full of these bright green sea (presumably) snakes, thrashing around. I was tempted to put my hand in to see if they'd bite and if they were poisononus.. but.. I thought better of it. (Kind of like the way you like to touch red things to see if they are really that hot..) A few months after the snakes I walked past and it was full of terrapins. Or they might have been baby turtles or something I guess.. but they were small and had shells and.. looked terrapin or turtleish. Unfortunately they'd been cooked up and tonic-ized by the next day though. Anyway, if you want a cheap terrapin, I suggest strolling past these kind of shops, and if they have a tub outside full of terrapins.. help yourself. They'll only get pressure-cooked and drunk otherwise.

-HE

PS. Any oriental medicine specialists out there who can tell me the specific benefits of cats, sea-snakes and turtles as a health tonic?

[death from above]

prolly helps the libido yo

[Dodgy Al]

Anyone else have info about terrapins?

[Ya-ta Boy]

Cat soup is good for people with bad backs. The limberness (limbertood/limberarity/limberosity?) is transfered to the ailing person's back. According to an ex-student, it's important the cat be alive when it is dropped in the boiling water.

[Dodgy Al]

I guess they don't use the cats that get squished into pint glasses then.

That's nice! But what about the terrapins? Blunder1983, did you end up getting any?