^lmao XD

yass thats kind of a myth modern cats are utterly useless when it comes to pests (well my cat will eat a spider every now and then) when compared to dogs theyr far less effective unless aboard a ship or in a barn on the other hand domesticating them has led to the extinction of many bird species now cat domestication to my personal feelings was a good thing cause i love them, but environmentally its a bad thing (also toxoplasmosis) what i ment were the exotic animals, like many, many reptiles simply do not enjoy human contact and many humans do not treat them as they should be treated many collectors and breeders keep them in small plastic drawers with little to no enrichment on newspaper because "sneks are happiest in dark places where they can lay" if your going to have an exotic animal i think its unethical to not give them the most enrichment as possible (preferably in bioactive vivariums) personally, my theory is that animals like humans is because humans care for them like parents, and so they have a parental attachment to humans (like how cats will kneed on humans when theyr happy as they do with their mothers) and reptiles many times do not bond with parental figures just a theory, though i have seen monitors that enjoy the company of humans and like petting though, so who the shit knows

Welcome. Hope you find what you seek. I too dont have many otaku friends as well and have found this site maybe a few months? So, good luck.