henchminion ([info]henchminion) wrote,
@ 2007-11-21 20:40:00
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On monkeys
Monkeys show up quite often as pets in the Middle Ages. I wonder why they're no longer popular? Are they hard to housetrain?


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[info]professorjulia
2007-11-22 01:15 pm UTC (link)
Maybe it's the sharp teeth/possible diseases thing...?

It's nice to see, though, that the popularity of "teeny little dogs fashionable women can carry inside their sleeves" hasn't suffered.

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[info]double0hilly
2007-11-22 08:16 pm UTC (link)
My aunt had a monkey. Her name was Harriet. She was evil and would steal things and scream constantly. I hate monkeys.

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[info]henchminion
2007-11-22 08:27 pm UTC (link)
Hmm, I guess that counts as "hard to housetrain".

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[info]earthapple
2007-11-22 09:04 pm UTC (link)
a friend of my cousin had a pet monkey, I was introduced to it on a visit once when I was around 10 or so. The monkey lived in a huge cage in the lower living level of this house down in TO. It sat in it's 'tree' eating various fruits and staring out of the cage at me. It would scream and jump suddenly against the bars making them rattle and this caused it's human to laugh indulgently and ask if anyone wanted to hold him. He had long nails and a penchant for stealing things and pulling people's hair. My cousin thought I'd enjoy the visit. I was terrified. Monkeys require an intense amount of indulgence, stimulus and affection, as much as a child. They are too smart and communication isn't as easy as it is with young offspring, so I imagine this is why they are no longer popular pets. And they're expensive. And they thrown their own feces. Yeah.

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