Indeed, goldfish are considered pets. Also, pet rock 0.o they don't form bonds.! Lol, couldn't resist. BRhaco- The definition of domesticated never referred to it HAVING to take thousands of generations. You're just making definitions up. A pet is a domesticated animal, and a domesticated animal is something that has been converted for "use" in a home. Taming them alone should make them domesticated, because they are being changed, and acclimated to humans. We keep and breed them, which in itself makes them domesticated. You're definition of pet is completely skewed, a pet isn't just something that forms a mutual bond with somebody. You hear of dogs and cats running away from home? Most of them wouldn't come back if you didn't find them, so saying reptiles aren't pets just because they would run away and not come back also implies that dogs, cats, birds, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, rabbits, and a whole load of other animals aren't pets as well, which simply put, would make a lot of people mad. I have more to say, but i'll let you respond to this first.
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-Jacob



Why do people say .02 cents??? So, what, your opinion is only worth a 50th of a cent?

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