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The Japanese are also into fighting insects, although mostly with beetles. Pokemon is more understandable with this in mind as the idea of people collecting creatures to fight with other people's creatures is an extension of this.
Beetles? Hmm I never heard about that. Spiders, yes.. And they are huge :)
More animals should be kept as pets :)
If you genuinely love something, set it free. Or better yet, don't keep it captive in the first place. Live in harmony with the wildlife around you, don't force them to live with you.
More animals should be kept as pets :)
Should they, though? What gives us the right to own another animal and to entrap it in captivity? I have never understood this attitude. If you genuinely love something, set it free. Or better yet, don't keep it captive in the first place. Live in harmony with the wildlife around you, don't force them to live with you.
I meant, more people should explore the joys of companionship with a broader variety of species, if that makes sense.
More animals should be kept as pets :)
Should they, though? What gives us the right to own another animal and to entrap it in captivity? I have never understood this attitude. If you genuinely love something, set it free. Or better yet, don't keep it captive in the first place. Live in harmony with the wildlife around you, don't force them to live with you.
Born and raised in Northern China (2hrs drive from Beijing), my parents bought me crickets & taught me how to catch grasshoppers when I was in early school age. They have short lifespans, so they are quite affordable and low-maintenance pets for families who aren't yet sure about (or can't yet afford to) keep pets that lives for years (cats, dogs, ...). Plus, they teach young children lessons on caring, feeding, life…
I grew up in the South Eastern US, and bug and lizard cages were common educational toys. I used to catch grasshoppers, lizards, fireflies, and "June bugs" (Popillia japonica). One summer, there was a particularly bad outbreak of June bugs and if you shook a Japanese maple tree, the entire tree would empty of thousands of them in a dense cloud. Childhood summers were fun.
Didn’t most people keep stick insects (which aren’t quite crickets, but similar) as pets when they were kids? I thought that was a near universal experience for nerdy academic families, along with hatching frog spawn and having a chemistry set and causing minor explosions in the garage.
More animals should be kept as pets :)
Should they, though? What gives us the right to own another animal and to entrap it in captivity? I have never understood this attitude. If you genuinely love something, set it free. Or better yet, don't keep it captive in the first place. Live in harmony with the wildlife around you, don't force them to live with you.
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I grew up in the South Eastern US, and bug and lizard cages were common educational toys. I used to catch grasshoppers, lizards, fireflies, and "June bugs" (Popillia japonica). One summer, there was a particularly bad outbreak of June bugs and if you shook a Japanese maple tree, the entire tree would empty of thousands of them in a dense cloud. Childhood summers were fun.
I'm pretty convinced that June bugs are the dumbest insects on the planet.
There are so many "smart" insects with highly evolved predator avoidance. These are not those insects.
There's a good Judge Dee novel that incorporates pet crickets as a central plot ploy.
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Beetles? Hmm I never heard about that. Spiders, yes.. And they are huge :)
Beetles fighting things are all over youtube