Lean on me (but not too close!)

Adrian_Scope
Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,558 Online Community Programme Lead
edited March 2020 in Coffee lounge

Emotional support animals tend to be pets such as cats and dogs but they can also be unlikely animals such as squirrels (although more unusual animals don’t always go down well). But one man has revealed he finds comfort in his pet alligator. Joie Henney, from Pennsylvania, U.S, has a five-foot, 60lb federally-licensed emotional support alligator. And it’s not the only reptile Joie lives with. The 65-year-old’s house boasts a variety of reptiles, ranging from bearded dragons to ball pythons. The one that steals the show, however, is four-year-old Wally, who has a special place in Joie’s heart. While most of us might be scared to go near an alligator, Joie insists the animal is super friendly and loves giving hugs and kisses.

Source: Metro

I don't think many will be rushing out any time soon for a cuddle with a gator, but if emotional support cats and dogs weren't available, what animal would you like to have instead?

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  • laura222
    laura222 Community member Posts: 82 Empowering
    Probably a puffin. I love their proud chests and innocent looks!
  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,558 Online Community Programme Lead
    That's not one I was expecting! I suppose they do look quite docile.
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Community member Posts: 14,985 Championing
    I’m not really an animal person but I would like a bear!! I’m not sure how tameable they would be but if someone has managed to tame an alligator then I guess anything is possible!!
  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,558 Online Community Programme Lead
    I hate to be the bearer of bad news @66Mustang, but I think he's taken.

    A brown bear partially laying on a man
  • laura222
    laura222 Community member Posts: 82 Empowering
    What a simultaneously adorable but terrifying-looking hug!
  • laura222
    laura222 Community member Posts: 82 Empowering
    Wait, wait, wait! I'd like to add an additional animal to my 'dream team': a capybara. They're so chill!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKL7vyiQuns
  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,558 Online Community Programme Lead
    They look like giant guinea pigs @laura222!
  • Chloe_Scope
    Chloe_Scope Scope Posts: 10,511 Championing
    I love capybara's @laura222!! 

    Although, my animal of choice would have to be a ring tailed lemur or a chinchilla.  
  • deb74
    deb74 Community member Posts: 814 Pioneering
    Hi Chloe_Scope. Great minds think alike I would also choose a chinchilla. They are so cute!
  • JakeJones_98
    JakeJones_98 Community member Posts: 8 Contributor
    I did see a picture of a baby being hugged by a pitbull yesterday with its paw around them. Thought it was adorable 
  • Chloe_Scope
    Chloe_Scope Scope Posts: 10,511 Championing
    deb74 said:
    Hi Chloe_Scope. Great minds think alike I would also choose a chinchilla. They are so cute!
    They really are @deb74! Have you ever had one? When I was younger we had 2.  <3
  • deb74
    deb74 Community member Posts: 814 Pioneering
    Hi Chloe_Scope. I have never had a chinchilla. When I was a kid I always had rabbits! 
  • Chloe_Scope
    Chloe_Scope Scope Posts: 10,511 Championing
    Aww rabbits are really cute @deb74!
  • deb74
    deb74 Community member Posts: 814 Pioneering
    I know Chloe_Scope. I had all sorts of breeds of rabbits including 2 chocolate rex a Dutch lop eared and an English lop eared. I was obsessed with rabbits when I was a kid!
  • Richard_Scope
    Richard_Scope Posts: 3,638 Cerebral Palsy Network
    Mine would have to be my spirit animal. The three-toed sloth.
  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,558 Online Community Programme Lead
    Mine'd be a camel, because like me he'd have a permanent hump.

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