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george lastrapes's avatar

Owls even when totally wild can be oddly unafraid of humans. When they were still in my care, they loved to look me in the eye, be stroked, go to sleep perched on my shoulder. The one who stuck around (I like to think the other settled elsewhere, territorial thing, maybe)- he would tap at my kitchen window 'til I'd come out with a treat, then stay for a bit, but he was a grown-up and not so affectionate. (But check out, on Youtube: Malay eagle-owl evil or cute?)I named my little guys Kto and Kogo, after Lenin's question, "Kto kogo?" literally, "Who whom" meaning something like "Who will do, and who done to?" Hoo and Hoom for short. Though they didn't hoot, or screech; they sounded more like a rusty hinge.The little bug-eating bats don't make pets, exactly, but build a roost and they will come. Fruit bats, however, can be tamed. They will light on you and eat figs from your fingers- so I hear. But house pet, not so much.

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SDGeoff3's avatar

Everyone knows it.

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