On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 06:37:36PM -0800, Philip Hart wrote: > I resist the pet idea for Ds - imagine getting a dog knowing it would > live not 8 years but say 8/40 years = five months. People keep pet rats, mice, crickets, and fish. Short life is not a barrier. It may change the dynamic, but people can keep one cuddly (or pretty) creature after another. As for pets on Earth, I think guinea pigs started out as food animals in the Andes. -xx- Damien X-)