Taking your alligator to the pet store
Cons:
- Significant stress to the animal
- Stress to other animals also present
- Scaring people who are afraid of reptiles
- Risk of injury to animal, other animals, or people
- The animal might eat some dumb shit while you’re not looking (because of course people will come talk to you about the animal)
- Bacterial/viral risks to animal and other animals
- Health risks due to animal not being in a suitable environment
- Alligators have no concept of “this is toy thank”
- Any possible incident will, by the public, reflect on the reptile keeper community as a whole (because it always does)
Pros:
- Get creds for claiming its educational and enriching and GET THAT YOUTUBE MONEY FROM SMALL CHILDREN HELL YEAHHHH!
Additional con:
-very high chance of violating local laws about where dangerous animals can and cannot be (and you just KNOW if somebody is taking their pet alligator to the store for youtube clicks they haven’t the foresight to check where their alligator can legally be present)
-misrepresentation of actual animal education; some yahoos taking their alligator to the pet store is not the same thing as a licensed professional doing animal demos where they’re invited to do so
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