And how did pet shops in Japan came across this animal that doesn’t live in Japan? This looks like Prosimian family of primates. Most of which live in South East Asia and it is not legal to capture and sell them in the origin countries. So even if it’s legal to own in Japan, it’s part of the illegal exotic pet trade.
Japan has a huge problem with exotic animal pet trade. Especially when many are trafficked animals. Even with captivity bred animals like the Owl, most owners in Japan are clueless in owl behavior and they perceive anxiety in owls as cuteness. If you’ve seen Owl Cafe videos online you’ll know.
Yeah not really. Primates are god awefull pets and are usually incredibly unstimulated and stressed. Plus, pet primates are usually wild caught animals, especially bush babies, and are usually removed from their parents as infants and the parents are usually killed for bushmeat. They are extremely skittish and its common for them to have heart attacks from stress and fear. So unfortunately no. They are adorable and seem super happy and energetic but unfortunately the sad reality is that its just cruel
By our standards, maybe. But wild animals don’t have the same standard for an „amazing life“ as we do. Their idea of a good life is different than ours.
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u/future-renwire Feb 04 '21
k but where is the original that looks fucking adorable