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Dec 1, 2022Liked by Claire Zulkey

I am so excited this is published! I wish Vance could read. S/he would be so excited, too.

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"please do not get me a bearded dragon as a gift. Like fun childfree-by-choice aunts and uncles I enjoy yours, but don’t want my own" lol

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wow the content i did NOT know i needed!!!!!!

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They are very cool. I have a rescued 100 lb male Sulcata tortoise which are also very common in the pet trade as cute little babies but are actually a LOT of work.

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Dec 1, 2022Liked by Claire Zulkey

If it is good enough for Ms Frizzle original recipie. . .! But also absolutely not at my house.

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Dec 1, 2022Liked by Claire Zulkey

My younger daughter is obsessed with the YouTube channel Snake Discovery, which is a lovely couple in Minnesota who breed reptiles. It's great, and the one YouTube channel I'm psyched that she watches. She hasn't yet begged for a snake or lizard, but I can tell there's a great deal of interest and I am both a hard no and a well actually...

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Dec 1, 2022Liked by Claire Zulkey

I feel like such a bummer, but I don't love the idea of any non-domesticated animal being a pet. Sure, dogs and cats have many, many generations of living with humans, but wild animals don't. I kinda understand why Australia has banned the practice.

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Dec 1, 2022Liked by Claire Zulkey

Man, I have been pet-free for 5 years, but I want one. My friend has one in her classroom in a slightly more northern burb, and he’s magnificent. My husband is NOT on board. Also I’m sitting in the window at Bros K, and I just looked out at two women fawning over a dog, and I just thought, “Nope. Lizard.”

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