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What non-native animal would you really really really like to introduce into your local habitat ?

Environment be damned or don't be damned. Because you like them or because you don't like your neighbors ... what animals would you like to see locally that are not there ?

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  • Without taking into account the environmental impact and viability: Sicilian dwarf elephants. Come on, 1m short elephants, hairier (i.e. fluffier) than their African and Asian counterparts? I want it!

    Bonus points: capybaras are native where I live, and a common occurrence in parks. Now imagine those small elephants, plus some capybaras: chilling under the grey sky, taking a bath in the lake in warmer days, gathering together in colder days... come on, it's cuteness overload!

    • I don’t understand why everything and everyone in the Mediterranean area (read: south Italy) is so hairy lol

      • In the case of those dwarf elephants it's because they were smaller, so they got a bigger surface area per weight, and lost heat faster. Perhaps also because, while Sicily is hot in comparison with continental Europe, it's still colder than Southeast Asia or Sub-Saharan Africa.

        [I know that you're joking, sorry for the serious answer.]

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