(December 20, 2022 at 8:21 am)Jehanne Wrote:(December 20, 2022 at 8:03 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: that would qualify the human hair or crotch lice as pets. Indeed so specifically are lice dependent upon humans and would die without humans that the hair and crotch lice would die if just moved into the other’s customary territory on the same human’s body.
They are an invasive species; we did not choose to domesticate them. And, so, I would add the element of conscious human choice to my criteria of what would constitue a pet.
in what way are they invasive? they clearly co-evolved with humans over millions of years. they are as native to the habitats of the human body as any species can be native to the the environment in which they evolved.
