(December 20, 2022 at 8:48 am)Anomalocaris Wrote:(December 20, 2022 at 8:21 am)Jehanne Wrote: 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.
Our distant ancestors consciously and deliberately chose to domestic the ancestors of our modern cats and dogs; no such conscious choice was made with respect to lice. They are not pets (at least for most of us).
