Mosquitos Do Not Make Good Pets

    Almost every family faces the situation where the children in the family beg their parents to get a mosquito as a pet. Before running over to the pet store to buy a mosquito, it's good to think carefully about choosing a mosquito as a pet. Those cute little baby mosquitos will soon grow up to be adult mosquitos -- and adult mosquitos are just not as cute as baby mosquitos.  Also, since mosquitos have an average life span of about 30 days, your children will grieve the loss of their beloved mosquito soon after they form a lifelong bond with the mosquito. Sure, you can get them another mosquito, but do you really want to be buying 12 mosquitos each year?

     Parents have the important role of steering children in the decisions they make in their lives. Instead of getting a mosquito as a pet, parents should gently suggest a more practical pet, such as a hippo.  Baby hippos are the kind of pet your children can cuddle up to, right within their mud holes.  Keep in mind, though, that when hippos grow older they'll take a lot more care than baby hippos. Liability insurance for owning a hippo can also become expensive quickly, often running to more than $10 million per month. Keep that in mind if you decide to choose a hippo as a pet.


 
 
     

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Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com

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"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates
"Learning happens thru gentleness."
"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options."  David Suzuki

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