+435 It must have been kind of weird for the first person who had a pet. "Awwww! Look at this cute little animal! I'm going to take it away from it's natural habitat and lock it up in a cage for myself!" Amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Why does everyone assume that these "first people" were even close to our time?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Who said they were close to our time?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think he means that the context suggests this?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Exactly what mchalla said the context of the post suggests that 1. The pet is a cute furry animal (such as the pets of today as opposed to the rather less cute wolves/wild dogs that were the first 'pets') Secondly the post mentions a cage which would not be something around at the time of the first pets.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

i hate all these "first person to do bla bla bla" posts like obviously it didn't happen that way the first time it just evolved to become that way today GOSH sorry it's just annoying

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ahhhh. And this is where the concept of a joke comes in.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I guess it was funny, but it is incredibly repetitive now. You can manipulate it so he the first person to do ANYTHING would have been awkward, weird, scary etc.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What would the steps be to evolve into owning a pet?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well first animals (mainly dogs but also some cats) would stick around to eat garbage and eventually people started letting them stay inside. Thus, they were domesticated. Birds were fairly useful (think of coal mining) and I believe they were used long before that. And again, they became domesticated. Since then, people have started intentionally domesticating animals. I'm sure there's more to it than that. But that's the most basic understanding I have of how animals became pets.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's pretty much it. I think the dogs were allowed to eventually move into the house because they started defending their humans and bringing back small animals that they could cook and eat. It's also why they say dogs are man's best friend; we evolved so closely that even eight-week-old puppies will follow hand signs from a human while monkeys and apes, who are apparently closer related to us, completely ignore signs unless taught to look for them. It's why we have service dogs instead of service sheep or bison or something. Dogs like to work with humans, they know we'll give them food and shelter if they do, and if you convince them that instead of herding animals they need to help someone not walk into walls they're perfectly happy to do it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's actually really interesting. I had learned about the animals becoming domesticated like that, but never about the way dogs understand humans. I want a dog now, but my apartment won't allow pets and all but one of my fish died :(

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It must of been weird for the first person to make a post about the first person feeling weird.

by Anonymous 12 years ago