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From: vnend@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (D. W. James)
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Subject: Re: ****   Call for Discussion  --  Creation of Sci.Aquaria   ****
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Date: 9 Oct 89 21:41:00 GMT
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In article <2213@cbnewsd.ATT.COM> popeye@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (ken.a.irwin) writes:
)I have two dogs I consider pets, and 3 tanks I consider an aquatic habitat,
)I dont consider the animal life in them pets.
 
)From The American Heritage Dictionary:
 
)pet (pet) n. 1. An animal kept for amusement or companionship. 2. An object of
)affections. 3. A person esp. loved or indulged; favorite: teachers's pet. -adj.
	
)Nothing in this definition seems to apply to my aquarium, does it apply to
)yours? Aquariums don't house pets they house a simulated aquatic environment,
)fish happen to be part of that environment.

	xwebster returns: A domesticated animal kept for pleasure rather than
			  utility.

	Therefore I would say that both this and the definition you list
place your fish (and other things kept in your tanks) as pets.  Or are 
you claiming that you milk your 20 stonefish daily for their poison?

 

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