Scythemantis wrote:
TemIbern wrote:
Bekkichan wrote:
It's scary and really ugly and it looks like a rat. Not nice, but I like pretty looking neopets anyway so maybe I'm weird or something. Xweetok are a really nice looking pet but I suppose it's ok if that's you thing...
Sorry LOL, I made it sound like I hate it it's just that I'm not used to seeing Xweetoks looking like that; it was a bit of a shock.
Why's "looking like a rat" in with negatives? I and lots of other people here have rats as pets, they're adorable.
Anyways, aside from the cheerful color scheme, this is a fantastic mutant. Maybe not as cool as mutant blumaroos, gnorbus, or tuskaninnies, but it has a LOT of personality on top of being blatantly ratlike and having cool bulgy eyes.
It's probably negative since so many rats have become a 'pest' species; and with good reason. They're incredibly destructive and have destroyed quite a few native species in the process of being a pest species. Not to mention the transfer of disease... However, one can hardly fault them for they really were transferred by humans, so really it's our fault. I myself live in a rat-free province (or so it claims). Rats aren't allowed to be pets, and they're only kept for lab use under strict restrictions. If they are given away after lab use they're supposed to be steralized.
I myself, am not a rat fan. Native species of rats, sure, whatever, but your typical everyday rat is simply not cuddly to me. It may stem from the farming background. I'll admit, they can be cute sometimes, but as a pet? No Thanks.
Generally I think it's the whole "rat bias" due to the history of the black/norway rats that give rats a bad name. But I suppose thats a whole other discussion best left off neopets boards.
As I go, I am neither for nor against them. To each their own.
I suppose if you want to discuss this further, you can PM me. But ah well.
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