Hoppisupial
The most obvious one would be a "kangaroo". However, it must not be exported to other countries at the moment because of the foot-and-pouch disease (or foot-and-bag disease, as some people call it). Moreover I don't really know what my neighbors will say if my Jolly Jumper jumps around on the stairs and knocks down all the people.
A kangaroo - a real horror to janitors and gardeners.
Teddy Bear is Alive:
Of course, I wouldn't have problems of that kind with a nice cuddly loveable "koala". Instead a koala hangs around in a tree all day long and only moves when it's unavoidable - just like children do at school during lessons. But I do worry about feeding it: A koala eats five kilos of eucalyptus leaves per day - that's why it smells of cough drops so much. Where can I buy five kilos of eucalyptus leaves a day? I have never seen them in German supermarkets.
A koala - looks like a teddybear, but smells like a bag of cough drops..
Great White Goldfish:
Intellectuals like myself (blush) like staring at fishes in aquariums. An Australian "goldfish" would be a great entertainer, wouldn't it? I think I'm gonna call him Sharkie ("Hi, Sharkie!"). But where could I keep him? Our apartment isn't thaaat small, but nonetheless it will be a problem to put Sharkie's aquarium in my own room. And what if Sharkie has a toothache? Could Dr. Zugzwang, my dentist, cope? I don't know, I don't know ...
Great white goldfish - it does snap at people when they provoke it or when it is hungry and feels like having a human snack.
Salt Water Spaniel:
I have always wanted to have a dog. And I really feel attracted to Australian "salt water spaniels". But I can't be at home all day long. If Snappy (as I would call my salt water spaniel) would accidentally eat the postman while I'm not at home, I could be in trouble. Probably my parents' household contents insurance would not even pay for that.
Australian saltwater spaniel - it can grow up to six metres. When you take him out for a walk, even pitbull terriers slink off with their tails between their legs - provided they still have their tails or legs then.
Colourful Stupidbird:
This bird called galah is by far less hungry than that spaniel and that goldfish I talked about. And it's pretty - but it's prettiness doesn't prevent it from being a fool. In winter it flies south - which is a reasonable thing to do for birds in the northern hemisphere but a pretty silly thing to do in the southern hemisphere. After all it approaches the South Pole then.
Probably a galah is so stupid that you cannot even discuss Harry Potter with it.
Galah - doesn't know the first thing about geography, meteorology, football, politics, cinema, nouvelle cuisine etc. etc. etc.
