Microchips for Dangerous Animals?

lucabrasi999 writes "CNN is reporting that Japan is moving towards requiring all owners of potentially dangerous animals (such as crocodiles and pythons) to have microchips installed in case the animal gets loose. Apparently there has been a wave of 'wild' animals that have been escaping their captivity. Did you know that it is actually possible to take your pet snake for a 'walk'?"

What a good idea... oh, wait...

[failrate]

I read that as MOD chips for pets. I was so excited, but now...

Holy Grail Killer Rabbit!

[42Penguins]

"Even timid bunny rabbits can give a good bite if provoked enough."

oblig monty python killer rabbit:
"I'm warning you!"
"What's he do? Nibble your bum?"
"He's got huge, sharp... er... He can leap about. Look at the bones!"

Re:Old news

[FudgeRusket]

You're right, this is old news. So much has happened in the field of animal microchip implants in the last 3 and 1/2 days.

Re:Thank goodness!

[chicago_bulls]

wouldn't it be more fun not to be at the top...
think about how exciting everyday would be if, the second you went outside, there was a chance that you could be eaten by a flying shark....
would anybody ever have another case of the mondays?

Assassin dolphins

[gustgr]

Does "Dangerous Animals" include US Navy dolphins with toxic dart guns?

Re:Thank goodness!

[jrockway]

> there was a chance that you could be eaten by a flying shark....

Obviously lawyers don't live in your neighborhood.

Re:Argh, snake

[Solder Fumes]

That flashloop is older than prostitution.

Bunnies!

[bohemian72]

I've got a theory! It might be Bunnies!

Bunnies are just cute like everyone supposes!
They've got those hoppy legs and twitchy little noses.
And what's with all the carrots?
What do bunnies need such good eyesight for anyway?
Bunnies! Bunnies!
It's must be Bunnies!

Thank God! End this madness!

[RexRhino]

Every day I walk the streets, I have to be on my guard, not knowing when a komono dragon is going to bite off my leg, or an enraged ape is going to storm out of an alley and attack me, or an electric eel is going to zap me the next time I step in a puddle. I live in fear! FEAR I TELL YOU!! What is that buzzing sound? I hear it is too cold in Canada for Africanized honey bees, but YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO CAREFUL, DAMN IT!

It restores my faith in government that there is no threat too obscure, too irrelevant, or too laughable not to legislate and spend gobs of money on!

Seeing as the number of people killed by non-indigenous species every year has got to be, what, like 8 people?

Re:What's a "potentially dangerous" animal?

[ozbird]

Do you really think it likely they would classify a rabbit as a "potentially dangerous" animal?

"That's no ordinary rabbit. That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on ... that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide, it's a killer!"