I kinda wonder about parakeets and other small birds. Cockatiels would
work, I think. I mean, they have the means to move around well in
zero-G, if the instincts just adjusted. They're used to cages, they
can be trained to come to the owner on command, and taught to stay on
a certain perch when not in the cage, or to stay on the owner's
shoulder.

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 5:43 PM kaladorn at gmail.com (via tml list)
<xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
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>
> It occurs to me that the 57th century is lacking in information on what creatures (not species of sophonts) could travel well with Travellers and handle any periods of low G, low G, or higher Gs (for ships lacking gravitic control or whose gravitics are damaged).
>
> Has there ever been a list of space faring side kicks? If not, are there candidates that we might feel could be such a wingperson?
>
> The obvious cases:
> Terran Cat (Felis Catus Familiaris)
> Terran Dog (Canus Lupus Familiaris)
>
> Small Monkeys?
> Others?
>
> I'm looking at something that could live on a small ship, that could move around easily enough (even in low G or zero G with training/acclimatization), that would not take up huge amounts of space, could eat human food at a pinch, and could handle defecation and peeing if trained.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Tom B
> kaladorn
>
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