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- Dec 15, 2021
In defense of Cobes, reptiles are clever creatures that love to explore, and will figure out how to escape their enclosure, if its not properly secured. Especially if they're cold (they seek warmth/sunlight) or if its around mating season (they will go search for a mate). So even if he hadn't taken it outside, Puff was bound to escape at some point, so way Cobes wouldn't have eventually messed up and left the enclosure open.
I don't think it's a "Defense" at all. It only speaks to how immature and unprepared the guy was into having the animal that he didn't do the basic bits of research which would tell you "animals within tanks are endlessly wanting to escape them" which is basically rule 1 of any pet, the fact "Well it would've happened eventually with him" doesn't defend him. Like I make a point of being extremely cautious with how I handle my python when I take her out and will always keep her within arms reach when I let her out or let someone else handle her, I didn't even take her outside when we had the heatwave this year despite it being the right kind of climate for her down pat because of the off chance something could go wrong and I'd lose her (Despite being someone who's grown up with multiple pets and rarely lived without one of some variety).
I do hope he keeps to this "Not having pets" bit, I'd be worried about him having a fucking goldfish