Mantis shrimp as a service animal?

[schudini]

So, I am being somewhat serious, but would a mantis shrimp work as a service animal for people that are color blind?

Think about it... they have great color recognition, and some of them are very interactive.

Could they be trained to react differently to different colors presented to them?





Secondly, I was thinking it would be awesome to make a backpack or "wearable aquarium" that you could carry a stomatopod buddy around with you all day. How cool would it be to show your favorite smasher how we live on the terrestrial side?

 

[Fishmommy]

Subscribed.

 

[Maleci]

Or you could make a heavy one for all the fitness people for spearers

 

[schudini]

We are not allowed to bring in "pets" where I work. Previously I had a 12g Nanocube with a Wennerae as my office tank on my desk. Lots of people would come by and ask questions (mostly "when are you feeding it next").

So I was reading a handout from work (Questions and Answers about the disability program) and in the section on Service Animals it says:


"A service animal is not a pet. According to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, a service animal is any animal that has been individually trained to provide assistance or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a physical or mental disability which substantially limits one or more major life functions."

"Service animal etiquette:"

• Do not touch the service animal, or the person it assists, without permission.
  
• Do not make noises at the service animal, as it may distract the animal from doing it's job.
  
• Do not feed the service animal, as it may disrupt his/her schedule.

(I think the above points are good suggestions for people not familiar with the power of the mantis shrimp )


So, if I can individually train a mantis shrimp to assist me, it would not be classified as a pet, but as a service animal. :idea:

 

[Islandoftiki]

Unfortunately, according to the ADA, the definition of a service animal is specifically a dog.

Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. Examples of such work or tasks include guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, or performing other duties. Service animals are working animals, not pets. The work or task a dog has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person’s disability. Dogs whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support do not qualify as service animals under the ADA.

This definition does not affect or limit the broader definition of “assistance animal” under the Fair Housing Act or the broader definition of “service animal” under the Air Carrier Access Act.

Some State and local laws also define service animal more broadly than the ADA does. Information about such laws can be obtained from the State attorney general’s office.

I'd still like you to be able to find a way around the rule.

 

[schudini]

Unfortunately, according to the ADA, the definition of a service animal is specifically a dog.

Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. Examples of such work or tasks include guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, or performing other duties. Service animals are working animals, not pets. The work or task a dog has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person's disability. Dogs whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support do not qualify as service animals under the ADA.

This definition does not affect or limit the broader definition of "œassistance animal" under the Fair Housing Act or the broader definition of "œservice animal" under the Air Carrier Access Act.

Some State and local laws also define service animal more broadly than the ADA does. Information about such laws can be obtained from the State attorney general's office.

I'd still like you to be able to find a way around the rule.

Well, I guess it depends if a dog can see in color. If not, then they cannot be service animals for those with colorblindness. Advantage hyperspectral vision