h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I would advise avoiding any
and all small furry animals
on general principels.
Higher life forms will
invariably choose to commune
with the noble elephant, at
each and every zoo visit.

But the fur adds a certain little something don't you think?

Well of course it does.
Lice, fleas, dirt,
and uhh, well,other dirt.
Ticks, weeping cists,
the list goes on.