a pet or not a pet

Thought i'm as far away from a pet person as anyone can be ... but i just wasted at least half an hour upon following a pointer to Pleo, and am seriously tempted by this baby dinosaur.

wow!
He has instantly down-ranked of my diligent Romba on the robot gadget honor roll.

I'll probably even adopt one once he grows a bigger appetite (in terms of battery life). For now, I'll just waste more minutes watching him purr, sniff and tred around on youtube.