In today's free, open and novel society, many people are exploring new pets. Today, I will introduce two special pets.

Electronic pets

The fur is warm and soft, and it will look at its owner "affectionately". If it is ignored, it will hum "ask for a hug"... The attributes of pet cats and dogs are fully displayed in this AI pet. "When I ignore it, it will hum. If it is too noisy, I will stroke it and coax it to sleep."

This AI pet has a light gray round head and cute big eyes. It is soft and delicate to the touch. Its "body temperature" is slightly higher than that of humans. It is large enough to be placed in the palm of your hand. Although it cannot "run", it has a camera installed in its nose, which can recognize humans, food, animals, etc. and respond. It will also turn its eyes to the owner who is addicted to work and make a "coquettish" sound.

ROPET was born as a "desktop pet" and its target users are women aged 25-40. In January this year, ROPET was officially released on an overseas crowdfunding website. 1,400 units were sold in Europe and the United States, and are currently being delivered. About 8,000 units have also been sold in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Compared with pets, AI pets only need to be charged, and as long as the chip is not damaged, they can live forever. All data is stored locally, without the need to connect to the Internet, and users do not have to worry about privacy data leakage. At a time when the pet economy is becoming increasingly hot, people's demand for pets is becoming more and more diversified, and AI pets are also ushering in a blue ocean.

The BabyAlpha robot dog is equipped with a self-developed multimodal large model, with a response speed of less than 0.5 seconds and an intention recognition accuracy of over 97.8%. It can respond to touches with flexible movements, speak fluently in Chinese and English, and even become a "photographer" to actively record family warm moments, and patrol intelligently. Relying on China's strong supply chain advantages, the price of BabyAlpha is comparable to that of a smartphone. On China's e-commerce platform, BabyAlpha has considerable sales.

As an emerging consumer field, smart pets have the characteristics of high stickiness and sustainability. AI pets are expected to meet the diverse needs of more groups.


New pet slime mold

Slime mold is similar to mold and is an organism between animals and fungi. It does not have a single cell, but a whole mass of protoplasm.

Currently, there are more than 1,000 species of slime molds known to humans. In recent years, studies have found that slime molds can find the shortest path to the exit in a maze, and seem to have "intelligence". In fact, the "intelligence" of slime molds is not based on the brain or nervous system, but is achieved through its unique physiological structure and environmental adaptability. Most slime molds prefer warm and humid places with rich vegetation. They have strong adaptability and survival ability and often appear in areas rich in plant residues such as rotten wood, dead branches, fallen leaves, and dead grass. Temperate forests are the places with the richest species of slime molds. During the breeding season, slime molds will crawl to slightly drier and sunny places and stop eating. The entire protoplasm mass will collectively "transform" and grow fruiting bodies like mushrooms or powder, spreading spores. The slime molds that people usually observe are network-like in form, which is their appearance when they migrate through deformation movement.

Keeping slime molds as pets is not only easy to get started, but also satisfies young people's desire for exploration. "Nowadays, many young people, including some children, like these novel gadgets." A slime mold buyer said that when purchasing the material package, the merchant will provide a detailed breeding tutorial. You only need to pay attention to maintaining temperature and humidity and changing the pad paper in time. Pet slime molds are generally fed with crushed oatmeal, which is fed about 3 to 5 times a day.

In addition to being easy to raise, slime molds can also bring people the fun of creation. During the breeding process, people can use their creativity to use oatmeal to induce slime molds to "pose" various figures. Some people guide slime molds to walk through a maze and observe how slime molds "eat" food at the end.

Are there any safety hazards in raising fungi as pets? Experts believe that, in general, slime molds will not directly harm the human body. They usually do not actively attack humans, nor will they infect the human body through airborne transmission. However, it should be noted that it is best not to eat plants parasitized by slime molds to avoid gastrointestinal discomfort.

Summary

It is not scary to explore new ways of raising pets, but you should also pay attention to safety and do what you can in this process.

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