Then again, maybe the predators are none the wiser, much as I wasn't? Hm.
Spoiler
Googled keeping one as a pet out of morbid curiosity, expecting to get RED ALART - apparently they're quite popular. I've never been an exotic pet person; I prefer plain ol' doggos, and their unambiguous love of domesticity. But who couldn't admire those colour schemes? Straight outta GI Joe's Annihilators, Alley Vipers, and Heat Viper mkIIs. Wouldn't surprise me if Hasbro's art directors were well aware of such things, ala Taito finding an entire ready-made STG mythos via ichthyology.