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Two tales of domestication(lemmus.org)

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Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world
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This is all nice and cute but how will fox domestication be represented in the future by these types of comic strips?

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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There’s the famous Russian breeding experiment where they were able to breed domestic foxes.

The problem is that they pee every time they get excited. Which would be bad enough if it was a dog, but fox pee smells god awful.

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Shaggy1050@lemmy.world
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I believe that study (I could be mistakenly thinking of another study) also showed that their bone density decreases with domestication.

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Zomg@lemmy.world
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Fox’s aren’t going to be domesticated.

Foxes dont follow a hierarchical system like dogs, cats or horses where there is an Alpha (the owner of the animal) whom they fall under in the pecking order.

Foxes like to shit and piss all over everything and burrow Into couches. Good luck with the fox thing.

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CoolGirl586@lemmy.world
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Nope, none of that is true. None of those animals have Dominance hierarchies.

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Zomg@lemmy.world
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Sorry, meant pack hierarchy.

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BigLgame@lemy.lol
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That hierarchy thing was proven to be bullshit ages ago

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Zomg@lemmy.world
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Can you send me a link to where you heard that?

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wanderingmagus@lemm.ee
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You might be today’s lucky 10,000, but have you heard of the Domesticated Silver Fox?

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Zomg@lemmy.world
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I’ve heard but I dont think that’s really considered domestication yet, only partly.

We’ve adjusted their temperament, but there is more to it than that.

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Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world
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They are not going to get domesticated WITH THAT ATTITUDE

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