Diane K. Boyd
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I'm glad you read it because I suggested it to friends because I'm passionate about all canids, well, all things wild. And it was one of the most amazing pieces I read. Because if you think about humans domesticating animals, we took some kind of a primitive form of a horse and a cow and a sheep and we got our breeds now.
I'm glad you read it because I suggested it to friends because I'm passionate about all canids, well, all things wild. And it was one of the most amazing pieces I read. Because if you think about humans domesticating animals, we took some kind of a primitive form of a horse and a cow and a sheep and we got our breeds now.
I'm glad you read it because I suggested it to friends because I'm passionate about all canids, well, all things wild. And it was one of the most amazing pieces I read. Because if you think about humans domesticating animals, we took some kind of a primitive form of a horse and a cow and a sheep and we got our breeds now.
For years, they had bears in captivity, brown bears in Europe forever, living in king's castles and riding the bicycles in the circus and whatever. But in terms of North America, of course, we've been here anywhere in the world. Nobody's domesticated the African wild hunting dog. Nobody's domesticated European lynx.
For years, they had bears in captivity, brown bears in Europe forever, living in king's castles and riding the bicycles in the circus and whatever. But in terms of North America, of course, we've been here anywhere in the world. Nobody's domesticated the African wild hunting dog. Nobody's domesticated European lynx.
For years, they had bears in captivity, brown bears in Europe forever, living in king's castles and riding the bicycles in the circus and whatever. But in terms of North America, of course, we've been here anywhere in the world. Nobody's domesticated the African wild hunting dog. Nobody's domesticated European lynx.
Nobody has successfully taken a wild predator and bred it long enough with heavy artificial pressure by our selection, like shooting them in the head if they aren't friendly, and turned it into a different animal with the exception of wolves.
Nobody has successfully taken a wild predator and bred it long enough with heavy artificial pressure by our selection, like shooting them in the head if they aren't friendly, and turned it into a different animal with the exception of wolves.
Nobody has successfully taken a wild predator and bred it long enough with heavy artificial pressure by our selection, like shooting them in the head if they aren't friendly, and turned it into a different animal with the exception of wolves.
I know. A lot of people have. Or coyotes. Yes. You keep coyotes, and after 15 generations, they still look like coyotes.
I know. A lot of people have. Or coyotes. Yes. You keep coyotes, and after 15 generations, they still look like coyotes.
I know. A lot of people have. Or coyotes. Yes. You keep coyotes, and after 15 generations, they still look like coyotes.
They do. And this little thing with the fur fox, it was extraordinary artificial selection pressure to see that.
They do. And this little thing with the fur fox, it was extraordinary artificial selection pressure to see that.
They do. And this little thing with the fur fox, it was extraordinary artificial selection pressure to see that.