Mankind's hubris knows no bounds
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Jurassic Bark
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good idea
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There is an experiment in Russia that has been breeding foxes for over 50 years now. The goal is to understand how domestication changes an the physiology of an animal. They breed the foxes that show the most tame and docile behaviors towards humans in an effort to recreate the process of changing wolves to dogs.
On the flip side, they also breed the foxes that are most aggressive and hostile towards people. One day they will get too powerful and get loose...
The coolest thing about that experiment is that just selecting for tame and docile foxes also caused them to develop floppy ears and curled tails.
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Breed every type of dog in a huge bracket and end up with the ultimate mutt. It will probably live 20 years.
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Jurassic Bark
Why are my eyes leaking?
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The coolest thing about that experiment is that just selecting for tame and docile foxes also caused them to develop floppy ears and curled tails.
What I have to wonder about that, is if those genes are actually connected to behavior, or if humans just perceive animals with floppy ears and curly tails as friendlier and accidentally select for that as well
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We need to revive other mega fauna first, otherwise they'll just eat us as the next best choice. Big predators require big prey.
Baleen whales would like a word
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What I have to wonder about that, is if those genes are actually connected to behavior, or if humans just perceive animals with floppy ears and curly tails as friendlier and accidentally select for that as well
From the show I saw, the early choice was between foxes that would immediately try to kill you versus foxes that would be willing to let you live. The floppy ears and curly tails happened very gradually in the process.
The "not selected" foxes were snarling and snapping and generally being nasty as hell.
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Why are my eyes leaking?
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If it takes forever I will wait for youFor a thousand summers I will wait for you
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So, the thing is, the genes for size don't add up or multiply, they overlap and the dominant ones win. If your goal is bigger then it's better to just pick the biggest ones from many litters and breed them, as is the origin of many of the large breeds listed.
Pictured here is Irish Wolfhound.
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But am I still allowed to pet?
If theres wolves in the mix, then no. They're emotionally different from dogs, though they can be very loving they can express their loving nature by biting and holding onto people, not allowing them to leave without them.
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If theres wolves in the mix, then no. They're emotionally different from dogs, though they can be very loving they can express their loving nature by biting and holding onto people, not allowing them to leave without them.
Long distance air pats it is!
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Breed every type of dog in a huge bracket and end up with the ultimate mutt. It will probably live 20 years.
Definitely seen mutts reach that age. The key is to just have a small mutt that doesn't have any purebred ancestors for the last few generations at least.
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So, the thing is, the genes for size don't add up or multiply, they overlap and the dominant ones win. If your goal is bigger then it's better to just pick the biggest ones from many litters and breed them, as is the origin of many of the large breeds listed.
Pictured here is Irish Wolfhound.
I dunno, she doesn't look that big.
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Jurassic Bark
You did it. You crazy son of a bitch, you did it.
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Sounds great. Just make sure it also gets the genes for strong hip ligaments. And the dopey friend genes that all labradors tend to have.
And then breed it to look like a polar bear sized grey wolf.
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From the show I saw, the early choice was between foxes that would immediately try to kill you versus foxes that would be willing to let you live. The floppy ears and curly tails happened very gradually in the process.
The "not selected" foxes were snarling and snapping and generally being nasty as hell.
There were other serious problems standing in the way of making them pets. Probably the worst is that they pee everywhere, and the pee is extremely foul smelling, so you can't keep them in the house, no matter how friendly they might be.
They also don't make cute or useful sound like a bark, or a purr, they make a really loud, very annoying wail, that gets on the nerves of even the most ardent fox lover.
Even after all these years of breeding, these serious issues remain, keeping them from becoming viable pets for the foreseeable future.
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It's going to cost a fortune to feed that beast.
And he's going to hog the bed.
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So, the thing is, the genes for size don't add up or multiply, they overlap and the dominant ones win. If your goal is bigger then it's better to just pick the biggest ones from many litters and breed them, as is the origin of many of the large breeds listed.
Pictured here is Irish Wolfhound.
The first time I saw one of those was in person, and also the weirdest place. Was installing internet for a small business and they had a California king size bed in an office right behind the reception desk and this giant fucking dog was taking up the entire bed.
I hella want one so my huge ass could ride a dog like a horse. They are that big.
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The first time I saw one of those was in person, and also the weirdest place. Was installing internet for a small business and they had a California king size bed in an office right behind the reception desk and this giant fucking dog was taking up the entire bed.
I hella want one so my huge ass could ride a dog like a horse. They are that big.
TBH I kind of like small dogs. If trained with proper strictness and authority they're just as likely to attack babies and small animals as a big dog but far less capable of doing harm. I wouldn't trust dogs with their own litters, I barely trust people to be rational so I would never expect a dog to just "be good."
