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That's a far cry from OP's comment that livestock animals are "pretty much unable to survive in the wild." I agree with you that crop plants are much more frag
by JohnJamesRambo 8y ago
That's a far cry from OP's comment that livestock animals are "pretty much unable to survive in the wild."
I agree with you that crop plants are much more fragile and unable to compete without watering and fertilization. Tomatoes bred to make big 1 lb bags of water for their seeds will have a rough time compared to the tiny tomatoes made by the wild ancestor of tomatoes.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/why-wild-tiny-pimp-tomato-so-important-180955911/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/why-wild-tiny-pimp-tom...
- GlenTheMachine 8y agoI'd argue that this is partly a philosophical argument: what do we mean when we say “the wild”? None of the feral animals listed, with the possible exception of feral pigs, could survive if humans hadn't killed off the major predator species. There are wild cattle where I grew up, cows that escaped one of the local farms. But there are no wolves or mountain lions, which in a true natural state would, I suspect, would take them down in short order. So to be generous to the OP, he might have a point.