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I wonder whether or not we should distinguish between domesticated animals and wild ones
by chosenbreed37 7y ago
I wonder whether or not we should distinguish between domesticated animals and wild ones
- masklinn 7y agoIt would be an interesting (if difficult) experiment but from what I know wild animals will absolutely gorge themselves if they can. The difference is that in the wild, this is tends to be quickly followed by a resource crash from a normal cycle (e.g. winter crash after summer glut) and / or population explosion. I don't know that any organism has had evolutionary-scale periods over which to psychologically integrate an access to essentially unlimited (in time and quantity both) resources.
- humanrebar 7y agoI have seen wild geese eat too much seed from bird feeders and practically lose the ability to fly. I suspect the correcting mechanism for that is generally predation.