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I have a conjecture I can not prove, built up over decades: we are all wild animals, in personally varying degrees, regardless of species (for those normally la
by jjtheblunt 5y ago
I have a conjecture I can not prove, built up over decades: we are all wild animals, in personally varying degrees, regardless of species (for those normally labelled as such).
One example of this is people living with pet tigers and lions, who behave exactly like domestic sized felines, but of course are bigger than humans so can actually hurt you when wrestling in play, etc. . People kill other people out of fear, a wild animal sort of thing itself.
Anyway, I just have not thought of a counterexample to the assertion that wild animals extend into the realm of things called domestic.
- technothrasher 5y agoIt sounds like you're just redefining "domestic" to mean "not at all related to other animals". Domestication usually signifies that the species has gone through significant human caused changes from their wild ancestors, not that they've been completely divorced from all wild behaviors. As for us homans, sure, of course we're evolutionarly related to other animals, and are going to exhibit some of the same behaviors.