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It’s why I hope they’ll be accepted back into society someday. The risks seem minimal with proper care, and right now their options are captivity or wilderness.
by sillysaurusx 4y ago
It’s why I hope they’ll be accepted back into society someday. The risks seem minimal with proper care, and right now their options are captivity or wilderness. But they’re where dogs came from; a few generations of selective breeding to reduce adrenaline response would do the trick.
But the growls are kind of cute, and probably sound a lot more ominous than they are. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRv5LQGC/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRv5LQGC/
- johndhi 4y agoWhat? Wolves have massively more powerful bites than dogs, right?
- sillysaurusx 4y agoHumans have one of the most deadly bites too. Just because something is dangerous, it’s tempting to shun it. But the danger is relative to the frequency of problems. (If this is a “citation needed” situation: https://www.mayoclinic.org/first-aid/first-aid-human-bites/basics/art-20056633 https://www.mayoclinic.org/first-aid/first-aid-human-bites/b...)
- pxc 4y agoProbably more worrisome to me is taking for granted the way we've bred dogs to be gentle, calm, good-natured, etc. Most people don't do much to train their pet dogs or even learn to communicate with them. We more or less get away with that, societally, because dogs are insanely good-natured. Dogs give us so much 'for free'. I think without that, like when people just keep wolves as pets, things look a LOT dicier.
- copymoro 4y agowilderness? there's no wilderness... it's all somebody's backyard.
- sillysaurusx 4y agoTrue, but 28 years ago they were reintroduced into Yellowstone. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRv5NTNU/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRv5NTNU/