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Most of our modern farm animals and even wildlife have been domesticated in some way to the point that they're not really equipped to deal with predators, so yo
by AdmiralAsshat 3y ago
Most of our modern farm animals and even wildlife have been domesticated in some way to the point that they're not really equipped to deal with predators, so you can look to their ancestors to see how they used to function.
See: the aurochs (ancestor of the modern cow)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurochs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurochs
The boar:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_boar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_boar
The jackrabbit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare
The junglefowl:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_junglefowl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_junglefowl
etc.
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoBe careful with these sorts of generalizations when it's to related, but not identical, species. We can see with Bonobos and Chimpanzees that even within a genus there can be big behavioral differences. For instance, your Hare link goes to Lepus. Non-domesticated European rabbits (Oryctolagus) exist. If you don't trust that there hasn't been cross-breeding with domesticated rabbits, then Caprolagus would be a better comparison. Even Sylvilagus, phylogenetically closer to Oryctolagus than Lepus, is behaviorally distinct (not existing in warrens).
- ftxbro 3y ago> Coprolagus would be a better comparison Coprolagus (the 'poop hare') is a lesser known relative of the genus Caprolagus (the 'goat hare').
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoI thought what I wrote looked wrong. Thanks. I'm correcting the initial comment.