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Issue is that for domestication to be possible, there has to be a preexisting social structure like herding, colonies, or packs. If it's too weak or non existen
by 6SixTy 2y ago
Issue is that for domestication to be possible, there has to be a preexisting social structure like herding, colonies, or packs. If it's too weak or non existent, there's no chance that domestication is possible. Having docile examples are always going to be a thing, as snakes aren't exotic pets nor social by any stretch, but that's not what domestication is.
There's an additional risk with omnivorous/carnivorous animals could see people as prey, and this risk pretty much goes up with the size of the animal.
I have no idea how bears act with one another, but I do know they can eat meat and are basically person sized.
- hollerith 2y ago>for domestication to be possible, there has to be a preexisting social structure like herding, colonies, or packs. If it's too weak or non existent, there's no chance that domestication is possible. Is that really true? A cat seems to relate to a person as if the person were the cat's mother. The kneading with its paws that a cat does after it jumps into your lap is what a kitten does in the wild to induce its mother to express milk.
- dragonwriter 2y agoFeral domestic cats have colonies. I don't think their nearest wild relatives do, but its at least conceivable that colony structure of cats living around human populations, off of leavings and rats, etc., that were attracted to human populations developed first, then domestication happened later.
- stonemetal12 2y agoLions have colonies, so certain types of cats are capable of it pre-domestication.
- scythe 2y agoThey are not cooperative hunters, unlike wolves, but they do display some social traits. See chapter 4: https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/78460899/Complete-libre.pdf?1641825606=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DBehavioural_ecology_and_population_genet.pdf&Expires=1740523966&Signature=PcidXgZHusy-hZF08aTpisnllL3Yl74ppdOwtdgU4eYoF3dgKhQTvQIEriXxtA1hv9QyOawuqovFhDjbj8Zjj94uc0CQ95ViJJx56uSAyDRQAI60XEVFBk8CCe-ougknrFmOpETsgeTv~T7YMo89SjyVMhTJvd5O~Qzr9yo9CH4sAJiYiFukfJ349zJgHlejWFwtQlWYhjq21k5NEEzYuiwris78m7wAnsEXINH9HdjhpqGKIint3CW13eoLHvvUvMgqfB1ImVPoRUJ2kbIN9DHoNmo9WTBQIGfkSOi~VeRmUkQjyUSnERUq27Z4fs~Wk-yL~k24Z9jC2DLxM7XFqA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/78460899/Complete-libr...