We met the world’s first domesticated foxes
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We met the very cute and very bizarre result of an almost 60-year-long experiment: they’re foxes that have been specially bred for their dog-like friendlines...

I learned a lot about donestication from this video. I knew domestication was basically eugenic, but I didn’t realize it could happen in so few generations.

  • littleblue✨@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    4 months ago

    TIL: the domesticated ones seemingly lean toward either a canine or feline demeanor, and take on physical characteristics of the same, depending on which they lean to, while becoming less like a fox in looks and behavior.

    • VarykOPEnglish
      32·
      4 months ago

      This smacks suspiciously of projection, because all the videos (The countless I have now watched haha) state how different foxes are from dogs and cats, and specifically the owners of five of these domesticated foxes say "they aren’t at all I’mlike a dog or a cat, because it’s a different animal. It would be like owning a horse and comparing it to a dog or a cat’

      • littleblue✨@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23·
        4 months ago

        How ironic that you passively accuse me of “projection” and then claim to quote “five” “owners” without citing your reference. Curious. 😶

        • VarykOPEnglish
          21·
          4 months ago

          Amazing.

          1. Not talking about you, unless your TIL “fact” is some snippet you’ve made up yourself.

          2. I don’t quote “‘five’ owners”, I quote the two owners of five of these foxes saying that a fox does not act like a dog or a cat in the same way a horse doesn’t act like a dog or a cat. Are you drunk?

          3. Your confusion is not curious. You misread and misinterpreted the comments without even watching the video referenced in the OP.

          • littleblue✨@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12·
            4 months ago

            Hunh. Somehow even more telling. That tracks.

            1. You didn’t specify and continue with passive insinuation. Cute.

            2. Edited now, and yet even the corrected version doesn’t change the lack of citation.

            3. Ah, there’s the direct tantrum. Mid. What a joke.

            Bye, Felicia.

            • VarykOPEnglish
              2·
              4 months ago

              I specifically cited the reference and your errors.

              You’re clearly just having trouble with words: you’ve ignored or definitely misunderstood all the comments and incorrectly used the words “specify”, “passive”, “insinuation”, “lack” “citation” and “tantrum”.

              You also had that earlier trouble with “five”.

              Tip: not a great idea to sign your name on social media