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It's called domestication. In the Soviet Union a scientist domesticated foxes by selecting for "niceness". It only took a couple of generations for the typical domestication signs to appear: longer childhood, friendlier face, smartness etc
They’re talking about fully wild animals. Grab a baby squirrel, and it will enjoy human company in no time. Same with raccoons, ravens, mountain lions, etc.
You’d be hard pressed to find an animal that doesn’t take to human companionship when given a real chance. And it has nothing to do with breeding.
Foxes are fully wild animals.
How about no? Domestication of one of smartest species sounds stupid.
Yes? But the person I was replying to was talking about a study where an individual was essentially rapidly domesticating them.
You'd be surprised.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUIbg0skPdw
Problem is they then go around quothing.
Let's domesticate squirrels then! Not sure how we'll use them, but we can worry about it later.