Man's new best friend? A forgotten Russian experiment in fox domestication (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
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derram 7.7 years ago
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Man's new best friend? A forgotten Russian experiment in fox domestication - Scientific American Blog Network
'The domesticated foxes were more eager to hang out with humans, whimpered to attract attention, and sniffed and licked their caretakers. '
'He believed that he could investigate these questions about domestication by attempting to domesticate wild foxes. '
'Belyaev and other Soviet-era biologists looked around at domesticated dogs, a species they knew had descended from wolves, and were puzzled. '
'The domesticated foxes had significantly lower adrenaline levels than their undomesticated cousins. '
'The result of this breeding program conducted over more than 40 generations of silver foxes was a group of friendly, domesticated foxes. '
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derram ago
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'The domesticated foxes were more eager to hang out with humans, whimpered to attract attention, and sniffed and licked their caretakers. '
'He believed that he could investigate these questions about domestication by attempting to domesticate wild foxes. '
'Belyaev and other Soviet-era biologists looked around at domesticated dogs, a species they knew had descended from wolves, and were puzzled. '
'The domesticated foxes had significantly lower adrenaline levels than their undomesticated cousins. '
'The result of this breeding program conducted over more than 40 generations of silver foxes was a group of friendly, domesticated foxes. '
This has been an automated message.