Comment on Dogs may have domesticated themselves because they really liked snacks, model suggests

• FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m not sure that’s accurate. They’d leave if they have no access to grass, but you don’t have to actively give it to them for them to stay.

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  • stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    yeah but I meant in both cases, they stay for the food

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    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I got that, but I don’t think it’s true. Humans don’t provide them with food (except during winter, but that’s also more recent), we prevent escape. Otherwise why are pens necessary? We’d just pile up food, and the animals would keep coming back.

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      • stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        ok you might be right about that

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