I know that this is an oversimplification but the process made me chuckle.
Holy crap. This is the best shower thought I’ve read. Good job! I’m gonna share this with others.
Humans domesticated wolves into dogs. Then domesticated wolves' food. Then trained dogs to protect that food from the wolves.
Submitted 5 weeks ago by iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
Green_Mouse@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
Didn't wolves and dogs descend from a shared ancestor, not dogs from wolves?
GoatTnder@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Nope, genetically wolves and dogs are basically identical. Dogs are simply hundreds of generations of domesticated wolves.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
A Wikipedia scan by a layman (me) seems to say that is something that happened after their divergence from a common ancestor.
The dog’s similarity to the grey wolf is the result of substantial dog-into-wolf gene flow,[3] with the modern grey wolf being the dog’s nearest living relative.
shalafi@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
One could theoretically create a Chihuahua/wolf hybrid. Imagine a 150lb. wolf with the brains and attitude of a Chihuahua. The mind boggles.
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Dogs and wolves are the same specie - just a different subspecie. A Chihuahua could breed with a wolf.
SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Christ, what spawn of hell that pairing would make.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
As I understand it yes, but that’s why I said it was an oversimplification in my post.
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
I believe that, in reality, wolves domesticated themselves. They started hanging around humans because it was a mutually beneficial arrangement.
crazycraw@crazypeople.online 5 weeks ago
inside of all of us are two wolves.
except Mozart, he had like ten or twelve.
That’s why he’s Wolfgang.
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Also Theophilus and Amadeus. That guy really loved god.