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Dogs may have domesticated themselves because they really liked snacks, model suggests (www.livescience.com)
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[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months 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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