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[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 62 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They literally did the opposite with foxes. Some guy kept breeding the nicest ones until he got a "breed" that wouldn't want to murder you on sight. I'm pretty sure levels of aggression absolutely are something innate in some animals.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago

"Some guy"

Come on now, let's not buzzfeed our facts here!

Dmitry Belyayev is the guy, though work continued long after his death

[-] TomMasz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

The program has been quite successful, although you still have a high-energy animal with a strong odor. I'd still like to have one, tho.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago

Thanks for adding the credit where it's due!

I had just gotten to work and was browsing Lemmy before I had to actually get started so I didn't spend the time to look up who actually did it lol

[-] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago
[-] glimse@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

A specific guy whose name is not a mystery

[-] Muscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago

Russian silver fox im pretty sure

[-] Hugin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Also he did it both ways. On population selected for nice behavior became dog like. One population selected for aggression. The second population goes insane when someone enters the room trying to attack through the cage door.

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