Re: 1st Season New Amsterdam - The Golden Boy - 5 star poll - SPOILERS

In article <fsqh81$b8u$6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 MDuPree@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Micky DuPree) wrote:

> In article <drache-394C87.09495311032008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, erilar
> <drache@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> :
> : Depends on whose theory you like to believe.  I read a very convincing
> : book that posited dog ancestors were the ones who scavenged human
> : refuse and hung around longer when said humans approached, gradually
> : developing into companions.
> 
> I've heard that theory, but modern wolves and wild dogs still lead me to
> believe that true domestication started with hand-rearing cubs.  Adult
> wild animals can become habituated to your presence and can even
> recognize a mutually beneficial relation****p, but they still won't go as
> far as hand-reared infants, who'll imprint on you and accept your pack
> as their pack.

Well, if the adults become semi-tame by hanging around humans for 
scraps, then possibly casual hunting companions, eventually their cubs 
might be easier to find and hand rear 8-)

-- 
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)

You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is 
that reason doesn't count.     --Isaac Asimov

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