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[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 74 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[-] Muscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 month ago

Russian silver fox im pretty sure

[-] Hugin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month 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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