[QUOTE=StormHammer;33117213]I wonder if there will ever be some sort of process where scientists can permanently stunt growth at at a certain point. Kind of sucks that people would get attached to an animal like this, and than have to be separated :([/QUOTE]
Yes. They have existed for thousands of years and we call them felis catus.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felis_catus[/url]
[url]http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retention_of_juvenile_traits[/url]
There you go. This process can naturally occur in evolution, like when dogs started to seperate from wolves. If we could alter genes and do this, it'd be fine.
[editline]4th November 2011[/editline]
Gunfox you motherfucker i was seconds away from my automerge to bring up your exact point
[QUOTE=Jack Noir;33121772]Aren't domesticated dogs, very simply and roughly put, wolves just "locked" in their infant, docile state? I may be wrong, but isn't sort of, keeping animals in their infant behavior one of evolutions tactics to make a species less hostile? If we could do that to animals as gentle as evolution can over a couple thousand years, that'd be fine. Domesticated animals are happy.[/QUOTE]
They aren't really locked in their infant state. Dogs are a complicated (sub)species that have a ton of genetic code and have been selectively bred for well over ten thousand years.
There is a project in Russia where they are taking silver foxes and selectively breeding them over many generations into domesticated animals. They aren't "locking" them in their juvenile state so much as looking for the least shy/aggressive ones around humans and then breeding those. The end result is still an adult mindset, they just happen to enjoy the company of humans.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_silver_fox[/url]
The project has been going on for fifty years and they have managed to successfully produce domesticated foxes.
Which is fucking awesome and I want one.
Yeah, I understand, and was partially referring my memory of the domestic fox, since they did indeed retain some features associated with infantry. I could have worded that better and realized it, hence the "very roughly, simply put, sort of."
Still need to buy me a Russian fox one day.
cool shit to grow up with a lion.
at least she'll most likely be able to visit it
The only thought to cross my mind when reading that is Animal Planet's Fatal Attraction show.
This is a heart-warming story that is truly welcomed amongst the turmoil and terror in the world today
[QUOTE=Repulsion;33117107]I think they should keep it, if they can.
Grow up with a lion cub.
FRIEND FOR LIFE.[/QUOTE]
They can't, the lion is going to grow to such a size that they won't be able to keep it, not to mention the tons of meat you'll need to feed it AND also the risk of him attacking someone, no matter how friendly it is, it's a wild animal, not a pet.
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;33127407]What if he's on OUR side? You know, having a lion lyin' around might not be such a bad idea.[/QUOTE]
oh you
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