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  1. smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

    Recent stories about signs of domestication in urban raccoons made me wonder why snout shortening is associated with domestication.

    This article gives a brief account of one possible explanation, the neural crest domestication syndrome hypothesis, and links to a scholarly article on the topic.

    #Raccoons #Domestication #NeuralCrestDomesticationSyndromeHypothesis #Wildlife #Symbiosis #Pets #DomesticAnimals

  2. smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

    Recent stories about signs of domestication in urban raccoons made me wonder why snout shortening is associated with domestication.

    This article gives a brief account of one possible explanation, the neural crest domestication syndrome hypothesis, and links to a scholarly article on the topic.

    #Raccoons #Domestication #NeuralCrestDomesticationSyndromeHypothesis #Wildlife #Symbiosis #Pets #DomesticAnimals

  3. smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

    Recent stories about signs of domestication in urban raccoons made me wonder why snout shortening is associated with domestication.

    This article gives a brief account of one possible explanation, the neural crest domestication syndrome hypothesis, and links to a scholarly article on the topic.

    #Raccoons #Domestication #NeuralCrestDomesticationSyndromeHypothesis #Wildlife #Symbiosis #Pets #DomesticAnimals

  4. smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

    Recent stories about signs of domestication in urban raccoons made me wonder why snout shortening is associated with domestication.

    This article gives a brief account of one possible explanation, the neural crest domestication syndrome hypothesis, and links to a scholarly article on the topic.

    #Raccoons #Domestication #NeuralCrestDomesticationSyndromeHypothesis #Wildlife #Symbiosis #Pets #DomesticAnimals

  5. smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

    Recent stories about signs of domestication in urban raccoons made me wonder why snout shortening is associated with domestication.

    This article gives a brief account of one possible explanation, the neural crest domestication syndrome hypothesis, and links to a scholarly article on the topic.

    #Raccoons #Domestication #NeuralCrestDomesticationSyndromeHypothesis #Wildlife #Symbiosis #Pets #DomesticAnimals

  6. Sammy wishes everyone a great weekend. Or… Maybe he’s just inviting me to join him for a game of ball? It’s hard to tell sometimes.

    #Dog #Cute #Indoors #LapDog #Pet #DomesticAnimals

  7. Sammy wishes everyone a great weekend. Or… Maybe he’s just inviting me to join him for a game of ball? It’s hard to tell sometimes.

    #Dog #Cute #Indoors #LapDog #Pet #DomesticAnimals

  8. Sammy wishes everyone a great weekend. Or… Maybe he’s just inviting me to join him for a game of ball? It’s hard to tell sometimes.

    #Dog #Cute #Indoors #LapDog #Pet #DomesticAnimals

  9. Sammy wishes everyone a great weekend. Or… Maybe he’s just inviting me to join him for a game of ball? It’s hard to tell sometimes.

    #Dog #Cute #Indoors #LapDog #Pet #DomesticAnimals

  10. @hanscees @BenjaminHCCarr Sure rats lived close to humans, because of the availability of food there. But especially interesting are diseases that were exchanged between humans and their #domesticanimals. They did not only receive #diseases from these animals, but also transferred diseases to them, an example is scabies (die toite #Sarcoptes #scabiei) , which humans got over their #ancestryline.

  11. @hanscees @BenjaminHCCarr Sure rats lived close to humans, because of the availability of food there. But especially interesting are diseases that were exchanged between humans and their #domesticanimals. They did not only receive #diseases from these animals, but also transferred diseases to them, an example is scabies (die toite #Sarcoptes #scabiei) , which humans got over their #ancestryline.

  12. @hanscees @BenjaminHCCarr Sure rats lived close to humans, because of the availability of food there. But especially interesting are diseases that were exchanged between humans and their #domesticanimals. They did not only receive #diseases from these animals, but also transferred diseases to them, an example is scabies (die toite #Sarcoptes #scabiei) , which humans got over their #ancestryline.

  13. @hanscees @BenjaminHCCarr Sure rats lived close to humans, because of the availability of food there. But especially interesting are diseases that were exchanged between humans and their #domesticanimals. They did not only receive #diseases from these animals, but also transferred diseases to them, an example is scabies (die toite #Sarcoptes #scabiei) , which humans got over their #ancestryline.

  14. @hanscees @BenjaminHCCarr Sure rats lived close to humans, because of the availability of food there. But especially interesting are diseases that were exchanged between humans and their #domesticanimals. They did not only receive #diseases from these animals, but also transferred diseases to them, an example is scabies (die toite #Sarcoptes #scabiei) , which humans got over their #ancestryline.

  15. Low Contribution Of Livestock In The Grey Wolf Diet In The Area With High Availability Of Free-Ranging Cattle And Horses
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    doi.org/10.1007/s10344-025-019 <-- shared paper
    --
    [not my usual fare (word play very much intended), but a fascinating and data-driven study; the study is not definitive, of course, but it adds to the scientific knowledge base, including with the socio-economic considerations…]
    #wolf #predator #apexpredators #livestock #predation #depredation #death #cow #horse #greywolf #casestudy #Poland #cattle #horses #ecosystems #socioeconomic #forests #humanimpacts #conflicts #WartaRiver #genetic #fingerprinting #tracking #GIS #spatial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #cameratraps #scat #fecal #feces #wildanimals #ungulates #deer #mammals #rabbits #domesticanimals #foodsource #cost #economics #dogs #population #impacts #conflict #landscape #wildprey #prey #trophiccascade #herds #vegetation

  16. Low Contribution Of Livestock In The Grey Wolf Diet In The Area With High Availability Of Free-Ranging Cattle And Horses
    --
    doi.org/10.1007/s10344-025-019 <-- shared paper
    --
    [not my usual fare (word play very much intended), but a fascinating and data-driven study; the study is not definitive, of course, but it adds to the scientific knowledge base, including with the socio-economic considerations…]
    #wolf #predator #apexpredators #livestock #predation #depredation #death #cow #horse #greywolf #casestudy #Poland #cattle #horses #ecosystems #socioeconomic #forests #humanimpacts #conflicts #WartaRiver #genetic #fingerprinting #tracking #GIS #spatial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #cameratraps #scat #fecal #feces #wildanimals #ungulates #deer #mammals #rabbits #domesticanimals #foodsource #cost #economics #dogs #population #impacts #conflict #landscape #wildprey #prey #trophiccascade #herds #vegetation

  17. Low Contribution Of Livestock In The Grey Wolf Diet In The Area With High Availability Of Free-Ranging Cattle And Horses
    --
    doi.org/10.1007/s10344-025-019 <-- shared paper
    --
    [not my usual fare (word play very much intended), but a fascinating and data-driven study; the study is not definitive, of course, but it adds to the scientific knowledge base, including with the socio-economic considerations…]
    #wolf #predator #apexpredators #livestock #predation #depredation #death #cow #horse #greywolf #casestudy #Poland #cattle #horses #ecosystems #socioeconomic #forests #humanimpacts #conflicts #WartaRiver #genetic #fingerprinting #tracking #GIS #spatial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #cameratraps #scat #fecal #feces #wildanimals #ungulates #deer #mammals #rabbits #domesticanimals #foodsource #cost #economics #dogs #population #impacts #conflict #landscape #wildprey #prey #trophiccascade #herds #vegetation

  18. Low Contribution Of Livestock In The Grey Wolf Diet In The Area With High Availability Of Free-Ranging Cattle And Horses
    --
    doi.org/10.1007/s10344-025-019 <-- shared paper
    --
    [not my usual fare (word play very much intended), but a fascinating and data-driven study; the study is not definitive, of course, but it adds to the scientific knowledge base, including with the socio-economic considerations…]
    #wolf #predator #apexpredators #livestock #predation #depredation #death #cow #horse #greywolf #casestudy #Poland #cattle #horses #ecosystems #socioeconomic #forests #humanimpacts #conflicts #WartaRiver #genetic #fingerprinting #tracking #GIS #spatial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #cameratraps #scat #fecal #feces #wildanimals #ungulates #deer #mammals #rabbits #domesticanimals #foodsource #cost #economics #dogs #population #impacts #conflict #landscape #wildprey #prey #trophiccascade #herds #vegetation

  19. Low Contribution Of Livestock In The Grey Wolf Diet In The Area With High Availability Of Free-Ranging Cattle And Horses
    --
    doi.org/10.1007/s10344-025-019 <-- shared paper
    --
    [not my usual fare (word play very much intended), but a fascinating and data-driven study; the study is not definitive, of course, but it adds to the scientific knowledge base, including with the socio-economic considerations…]

  20. Something that came to my attention via a fibre artist who was looking for wool from heritage sheep breeds in the US:
    There's a directory of breeders of rare domestic animal lines in the US. You can filter by species, breed, and product you're interested in
    livestockconservancy.org/herit

    #fiberArt #fibreArt #wool #domesticAnimals

  21. > Kirikongo’s chickens are currently the earliest known in sub-Saharan Africa, and I have argued that chickens are of greater relative importance in egalitarian political systems since they are less likely than other domestic animals to be a symbol of inequality. These results are featured in the 2014 popular science book Why Did the Chicken Cross the World: The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization by Andrew Lawler
    #EgalitarianChickens #CattleStatus #StatusCattle #DomesticAnimals

  22. Just Published!

    Nutrition and Metabolism of Dogs and Cats

    Read here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007

    This book provides new knowledge about the nutrition and metabolism, as well as the roles of nutrients in the immunity, health, and management of companion animals (dogs and cats).

    Chapter 4 is available open access (link.springer.com/chapter/10.1).

    Enjoy!

    #VeterinarySciences #DomesticAnimals #Nutrition #Health #Metabolism #Biochemistry #Physiology #Aging