Domestication!

Happy new year everyone! I hope you had a great time.
This is a response to our latest chapter in Guns, Germs, and Steel.
And I have a TON of these, I just have been working so hard on my other projects lately, and just somehow lost the time to put them up.


Question 2:
There are several different animals whose domestication has been tried, and failed. Think zebras, cheetahs, grizzlies, etc. What are three different reasons a species might resist domestication? Explain, and give an example of each one. This section begins on the bottom of page 168.

I believe that for these animals to be domesticated, they would have to have so many traits and behavioral habits they don't already have. Cheetahs have a special mating technique, as do most
every animal, including us humans. Would you be "in the mood" if you were put in a big glass box with an artificial home? Placed with someone you don't really even love or remotely want to have a future with? How about after someone shooting you with a tranquilizer to fall asleep, then waking up in that terrible place? In the words of Borat, "Not so much!" :) Animals have feelings, rituals, things that we as humans do and need to survive. If I was a zebra that was being captured or studied all closely, I would definitely bite or hurt someone. It's just plain unfair, and some animals just can't be tame. They need to run free, be in a natural environment. I checked Mr.Ross' vital statistics widget on his blog, and it said 56 species have gone extinct TODAY!! Today!!!!!!! Ah! Maybe if they were left in a natural habitat in the first place, there wouldn't be so many extinct animals. They don't deserve some of the domestication processes thrust upon them.




Bye,
Katherine.