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Re:“Predator boot camps” in Australia teach once-abundant ma... by cimmanom on Friday September 28, 2018 @10:03AM (#18093423)
This experiment seems to have been too short-term to have influenced genetics significantly.
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Re:“Predator boot camps” in Australia teach once-abundant ma... by moate on Friday September 28, 2018 @10:43AM (#18093759)
You're correct, this was only done with a couple generations of animals. Unlikely to have been enough for cultivated development of the behavior genetically. This seems to be more of a "let's just traumatize the animals and hope they change their behavior as a result".
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