Re:Evolutionary gene loss may explain why only humans are pr...
by chosenbreed37 on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @05:38AM
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I wonder whether or not we should distinguish between domesticated animals and wild ones
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Re:Evolutionary gene loss may explain why only humans are pr...
by masklinn on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @05:44AM
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It would be an interesting (if difficult) experiment but from what I know wild animals will absolutely gorge themselves if they can.
The difference is that in the wild, this is tends to be quickly followed by a resource crash from a normal cycle (e.g. winter crash after summer glut) and / or population explosion.
I don't know that any organism has had evolutionary-scale periods over which to psychologically integrate an access to essentially unlimited (in time and quantity both) resources.
Re:Evolutionary gene loss may explain why only humans are pr...
by humanrebar on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @07:41AM
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I have seen wild geese eat too much seed from bird feeders and practically lose the ability to fly.
I suspect the correcting mechanism for that is generally predation.