Questions tagged [domestication]
The process of taming a wild animal to adapt it to a domestic lifestyle.
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Can I make a baby wild rabbit a pet?
We had a cottontail rabbit that made a nest near our garden. She had a litter of babies about 2 weeks ago but the other day she was hit by a car. I checked on her babies this morning and only one is ...
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Are there native web building spiders in North America that can be domesticated?
This question flows from a couple of previous questions 1, 2 about pet(s) to control insect pests in the home. One comment in particular caught my attention, and lead to me asking this.
Is there web ...
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How do you tell a wild rabbit from a release domestic rabbit in southwestern Europe?
We know from What species of wild rabbit is the domestic house rabbit descended from? that domesic rabbits are decendents of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) they are native to southwestern ...
