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Most aggressive dog breeds (lemmy.world)
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[–] 76 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

They literally did the opposite with foxes. Some guy kept breeding the nicest ones until he got a "breed" that wouldn't want to murder you on sight. I'm pretty sure levels of aggression absolutely are something innate in some animals.

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  • [–] 66 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    "Some guy"

    Come on now, let's not buzzfeed our facts here!

    Dmitry Belyayev is the guy, though work continued long after his death

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Thanks for adding the credit where it's due!

    I had just gotten to work and was browsing Lemmy before I had to actually get started so I didn't spend the time to look up who actually did it lol

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Also he did it both ways. On population selected for nice behavior became dog like. One population selected for aggression. The second population goes insane when someone enters the room trying to attack through the cage door.

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