|
Sure some domesticated dog species likely cant survive in the wild , but ; Domesticated pigs and horses survive just fine in the wild given the correct habitat.
In fact ,domesticated Pigs and Horses seem to thrive in many places of the world when reintroduced into the wild.
We bred them to grow faster and bigger, traits which also benefit their species in the wild.
Demanding that in order to be deemed a true "domesticated" species somehow the species must benefit mankind while not benefiting the species itself silly.
Most breeds of dogs were cultivated to better refine their existing skills,,,, not to lick your face.
Wild dogs hunted long before breeders refined them to see better and swim faster and respond to the alpha humans commands.
Nature had already bred larger feet on snow dogs long before sled breeders requested even bigger feet.
House cats were bred to be smaller then their wild counterparts.
this smaller statue in turn now makes the common domestic kitty one of the most effective predators ever in North America.... killing more wild birds and rodents then their origins the bobcats links and panthers ever could.
Sure bioengineering can be used to refine a species for both domestic service and wild superiority?.
Lets say a new zooxanthellae modification which makes the algae better suited to warm temperatures ?
lets say the new zoox cultivar is injected into a coral and the corals injected with this super zooxanthellae now grow better in aquariums and the ever warming oceans as well.
Your notion that domesticating a species must somehow only serve the needs of its human captor (like a lionhead or bubble eye goldfish swimming in a fish bowl) is an outdated concept.
Cultivating wildlife to live a new and unnatural domestic lifestyle is nothing new.
The squirrels , foxes and birds living in my subdivision have been living a domesticated lifestyle for thirty plus years. You can find more wildlife living around my neighborhood then I ever see while walking or camping in the woods .
Sure there are different degrees of domestication , but to reserve the title only for the genetic freaks like tiny poodles, is a bit to narrow for me.
|