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RE: Nocturnal encounters: Aardwolves of the Kalahari

in #biology7 years ago

i really like the animal kingdom and in general mammals! i have no idea this animals existed and as the farmers i would think their primarily food would be chickens, and small animals ( i won't poison them though :p ). I get those are wild animals but do you know if they can be tamed or are like wolves for example?

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I think pretty much any animal that gets used to humans from a very young age can be habituated. Tamed not so much.

i think wolves cant that's why a person i don't recall if he is a zoologist or a different type of scientist tried to live with wolves he took as children because their mother died and wore the same shirts in order the wolves to him by scent. i believe there are videos in youtube about it

Actually lots of people do keep wolves as pets, but they don't make particularly good ones as they never lose certain 'wolffish' behaviors such as marking indoors. Usually when they get larger, their behavior gets mistaken for aggression and suddenly people don't want them any longer.

That said, I have worked around them before and they are very dog-like for the most part and I haven't found them to be aggressive at all.

But for the most part, regardless of whether something can be 'tamed' I think the more important question is always: should we?

if we wanna be like the stark family in game of thrones then hell yes :P

I am joking i am joking in general i think wild life should be protected and we must educate people both for it and the benefits in doing so!

Yup, the best conservation efforts always focus on engaging the local community as well - if people see value in conservation for themselves it has a much greater chance at success