Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Fogs

Baby Foxes Going to the Dogs
"Each generation has been selectively bred for tameness—fearlessness and nonaggression toward humans. By now the foxes in the project behave like pet dogs, barking and wagging their tails at humans."
Nsational Geographic
"As Belyaev had predicted, other changes appeared along with the tameness, even though they had not been selected for. The tame silver foxes had begun to show white patches on their fur, floppy ears, rolled tails and smaller skulls."
NY Times

1 comment:

kleverasever said...

Dude! I frickin' (sevy for "fuckin'") sent this to Amber a while back. Crazy minds think alike.