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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 233 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (78 children)

Ofcourse you can breed aggression, its so absurd to claim that you cant.

[–] Asafum 77 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (8 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.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 67 points 3 days ago (5 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

[–] Asafum 5 points 3 days 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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