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Italian bears living near villages have evolved to be smaller and less aggressive, finds study (phys.org)
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[–] Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 months ago

Yes! Let's domesticate them and have parks where people can take their bears to play and stuff, and instead of seeing eye dogs we could have ridable bears for wheelchair users

[–] Bonus@mander.xyz 0 points 4 months ago

Scusa, è colpa mia

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This is like another paper where raccoons are becoming more pet-like. The evolutionary pressure of human environments is domesticating everything (cute and docile or perish)