ANSC 250 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bernese Mountain Dog, Exotic Pet, Australian Cattle Dog
22 Sep 2016
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Companion animal: provides humans company and are kept for pleasure than utility by receiving personal attention: main benefits are non-commerical, roles are for guarding/protection, search/rescue, racing, hunting, etc. Human-animal bond: mutually beneficial and dynamic relationship b/w people & animals that"s influenced by behaviors that are essential to the health of both. Benefits: reduce stress, promotes healthier lifestyles, increases social interaction, self-esteem, etc. Domestication: happens to population of animals where traits are passed to offspring and changes in physical and behavioral traits: guns germs & steel by jarod diamond. Ability to be bred in captivity (increased reproduction) We also often see physical variability (size, color, etc: not taming when an individual animal keeps its wild characteristics and doesn"t pass off traits to offspring. Finding one animal and taming it doesn"t mean tameness in its genes: functional domestication (morphological changes, example: tameness (raising wolf pups) vs. domestication (silver fox exp. )
