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Domestication Event: Why The Donkey And Not The Zebra?
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| 10-23-2006
| Eric Hand
Posted on 10/23/2006 12:00:01 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
Thought I saw a post here a month of so ago claiming they'd found dog remains near those of some Neandertals.
But then my senility remembers things that didn't happen and forgets things that did.
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posted on
10/23/2006 5:38:40 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(If you know how many firearms you have, you don't have enough yet.)
To: blam
"Why The Donkey And Not The Zebra?"
It was too much work to paint all the stripes on.
If you want to find a donkey with stripes, go to Tijuana!
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posted on
10/23/2006 5:44:25 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: BadAndy
LOL, not being very subtle.
*rolls eyes*
To: reformedliberal
Our beagles aren't very good hunters. :p They are cute when they try, though.
To: BadAndy
"Europeons" did not domesticate the horse.
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posted on
10/23/2006 6:08:14 PM PDT
by
nicollo
(All economics are politics)
To: ASA Vet
"But then my senility remembers things that didn't happen and forgets things that did." Ditto.
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posted on
10/23/2006 6:23:35 PM PDT
by
blam
To: nicollo
""Europeons" did not domesticate the horse." Read through this thread. The proto-Europeans may have.
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posted on
10/23/2006 6:27:44 PM PDT
by
blam
To: ASA Vet
LOL, you just wanted pictures of that pretty girl! ;)
To: To Hell With Poverty
Actually I wasn't there and did not take those photos.
She woke me up last week all excited and wanted to show me her "Sleepy big Cat" (her wording, but in Thai,) photos.
Always striving to be kindhearted to sweet young Thai girls of course I agreed that 3:00 AM was a great time to see them.
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posted on
10/23/2006 9:16:37 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(If you know how many firearms you have, you don't have enough yet.)
To: blam
"The St. Louis Zoo has five wild asses.Six with Mary Jane in accounting.
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posted on
10/23/2006 9:20:10 PM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: To Hell With Poverty; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Bahbah; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; ...
This didn't start out as a kitty discussion, but it sort of ended up as one... I see what you mean.
To: Erasmus
Just read your freeper home page.
Puns are very nice, as is the tagline.
Cheers!
To: Arthalion
Pigs, sheep, and dogs are domesticated. Elephant and yak are tamed. We raised hogs when I was a kid. If you think they are domesticated, toss them some meat sometime. It'll scare the cr*p out of you. I had to be very, very careful in the field with them (four acres is a bit big to call a "pen"). If they thought they had the upper hand...
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:41:19 AM PDT
by
wyattearp
(Study! Study! Study! Or BONK, BONK, on the head!)
To: blam
She also hopes to understand why the ass was domesticated and not, say, the zebra. Donkey has better camouflage than zebra in a desert land?
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:49:25 AM PDT
by
drlevy88
To: 3niner
but the mother continued to kill mice I suppose this one didn't get the memo.
75
posted on
10/24/2006 3:18:58 AM PDT
by
dinasour
(Pajamahadeen, SnowFlake, and Eeevil Doer.)
To: blam
She also hopes to understand why the ass was domesticated and not, say, the zebra.Wild donkeys are about half the size of wild zebras. I suspect that size & strength had a lot to do with it--400# vs 800#. Another factor perhaps?...herd instinct?
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posted on
10/24/2006 4:53:01 AM PDT
by
elli1
To: dinasour
"I'm on my break."
To: ASA Vet
The cat has the best use in decimating vermin populations that not only deplete food supplies, but carry diseases.
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posted on
10/24/2006 9:00:13 AM PDT
by
najida
(The internet is for kids grown up-- Where else could you have 10,000 imaginary friends?)
To: 3niner
Thomas Nast - same guy who broke Boss Tweed and Tamany Hall.
To: najida
Getting rid of only 10% of the vermin population wouldn't effect food supplies or diseases much.
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posted on
10/24/2006 9:53:43 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(If you know how many firearms you have, you don't have enough yet.)
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