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		deadbabe 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Raccoons are showing early signs of domestication Would be cool if it eventually leads to a Cambrian explosion of raccoon varieties after generations of breeding desirable traits.

mr_toad 5 days ago | [–]

For thousands of years after domestication there were only a handful of dog breeds; hounds, sheepdogs etc, which were bred for their utility rather than appearance. It’s only in the last couple of hundred years that dog breeds have exploded.

ForOldHack 6 days ago | [–]

They might even become intelligent!

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