- lol_idk ( @lol_idk@lemmy.ml ) English15•3 months ago
The jays and crows around my house have domesticated us too
I so want to befriend my local crows, been meaning to buy some seeds for bribing them
- AnarchistArtificer ( @AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net ) English4•3 months ago
There’s some magpies near me, but I don’t have a predictable enough routine to befriend them. I had some crow friends once and they would knock on my window when I was late coming out to them.
- PhlubbaDubba ( @PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee ) English9•3 months ago
It really is a symbiotic relationship we’ve developed with the things we’ve domesticated (or that domesticated us)
Especially animals reserved for working instead of eating, because in those situations oftentimes the food being made with the work is shared between the symbiotes.
- EpeeGnome ( @EpeeGnome@lemm.ee ) English9•3 months ago
I would say it’s symbiotic to the continued survival and propegation of their genes, but not to their well-being as individuals.
- PhlubbaDubba ( @PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee ) English4•3 months ago
Depends on the situation, factory farming definitely, but for most natural raised situations I’d argue the animal’s well being is like 99% of the work being done.
Yeah, influence is rarely a one way street and things like agriculture or animal husbandry have definitely changed us as well
- nothacking ( @nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de ) English7•3 months ago
Well, who’s living in the house? Certainly not the wheat.
- Elise ( @xilliah@beehaw.org ) English6•3 months ago
I wonder what kind of cats rich people tend to go for. Like, say, it’s some kind of black long haired green eyed mini cat. It’ll receive better healthcare than most humans on earth.
- CubitOom ( @CubitOom@infosec.pub ) English4•3 months ago
Reminds me of The Botany of Desire