TIL of an ongoing soviet fox domestication experiment that selectively bred for 'friendliness'. After a few generations the foxes had other surprising traits like better social skills, larger litter sizes, curlier tails, droopier ears and showed skeletal changes (making them look 'cuter', like dogs)
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TIL of an ongoing soviet fox domestication experiment that selectively bred for 'friendliness'. After a few generations the foxes had other surprising traits like better social skills, larger litter sizes, curlier tails, droopier ears and showed skeletal changes (making them look 'cuter', like dogs)
![TIL of an ongoing soviet fox domestication experiment that selectively bred for 'friendliness'. After a few generations the foxes had other surprising traits like better social skills, larger litter sizes, curlier tails, droopier ears and showed skeletal changes (making them look 'cuter', like dogs)]()
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