Selective breeding is no different than natural evolution in how drastically it can change an organism given enough time and the right selections for âfitnessâ.
So you could produce a domesticated, tame zebra â but waiting on and favoring the right mutations would take a very long time and be prohibitively expensive. Itâs possible, but not realistically feasible.
Chais@sh.itjust.works â¨9⊠â¨hours⊠ago
No. Zebras donât have a herd hierarchy we can exploit. With horses you pick out the lead horse, tame it and boom, the whole herd follows you.
With zebras you get one zebra, of youâre very lucky. More likely youâll get kicked and bitten.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social â¨9⊠â¨hours⊠ago
Like African wild cats! Youâd just get some hell monster that doesnât do what itâs told and attacks you at random.
LongDickJonsson@lemmy.world â¨7⊠â¨hours⊠ago
Isnât that basically all cats
adb@lemmy.ml â¨5⊠â¨hours⊠ago
Yes, but we never needed to tell cats what to do, we just needed them to stick around and do what they do naturally : catch mice
GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨hours⊠ago
Nature is just going to nature sometimes.