On Saturday, November 9, 2002, at 03:09 PM, Terry Graham wrote: > > But I have to say that a wolf generally doesn't kill for the passion > of it > but a dog repeatedly will because the dog has made an often rank > sensualist, > i.e., his passion-prone human master, his God.
Canid behavior (of which I'm a practical student right now, introducing a new dog into the household) is rather readily explained by simple evolutionary traits, not some gobbledegook like the above. Humans have selectively bred canids for millenia (They are, after all wolves in dogs clothing. Canis familiaris and Canis lupus are not really separate species, more like subspecies of each other...they're entirely interfertile and essentially share 100% of the same genes. Dogs are, pretty much, wolves in an arrested state of development. They're essentially puppies all of their lives.) We've bred them to retain juvenile characteristics, which includes a fairly stunted hunting instinct: they got the chase part down. This, coupled with a total lack of fear of human places is what drives feral dogs to be so destructive; they're literally juvenile delinquents. (all said and done...there is some evidence that human association into a tighter tribal (meaning pack-like) existence dates from the beginnings of our intimate association with canids. It could well be that they've evolved *us* as much as we've evolved *them*..after all, they have rather gotten the better end of the deal. Who gets the free room and board? Of course, *most* of us don't have to endure poodle haircuts..;-) > -- Wherever you go, there you are. Bruce Johnson -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
