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minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·5 months agoI’ve heard their scenting is pretty unpleasant.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months agoThis is true, you might have to breed for that.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoEven the great arctic fox experiment couldn’t seem to breed that out.
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-25 months agoCurious, I looked it up. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_silver_fox It was done in the 50-90s. So I think we should take another stab at it, now that we know more science!
minus-squarerooster_butt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months ago They also lost their ‘musky fox smell’."[6] From the wiki. So seems like they did breed that out?
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoThat’s news to me. But it’s probably been over a decade since I last looked into it. At one point they were even selling domesticated foxes to people as pets but were warning about their scenting. Thanks for the update!
I’ve heard their scenting is pretty unpleasant.
This is true, you might have to breed for that.
Even the great arctic fox experiment couldn’t seem to breed that out.
Curious, I looked it up. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_silver_fox
It was done in the 50-90s. So I think we should take another stab at it, now that we know more science!
Now we can GMO that right out!
From the wiki. So seems like they did breed that out?
That’s news to me. But it’s probably been over a decade since I last looked into it. At one point they were even selling domesticated foxes to people as pets but were warning about their scenting. Thanks for the update!