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[–] 10 points 8 months ago (6 children)

I honestly wonder if we actually COULD domesticate zebras but it would taking centuries or millennia. Just like other domesticated species.

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  • [–] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

    No. Zebras don't 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, if you're very lucky. More likely you'll get kicked and bitten.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Like African wild cats! You'd just get some hell monster that doesn't do what it's told and attacks you at random.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Selective breeding is no different than natural evolution in how drastically it can change an organism given enough time and the right selections for β€œfitness”.

    So you could produce a domesticated, tame zebra – but waiting on and favoring the right mutations would take a very long time and be prohibitively expensive. It’s possible, but not realistically feasible.

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