Woody Taylor

I'm gonna post this again, managed to delete it last time.

The more I read about the program, the less I like it. But here's an interesting display of behaviors from silver foxes...

First some background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tame_Silver_Fox

Then the primary research site:
http://cbsu.tc.cornell.edu/ccgr/behaviour/Index.htm

Then finally, the videos. The stark contrast of behavior here is pretty amazing to me. The "tame" foxes, I have to admit, seem like a lot of fun. The "aggressive" ones are obviously scared out of their wits.
http://cbsu.tc.cornell.edu/ccgr/beha...x_Behavior.htm

They're trying to isolate particular genes in the fox genome to learn more about aggression. It just got some criticism as one of the "scariest science experiments around."
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science...ccdrcrd/6.html

Again, I kind of understand it, but I don't really like it. Particularly the part about selling hides from the foxes (including the cuddly ones that love humans) to fund the thing. Next stop, BYBs.

Don't know if this study is old news in the dog world.

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