Why So Many Domesticated Mammals Have Floppy Ears

[Halb]

Why So Many Domesticated Mammals Have Floppy Ears
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[Eric Mc]

Cats?

[Halb]

anonymous said:

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Indeed. There is probably a debate on just how 'domesticated' cats get anyway.

[otolith]

Co-selection of neotenous traits.

[Eric Mc]

Goldfish?

[Hoofy]

Eric Mc said:

Goldfish?

They're hardly domesticated. Not being able to escape out of a bowl doesn't make you domesticated. Maybe a goldfish that could pull tricks and fetch might grow a set of floppy ears.

[Hoofy]

Eric Mc said:

Cats?

Ah, maybe cat "owners" develop floppy ears over time.

[Eric Mc]

Hoofy said:

Eric Mc said:

Goldfish?

They're hardly domesticated. Not being able to escape out of a bowl doesn't make you domesticated. Maybe a goldfish that could pull tricks and fetch might grow a set of floppy ears.

I'm not so sure. I've seen goldfish perform somersaults.

[bigandclever]

Eric Mc said:

Hoofy said:

Eric Mc said:

Goldfish?

They're hardly domesticated. Not being able to escape out of a bowl doesn't make you domesticated. Maybe a goldfish that could pull tricks and fetch might grow a set of floppy ears.

I'm not so sure. I've seen goldfish perform somersaults.

How many have you seen with nipples?

[Hoofy]

Eric Mc said:

Hoofy said:

Eric Mc said:

Goldfish?

They're hardly domesticated. Not being able to escape out of a bowl doesn't make you domesticated. Maybe a goldfish that could pull tricks and fetch might grow a set of floppy ears.

I'm not so sure. I've seen goldfish perform somersaults.

You missed something crucial. It somersaults to see where it's safe to land. A kind of risk assessment. Realises it's actually dry on the other side of his cage (ie dangerous to land) so doesn't break out. "But why does he do it again?" Because he has the memory of a goldfish. It's like H&S executive's dream - a life of risk assessments.

[Eric Mc]

Now I know why they have bright, orange, flourescent exteriors. It all makes sense now.

[Hoofy]

If nature had invented sirens and flashing lights, they'd have had them too.

[Eric Mc]

Blues and twos on a fish - I like it.

[Hoofy]

Eric Mc said:

Blues and twos on a fish - I like it.

Was thinking more of the orange "fourth emergency service" lights.

[otolith]

There are lots of bioluminescent fish.

[Hoofy]

otolith said:

There are lots of bioluminescent fish.

Not the same. And they don't have sirens. Or at least a recorded voice: This goldfish is reversing.

[Moonhawk]

Eric Mc said:

Cats?

[Eric Mc]

That's a mutant - cute - but a mutant nonetheless.

[Hoofy]

anonymous said:

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Speak for yourself, freak.

[otolith]

Hoofy said:

otolith said:

There are lots of bioluminescent fish.

Not the same. And they don't have sirens. Or at least a recorded voice: This goldfish is reversing.

That's what the string of poo signifies.