• Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
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    16 days ago

    I’m not sure if domestication is viable; if it was, the Amerindians would’ve done it already, odds are at least some tribes tried. I’m saying this because they’ve been hunting the capybaras since forever, a lot of them used to be nomads (livestock is great when you’re a nomad, it’s basically a mobile food reserve), and the ones in the Andes did domesticate a related species (guinea pigs).

    (Plus they have a nasty habit of eating their own poop.)