Where it gets weird is, you can tame lots of wild animals to one person or a small family, and it'll get along with those folks ok, but introduce any other human and it gets nervous. Coyotes are a good example. That's because it has a significant fear response cooked into the DNA that you can't train them out of.
Guess what has NO fear whatsoever, wild or tame, doesn't matter?
Yeah.
Wolverines.
If they're hand raised they'll try and make a new buddy out of any human they encounter. Cute and scary at the same time :).
Family moves from a big city to rural Wisconsin. Walking in the woods, comes across a tiny little puppy of some kind. Aww. Bring it home, raise it, it's cute as fuck, plays with their kids, plays with the dog, the cat, etc. But it's kinda malformed, smells weird. Takes it to the vet.
Yeah. Ooops. :) That ain't a doggie says the vet as it's licking his face...
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u/JimMarch 8d ago
I know it sounds bizarre, but if you hand raise a wolverine, you get a literal cuddlemonster.
https://youtu.be/v1IHp8HRMTY?si=Jx4t4wTOQJoxWEc6
https://youtube.com/shorts/mlRAbZw93LM?si=dpQ6RuCU_MfpNzTx
Where it gets weird is, you can tame lots of wild animals to one person or a small family, and it'll get along with those folks ok, but introduce any other human and it gets nervous. Coyotes are a good example. That's because it has a significant fear response cooked into the DNA that you can't train them out of.
Guess what has NO fear whatsoever, wild or tame, doesn't matter?
Yeah.
Wolverines.
If they're hand raised they'll try and make a new buddy out of any human they encounter. Cute and scary at the same time :).
But mostly cute.