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CGP Grey

1y↑100

Nayan Dusoruth

4y↑13.1K

Cats are a rather interesting example actually, as they weren't something we purposefully domesticated. The domestication pathway for cats was one whereby cats noticed there were a metric sh*tload of rodents where these bipedal apes lived (not to mention the lack of predators in urban settlements). They then would move in, but due to the limited space, the cats that couldn't tolerate other cats wouldn't survive particularly long. By adapting social behaviour from kitten hood (wild cats are only social as kittens, thus things such as miaowing and kneading became social behaviours in adulthood), they where able to become a social species, that could live in dense cooperative colonies (interesting side note: Cats social behaviour's are rather flexible, with cats living in urban regions tending to be more territorial vis a vis other cats (like they're wild ancestors), whilst rural cats will share a core territory, even working together in that core territory (defence, care of young...), whilst keeping separate hunting grounds) and tolerate humans. And the humans, noticing these tiny tigers made the pest problems go away, would tolerate, even take care of the tiny tigers, leading to a more mutualistic relationship between the two (further side note; due to cats only being semi domesticated, and the social flexibility mentioned above, cats are perfectly comfortable switching between living with humans and wild lifestyles).

Lucas Hernández

Sir, cats do not always change their habitat and if they do it is equally risky even in urban places (dogs, large birds, etc.); Not to mention rural areas that have more occasional predators. That is why the cat is more dependent on food actually, even if you don't eat many portions, they mostly come out for mating and not much.

nmt3f

You are right about cats retaining juvenile behavior but wild cats hunt alone buy live in a group. Ever wonder why your cat leave dead mice on your doorstep. This is for the pregnant females.

metal87power

Cats were never domesticated, just tamed.

MC H.L.T records

your correct on all accounts except for one, cats domesticated themselves between 10,000 and 12,000 years ago which would put their domestication in the neolithic era or late caveman era so humans would have already evolved into their final form and not been bi-pedal apes at all.

McMerry

Cats are based

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naphackDT

3y↑2.9K

There is one misconception about domestication and breeding: Most people don't go "oh, this animal has great genes, I will breed it with that animal over there."
Most breeding that happens isn't selecting animals with desirable traits but rather culling animals with undesirable traits. When winter comes and you decide, which part of your herd to butcher, you obviously choose to get rid of the problem animals rather than the well-behaved, healthy ones. And that's usually the biggest player in livestock genetics.

HeavenThird

I'm from Argentina and we use the word Capon for animals or people who can't breed.

It's_Dey_mate

@Markio Book I believe it may have been a joke on how feisty and fierce roosters are.

Bobby Gets Banned

@Great_OLAF5 In the US a castrated male bovine is a steer instead of an ox.

Laura Nolastnamegiven

@Great_OLAF5 a castrated bull is a steer, the word "ox" means any bovine used for work (mostly plowing)

Laura Nolastnamegiven

@Great_OLAF5 a castrated bull is a steer, the word "ox" means any bovine used for work (mostly plowing)

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Pompeii

2y↑2.1K

I feel like dogs were such an incredible find for domestication. In today's world where dogs are mostly kept just for fun, it's easy for people to forget what they really have to offer- not food or transportation but a dedicated workforce capable of performing complex jobs day-in, day-out, and happily. Watching border collies herd sheep will never not be impressive to me. And even today there are dogs doing vital work in our societies- aiding police and providing medical assistance.

working hard

1y↑2

@Indian_Otaku cat are smarter than dog, and can taking care of themselve. but cats are small compare to dog and they are 'lazy' compare to dog. its not lazy but they tend to do what they want rather than listening to human.

that is why cat domestication have been a long debate. how do we domiscated such predator who didnt even listen to us. Compare to dog our ancestor choose and breed them for job like hunting, guarding and herding. Some conclusion said we come to agreement with wild cats. Wild cat come to our farm and they hunt pest. They keep the pest out from farm and human pay them with food. Next thing.. that wild cats domiscated themselve to human.

Luis Ruiz

1y↑2

@Corrie De Beer humans and dogs are natural friends also due to same dietary needs. We are not a foods source for them and Vice versa. Of course shyt happens but that’s the ugly side of nature.

Luis Ruiz

1y↑2

When humans became agricultural we adopted dogs into our society after ages of them being hunting partners.

cattysplat

1y↑1

@Serai Harper We destroyed Wolves' habitat (forests) because hella farm land and wolves would hunt humans who ventured inside, so starving wolves came to humans settlements to scavenge and thousands of years later we have evolved doggos with omnivore diet.

Serai Harper

1y↑5

Dogs were never a "find". We created them. The reason they're so perfect for humans is that we designed them that way. A wolf might decide to put up with your presence in her territory, but she will have no natural reason to befriend or help you. It's humans who, over thousands of years, took the wolf and made the dog out of it.

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Johnny G

1y↑90

When I explain to my friends why zebras were never domesticated I tell them that a zebra isn’t a horse, it’s an ill tempered donkey that grew up surrounded by lions.

Jared Johnson

2y↑916

The zebra/horse contrast is especially interesting if you also talk about the other domesticated equine. Asses generally don't fit the "family friendly" or "friendly" categories - they are usually solitary and they're notorious for being stubborn, especially when feral - yet domesticated asses, aka donkeys, still happened.

Cockoff Gewgle

1y↑1

I’m skeptical of this video. Wild horses are aggressive as well aren’t they? They’re less so because of domestication more so than they’re domesticated because they were less aggressive.

Africa has always been rather lacking in civilization and innovation.

Laura Nolastnamegiven

1y↑1

donkeys are not the same animal as a wild ass - asses are larger, their heads are different, they make different vocalizations, and they're native to different areas

Laura Nolastnamegiven

1y↑6

@Dutch Ray exactly, donkeys aren't 'stubborn,' they've simply retained a strong instinct for self-preservation we've bred out of horses

roddo

@MrProthall "We all" did and still do. But we were and still are in disagreement about whether domestication of the silverfoxes occurred. 'Y'all' come back now, y'hear?🤪

MrProthall

@roddo Y'all really didn't catch the difference between tamed and domesticated didn't ya.

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R

2y↑281

"The Russian Farm-Fox Experiment is the best known experimental study in animal domestication. By subjecting a population of foxes to selection for tameness alone, Dimitry Belyaev generated foxes that possessed a suite of characteristics that mimicked those found across domesticated species."

Greywolf757

1y↑2

The foxes got floppy ears. I don't know why floppy ears is associated with tameness.

Irmãos Matos

1y↑11

@Cissy2cute when the survival pressure of camouflage dissapears, domesticated animals all have very different colours from the wild ones, donkeys and dromedaries being exceptions.

Cissy2cute

1y↑17

Even their appearance began to change and they started to look more like dogs. It was not done deliberately. Amazing how nature develops new species.

Iris Trismegistus

1y↑38

@Zeff they aren't fully domesticated but they're a lot more tame than similar tame foxes in America. The domesticated Russian fox has more dog traits such as droopier ears and more fur variation.

They're not as domesticated as the dog, but the point of the research is to understand how domestication worked.

Reentry sfs

1y↑33

@Zeff they have been changed for better human use although not perfectly yet.

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catfishwithwhiskers

4y↑11.1K

"Why did humans never domesticate tigers?"

"Thermodynamics."

maximaldinotrap

The cheetah is probably one of the few theoretically domesticatable larger felines

Bee

It's an excuse for a lot of stuff

Krish

Thermodynamics is known to explain everything in this universe.

Lepot Defleur

@Libertarian Nurse Lots of stories of cat and dog eating their owner after he/she died.

Tygat Tyche

Jamal Ramadan
This Tony died from a fatty heart due to diet.

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DaHyi Mi

3y↑641

Yes, cats are about as domestic as spiders. Humans never tried to domesticate or tame them. They just walked into humans' houses and humans said: "You're cute and you take care of mice and moths! OK, you can stay!". And they still do that. I know of a few feral cats who just walked into a house and the humans welcomed them to stay.

Lagopus Vulpuz

1y↑4

Cats behave more socially than their ancestors did. They learn some human behaviors such as using vocals to communicate, groom, play & cuddle with other cats in the house. They were domestic later for their looks & use in animal shows. There are many cat breeds that were selected to be more friendly & cutesy or to look more wild like the Highlander Cat. Cats were originally used to control pests & later keep as companions.

Mimori Senpai

2y↑5

Cat get selective breeding by human too
Some cat breed like angora, Persian, van is very different from their wildcat ancestors, they are on par with goat and pig domestic animals who can go wild but human still doing something to their genetic

Mayday Baeday

2y↑10

Feral cats often will not tolerate humans. Even stray cats who were raised with humans and lived in the wild for years after being abandoned are hard to "re-tame."

Cats are crazy, man.

Hercules Balls

2y↑20

There are definite differences that can be empirically observed between domesticated dogs and their wild ancestors, not the least of which is the ability to imprint on humans and for a vastly longer period. For wild dogs, you have a couple weeks at best. Whether this was bred for intentionally is anyone's guess because it occurred in prehistory.

In the same wise, there are empirically observable differences between housecats and wildcats, not the least of which is juvenile behaviours which make them more accepting of humans lasting much longer into adulthood. Housecats also have different pupil arrangements suitable to ambush hunters instead of chasing hunters. Whether these were bred for intentionally is anyone's guess because they occurred in prehistory.

Suggesting, then, that dogs are domesticated and cats are not seems to me to be a distinction which cannot be supported by evidence. We see the same kinds of adaptations and ones which make them less suitable for the wild but much more suitable for a kind of symbiosis with humans. They are equally trainable, even though cats are far less frequently trained because they naturally perform the services that are expected of them and are little threat to humans in any case. An untrained dog is at worst a threat; an untrained cat is at worst an annoyance.

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Hopper John

1y↑113

A friend of mine works in a zoo. He told me that zebras are responsible for more zookeeper injuries (of varying severity) than most if any other animals, at least in the USA.

Shaun McIsaac

2y↑225

Turns out there are lots of animals that you could domesticate if for some strange reason you wanted to spend the decades doing it. But they never were domesticated or were not until very recently. Belyayev's foxes for example. The process from Wild Fox -> Domesticated Silver Fox took about 20 or so generations. Easily doable in one persons lifetime. History picked Grey Wolves instead.

Rico Ten

1y↑3

I have read that scientists think hyenas could be domesticated easily but there's no reason to do so.

dafaq117

@పక్షి భితి foxes follow humies all the time, they know that if they act all cute, we'll feed them

El Zilcho

1y↑16

We could domesticate any animal with enough time, technology and breeding, but this video is about what prehistoric humans were capable of doing.

Kurt Snyder

1y↑3

Kitsune may disagree.

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Ray Rowley

2y↑76

You hinted at it, but I think it is also important that they have many offspring. Not just a short reproductive cycle (though that helps) but many offspring over their lifetime. This gives you many chances to find the best one and speeds up the artificial selection pressures.

Volpe Last Name

1y↑8

He didn't hint at it, he directly stated it. He said they need to be "fecund" which means "extremely fertile and able to produce offspring in abundance"

VestedUTuber

2y↑154

"A cat is a tiny tiger that lives in your house"

...Yes, actually. Although I will note that they do count as domesticated because of how modern cats were selectively bred for looks.

John Box

1y↑2

Who domesticated whom?

Domesticated - brought under control in order to provide food, power, or company - able or willing to do cleaning, cooking, and other jobs and to take care of offspring 🙂

Iquipthedip

3y↑9.1K

There’s an alternate reality where ostriches are the main way of transport, and I want to live there

Mick Wayne

Chocobos

ZombieSlayer1468

AIM FOR THE NECK

God

@Lliamese normally battle mounts are lightweight and fast

draft horsee were mostly used for farming and caerying heavy loads

Boomy's Woodertag

This is the reality where i just ordered $1200 worth of baby emus.
I don't get them till April 2023, but I already fixed up the pasture fence.

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Dingus Dingus

2y↑150

Wild horse herd dynamics are as follows: the dominant stallion is not the herd leader, he brings up the rear and fights off predators and fends off challenges from subdominant stallions. The herd leader is the dominant mare who decides where to go and when. She also establishes the social pecking order. This may not be a crucial point for the video but I enjoy imparting accurate information

SirZeck Lucious.

2y↑1

@Dingus Dingus no

Dingus Dingus

2y↑13

I stand corrected

Anne Baker

2y↑45

That's actually an overrated myth. Some wild herds may not have a lead mare, but they will always have a dominant stallion who is in charge and yes, he does bring up the rear and protects the herd, but the lead mare (that is, if they have one) cannot do anything without the consent of the herd stallion. The band can exist without the lead mare, yet they cannot survive without a lead stallion. This is a crucial thing to remember about wild horse herds. The lead stallion is the heart that holds the entire band together, without him, they will scatter and be stolen by other rogue bachelor studs. And people that claim that the herd stallion is the "leader" are absolutely correct. Just speak to any wild horse expert, Mustang enthusiast and photographer. Their dynamics are incredibly fascinating, but I have yet to see a herd without a lead stallion (not including the bachelor herds) and yet there are plenty of wild herds without a lead mare. Lead mare either exists, doesn't or three/four mares share those responsibilities among each other. Lead stallion however, is indispensable and a vital part of the herd survival.

Counterpoint1951

2y↑17

Thank you for pointing this out. It annoys me when people claim that the herd stallion is the leader.

484berkshire

2y↑135

CGP Grey: "Herbivores should eat something that's everywhere that you CAN'T eat."
Americans: Feed cows corn.

God

@Me Here then genetically engineer cows designed to digest corn

Rory Bage

@R it fattens them up which is what the market cares about.

Joe Vining

2y↑1

Only during winter when grasses don't grow

mrvat100

2y↑4

@R Feeding cows corn is more expensive then feeding cows grass, even with "massive corn subsidies". The reason we feed cows corn for a month or so before slaughter is precisely for the increased quality of meat. The desirable marbleized steak does not come from pasture fed, it comes from the higher calories provided by grain. Look into meat grading, its interesting.

Kelf

2y↑7

@Me Here When you live in farm country, you can tell which fields are growing corn for our consumption and which are for feed corn.
And neither is like the original maize that corn is derived from.

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no

2y↑46

1:07 "because their day job is *murder*" caught me by surprise and made me laugh so hard. Note to self: domesticate the animals that don't "moonlight in murder." 🤣

Bubbelpop2

2y↑20

Domesticated cats actually have a funny social heirarchy. They like to live in colonies, with one or two queens/mothers, a few top breeding males, and many younger cats to help with the hunting and defense. Cats interacting with cats is like-- their favorite things to do are annoy other cats, cuddle with other cats, groom, and eat. And for those purposes? to them, you count as a cat for the purposes of the Cat Pile.

Me

2y↑2

Only if food is plentiful, typically from people feeding them. But if food is not plentiful enough to sustain a colony they will revert to a more wild state of social organization.

The Gaming Pigeon

2y↑40

The thing I love about the "cats are just tiny tigers that live in your house" bit?

It's 1000000% correct

Szgerle

1y↑1

@Mr. Beanz Keep crying

Mr. Beanz

@Szgerlehater

Szgerle

its completely incorrect though

Carl Alm

5y↑3.1K

You did not mention that cats are kind of unique in the way they "domesticated" themselves, choosing to live by our side for an easier life and abundance of prey.

Kateaclysmic

1y↑2

One could argue that cats domesticated humans.

dafaq117

@rubiks15 there are devices than are more efficient and cheaper for that, so we dont really nees cats.

dafaq117

@ffeff i see a lot of stray dogs surviving just fine on their own. But big breeds only.

Jędrzej Białokryty

1y↑2

The cats said to themselves: they're friendly, they feed themselves, they're breedable and have a strong family sense. And then the cats domesticated us.

Kelf

I think raccoons are starting to do this.

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Fosi94

2y↑14

I discovered your channel today, two videos ago and I LOVE IT! it is a gem. Your voice doesn't get me tired, the information is useful and it's even funny the way to present it sometimes. Very dinamic, perfectly for a children or an adult to watch. Thank you my man!

T

3y↑30

The more common plains and mountain Zebras do have social structures, and the fact that many have been tamed and broken to the saddle suggests that someone could have created a domesticated breed had they wished too. 'Zebra species differ in social behaviour, with plains and mountain zebra living in stable harems consisting of an adult male or stallion, several adult females or mares, and their young or foals'.

Keshi

1y↑2

@Skappy Yes but even compared to wild horses Zebra's are more aggressive. Do some research on how they think, they may look the same as wild horses but this isn't entirely the case on how they act.

Wild horse /= Zebra. They belong to the same family, but the increased difficulty makes it much less worth it.

Skappy

2y↑3

@Me Basically all wild horses are domesticated untamed horses. There is only one almost extinct species that some people argue was never domesticated, but genetic research shows it probably was.

Me

2y↑6

Zebras are a lot meaner than horses, even wild horses. While theoretically possible to domesticate (you can domesticate any animal with enough time), for people living 8,000 years ago zebras just wouldn't have been worth it. They're much more aggressive than horses, which makes them much harder to domesticate.

Alex Dunphy

2y↑9

@Patricius vun Kempen exactly. The whole thing is just a cope to avoid facing that reality

Patricius vun Kempen

2y↑9

yes grey is just reaffirming his preassumption bc another answer would have meant that the local population of humans were just unable or unwilling to domesticate the zebra.

Dan Chen

2y↑15

I would've love to see the attempts made on domesticating zebras in the past.

SkyFree

3y↑8

Wolves do actually have a breeding season. So I guess dogs ability to breed at any time of the year came along through domestication. As I’m sure it did with other domesticated creatures as well.

Mortimer Tobarius

2y↑10

What really makes cats and dogs different, is that they began the process themselves. This is the commensal pathway. Cats were attracted to human dwellings because mice were attracted to human dwellings. The humans then realized that cats were an excellent form of autonomous pest control, and so encouraged the cats to live in and around their settlements.
Due to prolonged interaction with humans, cats became accustomed to their presence.

tbitfiddler

Slightly different from the sibling comment, but yes dogs were apparently self-domesticated in the beginning - they would (of course) hang around where there's food to be found, and those who could handle that continued to do so (and would breed with others doing the same). Those who could handle starch better than your common wolf also had an advantage. And so it went on, until the point where proto-dogs and humans would e.g. travel together, help on hunts etc.

Gregory Smith

2y↑1

Actually dogs also are hypothesized to have been lone wolves, banished from their packs, who would likely have starved fending for themselves. Instead they became "camp followers" of human hunter-gatherer tribes, eating whatever they could scrounge from the humans' garbage.

David P.

3y↑4.6K

"A cat is a tiny tiger that lives in your house"

I couldn't have said it better.

Hill,WILLIAM

House cats and lions are the same family. Tigers are different.

Krish

@Cissy2cute they are loyal and fight companions which is far cooler than that cat being sleeping like just got kicked in the a$$. Anything you like is the better here sorry.

Cissy2cute

@Krish how?

Daniel Daniels

1y↑3

Mine is more like a tiny panther

Manny Calavera

1y↑2

I have both a dog and a cat. If you were to shrink me to miniature size. My dog will defend me until his dying breath, my cat will most likely kill me.

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TreasureOurTrees

2y↑2

What a great video! Incredibly informative and straight to the point with splashes of humor. I love this format.

Dinitha Gunathilake

3y↑14

Just over 5 minutes long. I learned so much. This is a brilliant video. Thank you!

May Walker

1y↑6

The 4 factors are also widely theorized why some societies (such as the aborigine ones of Australia) remained largerly hunter gatherer ones until their discovery due to the lack decent domestication options in native fauna. The Victorians often equated civilization as equalling intelligence, but the development of settled societies after the last Ice Age ended were actually more down to pot luck factors such as local geography, climate and local fauna/flora options available than anything else.

Mauricio Piccolo

3y↑419

"Cat is a tiny tiger that lives in your house" - actually it's their house. We humans just happen to live there, clean it, and feed the tiny tigers.

Tjalve

2y↑5

A cat is a tiny tiger that allows you to live in its house.

Badhri

2y↑5

In Soviet Russia, humans don't have cats, cats have humans

Haweater

2y↑24

Cats have domesticated the humans for their own use.

Glenn Sinclair

3y↑47

Dogs have owners: cats have staff.

Grandma of Rexford

1y↑2

Shay Inman of Roanoke, VA, bought a zebra from someone in Texas.
She has been training horses for a long time and although she has gotten her zebra named Joey to be ridden for a short time, that is all.
She said Joey has been the toughest to train.

Rzk Zkr

4y↑5.7K

CGP Grey: *long explanation about dogs being the best pet*
Me as a cat person: *waiting impatiently for the explanation of cats*
CGP Grey: whereas a cat is a tiny tiger that lives in your house
Me: ok i'll take that

God

@Stray Orion cats are not tiny tigers, theyre tiny lions

Rakesh Sahoo

Idk why i always see dogs as extroverts and cats as introverts.

Epic Lightning

2y↑1

@Vishnu Panicker False. Cats are the best. :P

God

@georockstar09 cats decided to domesticate themselves

Francisco Jerónimo

2y↑1

Some people like boot lickers, some people like tigers, it's a matter of taste.

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CRIMSON

3y↑113

Most people think of zebras as being wild horses, when really they're demon donkeys

Cockoff Gewgle

1y↑2

@Alex Force That’s why they’re demon donkeys. They’ve had to defend themselves from lions and crocodiles for millennia. The nice ones got ate.

Patricius vun Kempen

1y↑3

@Felsin Ferguson they literaly had police units saddles on zebras

Felsin Ferguson

1y↑1

@Patricius vun Kempen Only as stunts. Get back with me when anybody and his dog has a "saddle-zebra" they ride/use on a daily basis, and we can talk. Until then, you're only noticing that someone pulled a stunt that got remembered.

Me

2y↑1

@Patricius vun Kempen That wasn't a common occurance, and most of the times those pictures were donkeys painted to look like zebras.

Alex Force

2y↑2

I feel less bad for them being eaten by lions and crocs then.

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computerjantje

2y↑1

I LOVE this video. Short and to the point filled with light info brought in a funny attaching way. This is a great video. Thank you CGP Grey. I am going to watch a few more video by you now.

SassuWunnuOn

2y↑26

This masterpiece is worth seeing just for the sheer abundance of unforgettable lines.

SnarkyRC

No.

Emmanuel Jaramillo

2y↑6

We are top chicken

Artfront Galleries

2y↑5

I have cats. They live with me and Susan in a nicely sized 8th floor apartment in a City. I am not part of a pack or a herd, I am a littermate. They harass me, yell at me, demand y attention but are always ready to sit on my lap(or chest, or crotch) if they feel I am ill or depressed or stressed. They help my blood pressure, mental health and stress levels without slobbering on me, threatening my neighbors or needing a walk outside.
These guys are better than you think...at least to me

Bobby Gets Banned

1y↑2

Finally, someone else that understands how amazing it is that cows turn totally inedible grass into freakin steaks!

Triangulum

4y↑16.5K

That “We’re top chicken” was the most aggresive sentence ever

Abbi Skoblo

2y↑1

I was so scared

Assure

@Max;

Evan Johnson

you should check out his pirate captain video, lets just say BOOP

Hugh Caldwell

@MKKS4559 Heh, I wondered how recognisable it would be. It's always stuck out to me as peak Doofenshmirtz backstory.

MKKS4559

@Hugh Caldwell Haven’t happened to me… yet. (And took me too long to understand the reference.)

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Margery Franko

Thank you CGP Grey for this thoroughly enjoyable video. I am subscribed 😁

Jim Halpert

1y↑3

I would love a video on the domestication of budgies and how their colours were made by human intervention.

Jim Halpert

@Nikhil Anand Pandit nikhil

Nikhil Anand Pandit

jim

fyukfy

1y↑1

My dog barking at me to pet him while grey says "dogs live to be useful to us" was excellent comedic timing by both parties

fallin light

2y↑9

"a cat is a tiny tiger that lives in your house"

as a cat person, i agree lmao

Sir Catchalot

2y↑1

Can't tell you how much I enjoy the alliteration on your checklist. Well done!

Redskull

4y↑3.2K

“Because zebras, are bastards” is my favorite Grey quote

Patricius vun Kempen

@King Of the Beast they could have used carriages, etc. original horses were also small.

Patricius vun Kempen

@King Of the Beast also idk but ropes are a rather ancient technology.

King Of the Beast

@Patricius vun Kempen that was with modern technology (halters, ropes, saddles) and knowledge about how to train equines. Also, after the germans and british had killed most of the larger grévy’s zebra, all that was left was the much smaller plains zebra which is too small to be ridden long term without severe damage.

Evan Johnson

my favorite is "because it'll be the last, most painful moment of your life, BOOP"

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Urroner

Mr. Grey, I love you documentaries and their glorious animations...and your sense of humor.

Laszlo Kaestner

2y↑1

I think the thing with cats is that we happened to put our houses where all their prey was so they kind of just moved in.

Bastet Furry

"A cat is a tiny tiger that lives in your house"
And we wouldn't want it any other way ❤

Colm Kendrick

3y↑2

I have a friend who's dad won a zebra in a poker game and they kept him for years. They were a big horse showjumping family and on several occasions rode the zebra into town to the shop

God

maybe the zebra was already tamed by its previous owner

Foxashock

1y↑3

Once I was in a wild strawberry field and I realised that the strawberries were litterally 1 cm in length.

TheL0rd0fSpace

3y↑1.9K

Hearing about how dogs get personal enjoyment out of being useful to us makes my heart warm

Laura Nolastnamegiven

@Bio exactly, we bred them to be that way, we've done it to them...same with horses, frankly

Lagopus Vulpuz

No, they did it because of the food early humans had & Shelter in exchange the wolves helped Hunt. It's more of a symbiotic relationship.

Mrityunjay

@Bio we are also programmed to continue eating sugar and high calorie food even if it kills us but it ain't that bad

Wildfire悪魔

Being appreciated is desirable for all animals, humans included. Dogs aren't unique

Clea Cloutier

Some horses too. I love horses so much. Horses 😭

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beckyrr1

3y↑1

I learn something every time I watch your videos. They are clever and funny. And I almost choked on my coffee. 😂

Michelle Wall

3y↑4

You completely forgot to mention one of the most important; it has to be more useful modified than unmodified. Which is the reason birds of prey weren't on this list. With no reason to deliberately alter them, birds of prey were just captive bred as convenience saw fit.

S Walden

Perfect lines in this. Just awesome gems. 0:02 for starters. All the way to 5:06. Whoever wrote this deserves a freakin' award! My favorite!

Lawrence Njawe

2y↑1

Very interesting, entertaining and informative footage...The humour that's dotting the entire discourse on this video is infectious 😁😁😁

Robert Mahler

2y↑1

Great video. Very informative and easy to understand!

Hello Person

4y↑7K

I like to think that we domesticated Horses because someone dared a friend to jump on a horses back and it just worked

Pink_Floyd00

@Mattias Dahlström perfect comment

Markus Gorelli

@Kevin RAAMAAAGE Hey do you know how the Egyptians were able to control their chariots while firing arrows with both hands occupied? Notice at 3:39 the pharaoh appears to have a bar (very thick rope?) from the yoke attached to his waist. I say a bar because all pics I can find, have the connection very straight and very thick versus other straps on the horse.
Nobody on the internet seems to know a thing about it or to ask how is it that an archer can ride a chariot by himself, when everyone else (see Persian artwork) has a separate guy as driver. Or was it simply a bit of PR hype on Pharaoh's part?

Alex Dunphy

@Kevin RAAMAAAGE don't think that's true, wheeled vehicles have been around since before 3200bc

Simply Yellow

@Mattias Dahlström Fun Fact : Beer was invented somewhere at 8000 year BC. So your theory is probably right.

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TheAnswerIs A

2y↑8

Question. Does this list of requirements mean we could potentially domesticate opossums?

TheAnswerIs A

@Tranquil thoughts Honestly I just pulled them out of my ass because they seem to fit into the list of requirements mentioned here. They’re pretty cute though.

Tranquil thoughts

With modern bookkeeping we could potentially domesticate any animal. But why would you want to domesticate opossums?

Ethan Soderstrom

It looked like some carnivores were domesticated. The wolf turned out pretty well to get the modern dog.

Honyopenyoko

2y↑4

“Because their day job is MURDER…” was spoken with an amazingly Archer-esque inflection.

Galymzhan kyrykbaev

3y↑3

the hierarchy part of the horses are true. i am Kazak boy, spent holidays in the village (in the steppe) and i saw how the horses lived in wild, the aygır, leader of the tribe finds food, water, place where you can hide from the sun and fights with other leaders and that was interesting to look at

Beux J

2y↑1

Very interesting! Great choice of subject, clean video, well narrated!

Syryu

5y↑4.9K

Domesticating Horses:
Horse #1: Oh, that two-legged creature just mounted our leader.
Horse #2: I guess that creature is our leader now

Domesticating Zebras:
Zebra #3451: Oh no! That two-legged creature just captured Marty!
Zebra #3452: .... who?

Me

@Matthew Campbell Depends. Gravy's zebras do not form stable herds. While Plains and Mountain zebras do, they are still very aggressive animals that don't take too kindly to domestication.

You also have the climate to worry about. When humans domesticated horses we already had a bunch of domesticated animals. Because the climates we domesticated horses in is much more conducive to forming civilizations.

Thomas Carter

@Ousama de aru People used to run too if other is getting bucked by a gang.

Great_OLAF5

@Matthew Campbell Well, not really. Mares are the leaders in horse herds, not stallions.

Some Guy

@ObviusRetard I've heard that those small horses may have been used simply as strategic transport for raids and not actually in combat back in the early bronze age

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Therese Boegel

3y↑12

Even house cats have a family structure that we're exploiting. We know this because feral cats tend to form colonies where they fight for dominance, but also assist each other occasionaly with things like caring for young. Whenever you hear someone tell you about how when their cat had kittens the cat kept trying to put the kittens wherever the human was sitting, this is because the cat is recognizing the human as a co-parent. The reason cats are more like mini tigers and less like dogs is because we didn't put in the same effort to domesticate them as we did with dogs. We didn't originally keep cats for companionship, we kept them to hunt mice and rats. Wild cats did not need a lot of alteration or human supervision to do that effectively. So we didn't need them to listen to us, we just need them to see us as family members so they stick around. Dogs on the other had we bread for specialized tasks like hunting big game and herding other livestock. Also, there are much higher consequences if a dog stops seeing a human as a pack-member/leader. In the United states around 30 people are killed by dogs per year. Now when was the last time you heard of a fatal incedent involving a house cat? Almost never, because despite their bad attitudes cats are still no physical match for a human.
In short: cats are mini tigers because there was no reason to make them stop being mini tigers.

Johnny Vivic

1y↑1

Dogs are no physical match for a human either, but we get scared at their aggressiveness and often perceive a fearless dog as a threat because they are fearless. This is assuming, of course, that the human is not old or disabled, but an able-bodied middle-aged person. Also assuming that it is only one dog. A pack of them makes them very difficult to defend against.

Me

Feral cats live in colonies because they are domesticated, which makes them more social. Look at how African wild cats live. They do not form colonies. African wild cats are the ancestors of domestic cats, so any social structure a domestic cat has is due to the domestication process itself.

Steve Grooms

3y↑1

This was remarkably well written.

Blue Eyed Soul Man

Many a person has approached a Zebra only to run screaming the other way. Horses have been replaced by machines but only recently. "A man without a horse and dog is a sad thing."

Gabriela Fanelli

2y↑1

Wait I need a part 2 of this!! More about zebras please!

Go FISH Global

As simple as the explanation was, I really needed to hear that. Thank you!

Chad 1337P-De$tr0yer69

4y↑2.3K

"A dude on a horse was the best internet at the time."

Yep, and having a horse back then was like going from dial-up to broadband.

wrightmf

and the Pony Express was a real screamer of 1800s internet service. However, it was very difficult maintain which is why it was short-lived.

God

@Paul Mentzer dont camels have more endurance?

Markio Book

Still a vital animal for search and rescue 40km/hr over unknown terrain with the best self-steering on the planet. Also erratic, and shts itself at sparkly plastic litter. Yep I'm a horselord.

S A

AND DONKEYS!!!!!!!

Shigg McDigg

@JJ Honestly I find it easier to take care of my horse than I do to keep my car running well. Horse fuels itself off of stuff on the ground, replenishes its own fluids, repairs itself to an extent, has some self-driving capability, and only requires the occasional re-treading and cleaning. It even generates new horses for you to use once it wears out! On the other hand, a horse can only go about 10mph for an hour or two, and has about 50 miles of range per day. My car will go 80mph for 4 hours before needing a refuel.

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Thomas of the Cosmos

3y↑2

Very interesting. I hear the reason chickens are preferred to ducks is that ducks can just get up one day and fly away.

Greywolf757

Not if you cut their feathers.

Cloude

2y↑1

I was watching videos of pet otters and it brought me back to this video. I feel like otters are pretty close to fitting the domestication bill.

Erin Hightower

2y↑1

How you describe zebra is how most equestrians would describe ponies

Toq The Wise

I think an exception to the feedable rule is if it’s end product justifies the cost. In my fantasy setting for examples, dragons are obligate carnivores that supplement their diet with grains. They need protein to fly and support their massive weight. However, they can also be thought of as machines that turn steak or venison or fish into fire and death from above.

waverlh

GGP Grey videos are great for watching again and again. However, it would be really REALLY NICE to see a new video sometime soon (hint, hint).

David Ndiulor

8y↑1.2K

"Carnivores... their day-job is murder" CGP Grey 2016

mohammed abuzaid

Getsuga Tenshō I love my job

Abrahan Ramirez

David Ndiulor Thats a good line and its true.

Getsuga Tenshō

7y↑1

MarI sabel
Our day job is murder too!

Matthew Spencer

7y↑37

Yeah, but plenty of omnivores moonlight in murder

Brian southparkstudio

7y↑9

that's just because theirs so many of us to do the killing

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NR

3y↑3

Ah, I see what you did there.
I was going to call you on showing a Koala while you said the term 'aren't picky' and point out they 'only' eat eucalyptus leaves' but realised you showed the Koala to illustrate picky.

Nickey Petersen

Very funny and clearly speech. Actually hilarious, and very understandable 😊

The Wojak Known as WSF II

Honestly, imagine if history were different and we domesticated the likes of deer and rams? We domesticate them, breed them to be bigger or more durable and also to be ridable, and then we have the mounts of the Lord of the RIngs / Hobbit films! Imagine soldiers in an alternate American Civil War riding into battle on rams!

Scarlett{{🌹}}Cherry

2y↑1

excellent Survival flying pets.. and very tasty, and useful (if you can train them for scouting, just be careful of birds of prey, keep them safe from those, by placing a fine tiny metal wire armor on them when they're scouting, so birds poke themselves when they try to grab them in their clutches)
you can even put tiny cams on them and just see whatever they see.. great for survival "sky cam"

Scarlett{{🌹}}Cherry

(just use a tracking chip, in case they run off with it, and never return.. you can see what they see, and where they are.. and recover the cam.. or hit a 'detach' button to just unclick it from them, like a self-detachable harness)

Logansfury

Very informative and entertaining video. Thanks for the upload!

TheBestBoot

4y↑7.1K

“But you know who’s really top chicken? We’re top chicken”

Gavin Hawk Turpin

Quote of 2022

Silver Spoon

I disagree. Scootaloo is Top Chicken.

K

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Anastasia Egorova

I wonder if there’s a list of animals with potential to be domesticated (which meet all the criteria)

HollyKim

2y↑1

Not on topic, but I know of here has one actual War Bear. Kapral Wojtek of the Polish army, served from '43 to '45. Moved large stuff around and improved morale.

Scomily Gelbfarb

1y↑3

I just want to point out the pure comedy gold at 4:36 with the "WE'RE TOP CHICKEN"

ethan

3y↑7

Ah yes, I love that funny meme among Zebras: We don’t live in a society. Gets me every time.

Han Man

Clicked to learn about zebra vs horse, ended up knowing about many more things including apples.
Nice allrounder video, thanks.

Drew Martin

6y↑16.7K

You failed to disuade me from war bears

SSA

😂👍🏽

Mike

1y↑1

Bear calvary charge!!!

Kyle Dodson

War Elephants make more sense in a world of gunpowder.

Javier Taylor

1y↑1

War bears RULE

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Jerry's Stories

2y↑1

Wow, this was a really excellent video. Succinct, clear, and fascinating!

Cartrell Pack

2y↑1

It's funny that whenever I look up domestication of animals I don't get a documentary I don't get some scientists talking about it I get this video and I love it

Alex Dunphy

2y↑1

Which is unfortunate because the video is wrong

Hillel Stoliar

1y↑1

End of part 1 : "... history's arrow of disease and death flows in the opposite direction"
Beginning of part 2 : "LOOK AT THE FLUFFY SHEEEP"

dalecs47

Another thing about trying to ride a Zebra: If you manage to catch a zebra, tie it up and put the saddle on it the animal will be so frightened that it will literally drop dead. At least that is the story told by a number of people in the horse riding community who have tried to tame and ride a zebra. Might not be rue, but this is what I hear.

John Pither

2y↑1

“…because their day job is murder…” Laughed out loud.

Kiki Lang

4y↑643

This scientist who studied cat evolution said,"My cat sleep quiet soundly with dedicated canine predator, and two hundred pound primate walking by. No wild cat would ever do that. My cat is fully domesticated."

Me

@Lord Kandar No they didn't. Human domesticated themselves.

otocan

And Grey would say "Nope, but he is tamed".

seatbelttruck

2y↑3

@Lord Kandar No, plants domesticated humans, silly. (No joke. That's an actual theory).

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Choppytehbear1337

2y↑3

"A cat is a tiny tiger that lives in your house."
Yea that's about right. Dogs were happily domesticated. Cats were abducted and decided that running away was too much effort.

Göran Persson

2y↑1

cat's werent really abducted.... they started to live on our farms out of their own free will (because of the abundant prey to be found) and we humans just didnt chase them off (less rodents =more food for humans) how exactly we started to see them as more of a companion than a nice rat catcher I dont really know for sure but I imagine it was a gradual process of just leaving food out for them to make sure they didnt die off and could keep hunting rats and probably letting them stay somewhere inside the house when it got cold

james anaya

3y↑2

It's funny rewatching this video since there are like 5 zebras on the loose in Maryland which no one has been able to catch for over a month already.

Wi Tu Kay

I cannot believe this video is 5 years old. I watched it day one and it's still one of my favorites. 5 year. @_@

Edit: he says half a month from 6th year anniversary

ReCycle Spinning

Very interesting study on animals and domestication , and interaction.

Surfer Rosa

6y↑1.5K

"Sheep weren't always this fluffy. We fluffified them".... that part is solid gold 🤣

Robustus

It’s when a pornographic thespian is prepared for his scene by stimulation of his member to achieve tumescence.

Hunter Corrales

It's funny af😂

Fearghus Keitz

5y↑4

Haven’t you heard of fluffification before?

ThingsIFindInteresting

5y↑9

Literally the first line

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Mr. Voidroy

So theoretically. In let's say 1000 years. Elephants could be domesticated.

Like idk in Jurassic world they attempt to hold raptors ( it doesn't work due to plot reasions) but it would work given LOTS of time.

donavandwelch

2y↑1

One of my favorite nature podcasters refers to zebras as "Oreo murder horses"

Beux J

It turns out, Pandas are actually very easy to mate in Captivity. They just need to spend some precursory time in each-others bedrooms to get a taste for the other's smells, then they are put together after already having developed a long-distance love affair, and bam!

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