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KY_EnviroGuy

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6. It's explained well in the video. Some species just will not yield to human dominion...

Reply to msongs (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 13, 2020, 07:44 PM

Apr 2020

and many are just too dangerous or impossible to breed in captivity.

I've heard from friends in Wyoming you don't want to be around a pissed off moose. They do however pass the test with flying colors on usefulness: leather and meat.

But the best part was the explanation about cats.....

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Why Are There No Domestic Moose? [View all] KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2020 OP

Probably the same reason we didn't domesticated zebras. Jared Diamond says they're too tblue37 Apr 2020 #1

maybe not enuff useful products from a moose to put up with aggravation/danger? nt msongs Apr 2020 #2

yeh who wants to eat dweller Apr 2020 #5

It's explained well in the video. Some species just will not yield to human dominion... KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2020 #6

This whole premise ignores the fact that it's cats who actually conquered the globe. ZZenith Apr 2020 #3

Having accidentally gotten between a cow and her calf on a trail CanonRay Apr 2020 #4

Caribou are wild. Reindeer are not. Sneederbunk Apr 2020 #7

Moose have NO FEAR of humans. Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #8

It's been predicted in science Fiction (as just about anything possible has been) csziggy Apr 2020 #9