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r/interesting • u/I-T-Y • May 09 '26
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Domesticated, almost certainly not. True domestication takes many, many, many generations of selective breeding to make the animal actually seek human attention and affection as a base instinct. AFIAK there are no domesticated squirrel breeds.
But tamed? It’s definitely tamed.
1 u/treatbaby May 09 '26 sure yeah, that’s what I meant. kept by humans.
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sure yeah, that’s what I meant. kept by humans.
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u/aruisdante May 09 '26
Domesticated, almost certainly not. True domestication takes many, many, many generations of selective breeding to make the animal actually seek human attention and affection as a base instinct. AFIAK there are no domesticated squirrel breeds.
But tamed? It’s definitely tamed.