Domestication Event: Why The Donkey And Not The Zebra?

The State ^ | 10-23-2006 | Eric Hand

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[Silly]

Liberal Human Male, 1960s, U.S.A.

[contemplator]

"...Of course, they're the butt of jokes..."

Bad bad pun, not intentional.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Secret Democrat burial ground?

[Notwithstanding]

Egypt was the world's first nation-state?

[thubb]

re: "wild asses"

definition: effect on the female derrier after multiple pregnancies.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam. That's a wild ass story.

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[ASA Vet]

All but the Cat actually has a use.

[Gator101]

All but the Cat actually has a use.

If you were an ancient farmer or sailor who's stored food was being depleted by rodents you might think different.

[thubb]

"All but the Cat actually has a use."

i must respectfully disagree. i live out in the country and my mother lives blocks away from the local butcher shop. cats can be wonderful tools to keep the local rodent population down. sadly, they can also bring home trophies of headless cottontails (who usually are great at wiping out one's vegetable garden or fall display garden)!

[Jack Black]

I believe most people believe the cat was domesticated in Egypt, not Europe as the chart above says.

[Jack Black]

What about the camel, elephant, water buffalo, yak, llama, and alpaca?

[Old Professer]

Short legs; you don't have to stand on tiptoe to load them up.

[Little Ray]

Because donkeys have a much better temperament than zebras,and are probably hardier and better at carrying loads.

[Vicomte13]

Chinchilla - South America

Llama - South America

Chicken - ??? Asia, Europe, (the Americas?)

Honey bees - ???

Rabbits - ???

[Old Professer]

A cat kills to eat, a terrier kills for the sport of it.

[Old Professer]

Only the elephant can dance, and it poorly.

[Help!]

My husband had the same attitude about cats until one day all our cats were gone. We store 2 tons of grain at a time to feed our horses. It didn't take long for the place to get overrun with mice. So we went out and got some cats. He's actually finally taken a liking to some of the cats.

[Sparticus]

sadly, they can also bring home trophies of headless cottontails (who usually are great at wiping out one's vegetable garden or fall display garden)!

Sadly?? What's so sad about that? Those flop eared monsters have been digging their holes in the roots of my poor young fruit trees and helping themselves to my vegetables all summer!! I wish my useless cat would go catch a wheelbarrow load.

Signed, Mr. MacGregor

notice the lack of any sarcasm tag here...