haiku

Posted on April 4, 2020 by joem18b

foxes can be bred
domesticated like dogs
it takes a long time

for The Sunday Muse

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Carrie V. H., on April 4, 2020 at 1:10 pm said:

Trust is hard to earn indeed. Great haiku!

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- joem18b, on April 4, 2020 at 2:50 pm said:
  
  🙂
  
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Sherry Marr, on April 4, 2020 at 1:11 pm said:

I like my foxes wild. I enjoyed your fox haiku!

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Helen, on April 4, 2020 at 1:44 pm said:

Wayfaring Stranger is playing on my sound system right now by the Haden Triplets … strangely fitting for your great haiku.

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othermary, on April 4, 2020 at 4:10 pm said:

You sure about that? 🙂

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- joem18b, on April 4, 2020 at 5:07 pm said:
  
  it’s a fascinating subject. a woman in russia has been conducting a breeding program for years. selecting for the more docile, human-friendly cubs, the foxes become more and more dog-like. shorter snouts, floppy ears, etc. foxes are a member of the family Canidae, along with dogs and wolves.
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=domestic+foxes&oq=domestic+foxes&aqs=chrome..69i57j46j0l5.4630j1j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
  
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wyndolynne, on April 5, 2020 at 7:19 am said:

A simple statement concealing all kinds of other questions.

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Susie Clevenger, on April 5, 2020 at 9:37 am said:

Oh, but I so want wild things to stay wild

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- joem18b, on April 5, 2020 at 11:40 am said:
  
  hi, susie. so you don’t care for dogs, cats, horses, and so on? all once wild? cheers. 🙂
  
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Beverly Crawford, on April 5, 2020 at 2:16 pm said:

Why does man insist on tampering with nature. I’m not a fan of wolf dogs nor will I be of fox dogs. Nature cannot be improved upon, sez I!

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- joem18b, on April 5, 2020 at 2:26 pm said:
  
  hi, beverly. if the tamer foxes around here get into the dogfood we leave out for the dogs and gradually get more tame, don’t blame me. nature randomly invented the domestication gene and it has served the wild dogs well. now they’re all pampered and taken out for walks in the city. that’s nature for you, sez i. cheers. 🙂
  
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susanstoo, on April 7, 2020 at 12:53 pm said:

Ok! I’m sure it’s take a long time!

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- joem18b, on April 7, 2020 at 1:37 pm said:
  
  the russian fox domestication study has been going on for 60 years.
  
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