Knowing that some day in the future some one is going to make smaller animals?

Would you like to own an elephant that was only a foot tall, but full grown? Tigers, bears or any other animals?

Knowing that some day in the future some one is going to make smaller animals?
They'd sell like hotcakes "Live stuffed toys" (I'd like a hippo for my pond please -- or maybe a "Nessie" offspring)
Reply:Domesticated miniature dolphins would be a nice choice since they can be taught to do tricks and enjoy human interaction. They would be lots of fun and people would be able to keep them in their backyard or maybe even in a beautiful indoor aquarium if they were small enough.
Reply:how about starting with 'sand fleas'...this way they won't bother me on the beach !...than 'no-see-um's' , an insect that you can't see ,but man, they are all teeth !
Reply:I'd love to own a small llama. I'd call him Sanjeev =)
Reply:Evolution will balance out with the food chain availability as more life is generated every living thing will become smaller.
Reply:they can start by trying it out on Black flies
Reply:I think the little long horn steers and the little horses are so cute but had had enough trouble house training my dog so guess I'll pass.
Reply:How on earth does this deal with the "Senior Citizens" category?





Anyway, I highly doubt that they would domesticate such animals AND change their natural biology. It wouldn't be fair to experiment with them because doing so might even threaten the balance of nature as well as our own well-being. It can take generations to domesticate an animal, let alone an elephant, tiger, bear, etc. No one can be certain that they can stunt the growth of an animal without accidentally erasing a species of animal. Animals should be left alone and be the way they are.
Reply:No, they would lose something in the transition. And they are still wild animals, and have those wild tendencies. You just are not going to domesticate them. They would still turn on you. Leave the animals alone, survival of the fittest.


I did learn the other day on PBS, tho, that Polar Bears, are an offshoot ot the Grizzly Bears, and became white and learned how to swim as a product of their colder environment, as they traveled further north into the Arctic region in search of food.
Reply:you must have one more wild imagination, Sir. do these questions come from dreams you have?wow
Reply:Granted they would take less room to raise, cost less to feed and be less work to clean up after but they would still have the same tendancies and traits of a wild rather than domesticated animal. I hate to see when people breed dogs so that they are minitures and would certainly not want a mini-phant.

gina