Eli5: Why can’t you make a pet out of a wolf, a bear or a lion?
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Because you don’t have 10000 years to breed undesireable traits out of them. Dogs (from wolves) have been bred over a long time period to favor certain traits, including loyalty and friendliness. To some extent, so have cats, although they’re not as domesticated.
Wild animals, on the other hand, have not, and so they’ll always have a bit of wild animal in them, no matter how you train them.
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