Genetic Stability
I’ve been listening to this fascinating Joe Rogan conversation with Diane K. Boyd, a wildlife biologist based in Western Montana, who specializes in wolves. She talks about other apex predators, including bears, lions & tigers. If interested, I’ve embedded the podcast below, and it’s really well done.
About 30 years ago I worked at the Ministry of Environment in northern British Columbia and had the pleasure of befriending an amazing wildlife biologist there. She had the best stories of wildlife encounters, including one with a pack of wolves. If I remember correctly she was out alone on a multi-day wilderness trek doing a study or a survey, and because the summer weather was good she slept in a sleeping bag under the stars. One night she woke to a curious pack of wolves surrounding her, not aggressive at all. She told me she wasn’t afraid, and after a few moments they trotted off. That story stuck in my memory - both at her fearlessness, and the behavior of the wolf pack. Growing up in Canada, Farley Mowat’s “Never Cry Wolf” was a reading requirement in English class, and so I had some idea of wolf families & the species’ incredible intelligence.
At the 2:27:00 timestamp (https://youtu.be/-FYv4yjOi2Q?t=8852), Joe & Diane talk about how quickly foxes can be selected & bred for friendly human interaction, and how in subsequent generations their eyes get bigger, snouts smaller & ears start to droop (e.g. domestic dog traits). With coyotes, this is not possible. They retain their genetic traits despite human intervention.
Higher Self gave me a little download on genetic stability versus genetic malleability. She said if an organism has been left alone and adapted to their environment for millennia, they are very difficult to selectively breed for traits. But those that have been tinkered with genetically (by ET’s, etc.) are much more malleable. It’s as if their genetic code was unlocked and left receptive to change. Higher Self reminded me of a botany class I took years ago. There I learned that humans have bred wild plants into food, e.g. wild grass became corn. If left alone those plants will revert back to their original wild state in a few generations. But there are some plants that are in their original state and won’t change, e.g. asparagus, rhubarb. Such a fascinating world!
