Animal Domestication
Why are animals domesticated?
The interaction between animals and people has been essential to human survival. As people moved from a culture of hunter-gatherers to a more agrarian society, taming animals to work was an adaptation that provided benefits to humans. The domestication of animals and plants led to structured civilizations, growing populations, and the advent of production agriculture.
How do animals contribute to daily life?
Companionship, production(food), working, entertainment, research and science animals
What are by-products?
are the parts of an animal that are leftover after a butcher or slaughterhouse has harvested meat
Horse running on public land
Feral
How have domesticated animal species adapted to human interactions over time?
Domesticated animal species now depend of human care for survival.
What is the difference between a companion animal and a production animal?
Companion is a Pet.
Production is a animal that produces food for humans.
What is the only Animal Product that come from a production animal?
Meat
Goat on some property eating grass, hooves are a bit over grown.
Feral, or poor domestication
How do animals benefit from domestication?
They are provided with constant food, water, shelter, protection and companionship.
How can I develop my interest of animals into a career?
Self Analysis, Career Research, Make a Decision
and WORK EXPERIENCE
What non-consumable items are produced from animals?
Leather, Tallow, Fireworks, ect
What keeps a wild animal from being domesticated?
the 6 characteristics
How have human lives changed through the domestication of animals?
The domestication of animals and plants led to structured civilizations, growing populations, and the advent of production agriculture.
What jobs do animals perform for humans?
Draft animals, service animals, and many more.
What consumable items are produced from animals by-products?
Tongue, Gelatin, Jello, ect
What is the difference between taming animals and domesticating them?
Wild species that has tame characteristics, offspring may not carry same characteristics.
Domestication happens over 100s of years and the entire species is domesticated.
What 6 characteristics allow certain animal species to be domesticated?
There are six characteristics an animal must have that allow a species to be domesticated. The characteristics are diet, growth rate, ability to breed in captivity, disposition, temperament, and social hierarchy. To domesticate an animal it must meet all six characteristics.
Name 10 ways animals were involved in your life during the past 24 hours. (or could have been)
Depends on the individual.
What are the three different types of animal by-products?
Edible By-Products, Non-Edible By-Products, and Medical By-Products
What is a feral animal?
Domesticated species is caring for itself in the wild.