Fascinating, though TBH this sounds more like pre-domestication than domestication proper: wolves learning to be that bit less cautious about humans and to forage in their middens, rather than learning to fetch sticks and appear magically at your side, gazing up at you with sad hungry eyes, when you open the refrigerator door.

#Evolution #Ethology #Canids #Doggos #Foxes #WhoIsAGoodBoyNow?

https://www.salon.com/2020/06/09/how-foxes-are-domesticating-themselves/