Food and Labor

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Since 2003 Celia’s DNA has been used in a cloning project in an attempt to “de-extinct" the species.

In 2009, it worked! But the baby only lived 7 minutes after birth.

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De-extinction

Artist rendition of Auroch

Spanish fighting bull

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Create a chart for domestication:

Domestic Animal Wild Ancestor Where? When? How? Why?

Dog

Cat

Chicken

Sheep

Cattle

Horses

There will be a quiz on the chart…on THURSDAY.

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Effects of Domestication

After animals become domesticated, they become dependent upon man.

What changed?

Why?

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BECAUSE WE CREATED MONSTERS!!!

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We created monsters!!

Wild sheep shed most of their wool in summer…

Feral Soay Sheep off the coast of Scotland. They are close the ancient breeds.

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We created monsters!!

Domestic sheep have been bred to produce a lot of quality wool and it never stops growing…

So humans have to shear sheep usually once per year or…

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We created monsters!!

“Shrek” was a Merino sheep that lived in New Zealand. He avoided being shorn by hiding in a cave for six years!

When they did find him, he wasn’t recognizable. They thought maybe some strange thing was eating this sheep.

When they sheared him, the amount of wool was enough to make 20 men’s suits, 60lbs of wool!

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We created monsters!!

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We created monsters!!

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We created monsters!!

Cows (Holsteins) average about 9 gallons of milk a day, while lactating.

The record in 2010 was set by a cow that made almost 30 gallons/day.

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We created monsters!!

Modern chickens produce 250 eggs/year versus 20 in wild species.

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We created monsters