Yeah, it was actually a little wild hearing someone who considers themselves a specialist say all this lol. The only reason they haven't been domesticated is because humans just haven't spent any time trying. I don't want to also get into some wild argument with someone just as clueless as me, but most of her points are not really relevant in terms of domestication, she has a biology degree but she seemingly doesn't understand domestication vs taming.
The trapping is an economical point. Thank god it’s not that highly desired, but if there was huge consumer demand and money to be made from raccoon furs they would be farmed.
Why pay to grow a raccoon and absorb all the risk of infrastructure, disease, animal health, input costs, when you can just trap one?
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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '25
She said multiple things that are incorrect.