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Urban Raccoons Show Early Signs of Domestication (www.vice.com)

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Detailed by Scientific American, a team led by biologist Raffaela Lesch collected nearly 20,000 raccoon photos from users of iNaturalist, a social network/science project that allows its users to log and share scientific observations. Lesch and the team found that across the U.S., raccoons living in cities consistently had snouts about 3.5 percent shorter than those in rural areas. That might not sound like much, but it’s significant in evolutionary terms. It’s a sign of something called “domestication syndrome,” and it isn’t a random occurrence.

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[–] Icytrees@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I couldn't find a free version of the source article but I did find the original study: https://frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12983-025-00583-1

Sounds like they're looking nto hormones, next. This study was based on crowd sourced images.

[–] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks, that looks interesting!