tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post8357093629395926887..comments2023-09-18T06:11:49.382-05:00Comments on No Fear of the Future: Freeman Dyson's Pit BullsJayme Lynn Blaschkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02919766841748858790noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-12354314954217291362008-12-18T11:42:00.000-06:002008-12-18T11:42:00.000-06:00Super breed for hunting feral pigs?CatahoulaRun fo...Super breed for hunting feral pigs?<BR/>Catahoula<BR/><BR/>Run for days, give a beating, take a beating, never back down. <BR/><BR/>A relatively new breed: a "creole" of Spanish Mastiff (an extinct breed), Greyhound, and half-domesticated Red Wolf. Mix a lil Shepard in there, and about 200 years of farmers "culling" the line, and you've got a high intelligence, robust genetics, physically superior breed that can hunt, herd, track, swim, and defend.rakatkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269637568239041535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-84822408572801057662008-12-17T08:09:00.000-06:002008-12-17T08:09:00.000-06:00Eileen! Yes, I am afraid I am a bad influence on ...Eileen! Yes, I am afraid I am a bad influence on the boy (for Christmas, he had bumper stickers made with his invented slogan, "Jesus was adopted"). As for speculative cross-breeding, so far we haven't gotten much further than ferret...Christopher Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11102514167871372993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-62466062875908917172008-12-17T00:51:00.000-06:002008-12-17T00:51:00.000-06:00Chris, I'm more concerned about what your son migh...Chris, I'm more concerned about what your son might cross with his Jack Russell....Eileen Gunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08142274562155993622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-88503080863555243202008-12-16T14:05:00.000-06:002008-12-16T14:05:00.000-06:00Yeah, Bruce Sterling and Rudy Rucker (both apart a...Yeah, Bruce Sterling and Rudy Rucker (both apart and together) have written stories on this stuff for years. Again, the somewhat ancient mantra: for those who don't read SF, everything is new after the fact.bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12243108422389386105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-74584421031467155422008-12-16T08:46:00.000-06:002008-12-16T08:46:00.000-06:00You may be right about the dogfighting rings, but ...You may be right about the dogfighting rings, but I think the interest in breeding new creatures (as was the case with my boar-hunting acquaintance) transcends race and ethnicity (though associated cultural factors may influence the Dysonian chimera strategies).Christopher Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11102514167871372993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-44469781958264119682008-12-15T21:52:00.000-06:002008-12-15T21:52:00.000-06:00Interesting article, but it is more likely mexican...Interesting article, but it is more likely mexicans and african amaericans who are running these rings. Rednecks like guns and hunting dogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com