today i learned about a study which supports the theory that surviving native african megafauna* cannot** be domesticated because their ancestors evolved alongside early hominids, leaving them with a bone-deep fear/hatred of the funny apes with sticks. the study showed that subjects were far more likely to flee, and flee sooner, from recordings of human speech than any other noise
*animals over ~100 lbs
**wild zebra will fight to the death before letting themselves be ridden
