Re: wild, feral, ??, tame, domesticated

On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, John Cowan wrote:

> "Feral" refers to a wild animal (whether shy or not) whose ancestors
> were domesticated: pigeons in the U.S. are all feral, even though many
> of them have become acclimatized (which I think is the word wanted).
I thought it referred to wild introduced species; in Australia, you can
talk of feral plants (unlike weeds, these can be trees). We also have
feral camels in the Northern Territory :)

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Tristan                  <kesuari@...>

Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still
be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.
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