FFS, Huggy, can you comprehend the rest? Inbreeding is causing defects and shrinking the size of litters. And that's in less than 40 years. It will only get worse, to the point of extinction, unless outside breeding stock is introduced.
Which is exactly what we've been saying all along. Yeah, a population of animals can start with just one mating pair, but in the long run it won't survive. The genetic deficiencies will simply snowball until what's left is some combination of broken, weak, and/or sterile. And it's not like this is some kind of profound knowledge. Livestock farmers have known this forever.
The fact is if these wolves were on your Ark, none would exist by now.
Which is exactly what we've been saying all along. Yeah, a population of animals can start with just one mating pair, but in the long run it won't survive. The genetic deficiencies will simply snowball until what's left is some combination of broken, weak, and/or sterile. And it's not like this is some kind of profound knowledge. Livestock farmers have known this forever.
The fact is if these wolves were on your Ark, none would exist by now.
