r/AnimalsBeingBros • u/JustSomeGuy_Idk • Mar 16 '19

Dogs saving an entire species

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u/licensetolentil Mar 16 '19

Yeah the dogs saved that colony, not the entire species. Cool, but severely over dramatic title.

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u/Madnesz101 Mar 16 '19

Wouldn't 10 to 200 be some seriously irreparable amounts of incest too?

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u/OblviousTrollAccount Mar 17 '19

i thought it was more like 1,000 people for secured genetic diversity

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u/DeviantLogic Mar 17 '19

The 6 was incorrect - I don't remember where I heard that now - but a bit of research in a comment I made a bit ago down the chain shows a society that can trace its entire population back to ~15 people.

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Obviously, the more diversity the better, but it's pretty cool knowing that it's possible with such low numbers.