How does taming differ from domestication?

Taming is a wild animal becoming tolerant of humans.

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  1. Taming changes a species over generations
  2. Taming is the same as domestication
  3. Taming is a wild animal becoming tolerant of humans ✔

Why: Taming is when an undomesticated wild animal becomes tolerant of human presence.

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A tamed animal tolerates you, but it is not domesticated.
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Answer: Taming is a wild animal becoming tolerant of humans. Taming is when an undomesticated wild animal becomes tolerant of human presence.

  1. Pet en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet
    Domestication contrasts with taming, which is simply when an un-domesticated, wild animal has become tolerant of human presence
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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