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Counterpoint: we did it with wolves.



True, but this took thousands of years. We could domesticate descendents of polar bears, perhaps. But those would no longer be polar bears.

Also, injuries and even deaths from dogs are still quite common, and polar bears (and their hypothetical domesticated descendents) are a lot stronger.




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