Anybody have a clue what "domesticated" actually means?

[Vipera Berus]

I recollected this thread and decided to do a little research - the Wikipedia page on domesticated and semi domesticated animals is actually fascinating. I am somewhat amused to find that bumblebees and ball pythons are considered semi domesticated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...icated_animals

[redshepherd]

I recollected this thread and decided to do a little research - the Wikipedia page on domesticated and semi domesticated animals is actually fascinating. I am somewhat amused to find that bumblebees and ball pythons are considered semi domesticated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...icated_animals

It writes "captive bred" for ball pythons, not semi-domesticated. The whole category is a list of "Semidomesticated, routinely captive-bred, or domestication status unclear" species.

Bumblebees says "held/tame in captivity".