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Timber wolves and coyotes used as draught animals in northern Ontario, 1923. Wolves are less suitable than dogs for working. Swedish wolf biologist Erik Zimen once tried to form a dog sled team composed entirely of wolves. The experiment failed as the wolves ignored most commands and were far more prone to fighting than sled dogs. [6]
It is limited to well-referenced examples of canines. These lists are for all canines except dogs, including coyotes, jackals, foxes, and wolves. Hyenas are not canines. [verification needed] Fantasy beasts like Werewolves are excluded. Dogs can be found in List of fictional dogs. Wolves can be found in List of fictional wolves.
In this the wild ass at first congratulates a grazing pack-animal's sleek condition but eventually is grateful for his own freedom after seeing the other being driven along beneath a load. [9] A later 'Christianised' version [10] is now numbered as the independent fable 411 in the Perry Index. There the onager jeers at a donkey, only to be ...
The wolf (Canis lupus; [b] pl.: wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a canine native to Eurasia and North America.More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus have been recognized, including the dog and dingo, though grey wolves, as popularly understood, only comprise naturally-occurring wild subspecies.
One Eye claimed her after defeating and killing a younger rival. The she-wolf gives birth to a litter of five pups by the Mackenzie River, and all but one die from hunger. One Eye is killed by a lynx while trying to rob her den for food for the she-wolf and her pup; his mate later discovers his remains near the lynx's den. The surviving pup and ...
After many years and selective breeding for the friendliest wolves, the early dog emerged as a companion. However, […] The post Wolves Were Man’s First Best Friend.
In his 1894 novel The Jungle Book, [2] Rudyard Kipling uses the term to describe an actual set of legal codes used by wolves and other animals in the jungles of India.Chapter Two of The Second Jungle Book (1895) [3] includes a poem featuring the Law of the Jungle, as known to the wolves and taught to their offspring.
Dewclaws are the vestigial first toes, which are common on the hind legs of domestic dogs but thought absent from pure wolves, which only have four hind toes. [26] Observations on wild wolfdogs in the former Soviet Union indicate that in a wild state these may form larger packs than pure wolves, and have greater endurance when chasing prey. [37]