Posted on 03/29/2012 3:12:16 PM PDT by Nachum
They are related to the domestic dog, which many of us live with side-by-side each day.
But despite their friendly relations, wolves are not known for getting on quite so well with humans.
Often living in the wilderness, they are fearsome predators which can bring down animals twice their size.
But as these incredible images show, they clearly have a softer side.
When a woman - known only as Anita - returned to the pack of wolves which she had socialised with for two years they reacted with sheer delight.
As she sat in the snow, the four wolves raced down a hillside towards her - something which would normally strike terror in any human being.
But rather than looking for something to eat, the wolves simply wanted to be reunited with the woman they obviously adore.
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I remember seeing a National Geographic special on dogs which was quite interesting. part of it involved discussing an ongoing experiment carried out with generations of foxes in Siberia. These foxes were housed in kennels and with each new generation, one group was selected for breeding where the puppies were more comfortable around humans. Another group was selected randomly for breeding. Within about 20 years, the group which had been selected for several generations to be comfortable with people exhibited amazing dog-like behavior. Not only that, the foxes began to take on more dog-like appearance; floppy ears, mottled coats, etc. Pretty interesting to see how quickly these animals could be domesticated.
Film of wolf mauling at 11:00.
Waiting until they come running when the dinner bell is ringing.
It didn’t even badly for the Dutchers.
“She had a picture of them on her profile.”
Used Bing to search FR for “my wolves” and found this...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881102/posts?page=30#30
Shyla—that’s her! Thank you.
Filmmaker John Varty, so famed for his daring close-ups of big cats that he's been called "Tiger Man of Africa" and titled his autobiography "Nine Lives," was brutally mauled by a tiger at his own Tiger Canyons reserve.
When wolves get hungry they eat each other. According to Dr. L. David Mech, 60% of the wolf deaths in Denali National Park are due to cannibalism. There are cases in which wolves have extirpated themselves.
The other remaining major wolf control is rabies.
Not necessarily true. NatGeo had a wonderful special about the return to wolves out west, and a man and woman were with the pack for over a year. They returned over a year after leaving, and were greeted in the exact same manner as the lady in this video. The wolves even howled with excitement.
All animals have a capacity to accept other creatures into their pecking order. As part of being accepted into a pecking order testing will come. How will she react to it when a wolf tries to kill her to take her place? As the last dog in the pecking order, will she bring in the food and wait until last to eat? Try stopping this routine and see what happens.
I dunno. Some think those might have wolfie kisses, I think they were marinating her...
wolf whisperer.....
until they eat her of course
My thoughts exactly. Animal can be domesticated, tame, or habituated. Only domesticated predators are “safe” for humans to be around and the process takes many generations of selective breeding. Tame animals can be docile for years but their wild instincts can re-assert themselves at any moment without warning (ask all the victims of tame chimp attacks) and animals like these wolves that have merely become habituated to the presence of a human, and don’t accept her as a dominant pack member? A tragedy waiting to happen
had a friend who lived in the “Uptown” neighborhood in Chicago (just down the street from Al Capone’s famous bar, “the Green Mill”) his 3 flat was smack dab in the most urban part of Chicago, but it overlooked a graveyard, and on moonlight nights you could easily see the thriving pack of coyotes that graveyard hosted. It was easily a dozen +
Oh my gosh Catherine!! My heart just skipped a few beats because I was startled when I read your comment. I almost posted your EXACT words earlier on this thread. I remember exactly what you do and couldn’t remember the Freepers name either.
I remember that she and I even talked about her ‘wolf-dogs’ at one point. Maybe someone will see our posts and remember. Thanks for posting this.
Just saw deks post about Shyla! So glad someone remembered and I see her page still has the pictures. Thanks to both of you.
If she really cared about the wolves she wouldn’t have socialized with them and made them comfortable around humans which are their biggest threat in nature. Everyone wants to feel special and unique I guess. Even if it means putting animals (and their own well being), at risk.
Another libtard who thinks everyone should think like him.
Wolves are very much like us - some of them decided to stick around and become dogs. Like us - those of us who are still really like our ancestors, they are great hunters and social animals/
I think its kind of moving.
Wolves are neither monkeys nor bears. They can be tamed but not domesticated - unless one wants to wait several hundred generations.
A wolf is an undomesticated dog.
And the wee-wee spots. LOL 1 in front of her (submission display? or just incidental leaking being full during excitement?) and another where the 1 wolf had the other in a roll.
Sorry, 90% of all statistics are fabricated to make the statement look smart. It sounds bad out of context, but starvation is a function of the available range carrying capacity.
It’s kind of like the biggest danger to the black bear population is black bears. Of course, there is some validity in that because the carrying capacity of the range is limited. Wolf is not the preferred diet of the wolf.
On the other hand there are strong arguments that man killing man is the most natural behavior.
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