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by La Striata
Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:23 am
Forum: General Wolf Discussion
Topic: Update on Dire wolf taxonomy
Replies: 2
Views: 1925

Update on Dire wolf taxonomy

Advance interview concerning an upcoming paper. Turns out they've finally extracted dire wolf DNA (previously impossible due to tar contamination): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSW_dyUnrlM Previously, it had been popularly thought that dire wolves were firmly within the Canina clade (wolf-like ca...
by La Striata
Thu Aug 09, 2018 2:15 pm
Forum: General Wolf Discussion
Topic: Digger driver finds 2000-year-old wolf remains in Sutherland
Replies: 3
Views: 5156

Re: Digger driver finds 2000-year-old wolf remains in Suther

Would be interesting to get a DNA sample from it. I've always been curious on whether the extinct British wolves were a distinct subspecies.
by La Striata
Thu Jun 07, 2018 4:15 pm
Forum: General Wolf Discussion
Topic: 2002 'review' of wolf attacks on humans
Replies: 1
Views: 3668

Re: 2002 'review' of wolf attacks on humans

Really needs an update, particularly for North America, considering two people have died since its publication 16 years ago.
by La Striata
Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:05 am
Forum: Wolf Q&A
Topic: Historical wolf persecution
Replies: 1
Views: 7036

Historical wolf persecution

How did the near extermination of wolves in North America differ in scope and method from that undertaken in Europe?
by La Striata
Sun Oct 01, 2017 11:53 pm
Forum: General Wolf Discussion
Topic: Wolves kill British hiker in Greece
Replies: 0
Views: 6366

Wolves kill British hiker in Greece

Greek Coroner: British Hiker Attacked, Devoured by Wolves By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSEPT. 27, 2017, 12:37 P.M. E.D.T. THESSALONIKI, Greece — A missing British hiker whose dismembered, fleshless remains were found in the hills of northern Greece was probably attacked by wolves while walking alone on a ...
by La Striata
Mon Sep 25, 2017 3:24 am
Forum: General Wolf Discussion
Topic: Wolf attacks on children in Israel
Replies: 2
Views: 3738

Wolf attacks on children in Israel

Ten Attacks in Four Months: Brazen Wolves Preying on Children in Israel's South Scientists say wolves acclimating themselves to humans, but Nature and Parks Authority says people feeding wolves is source of problem By Nir Hasson Sep 22, 2017 In May, the Ben David family from Ramat Hasharon went cam...
by La Striata
Thu Jul 20, 2017 9:28 am
Forum: General Wolf Discussion
Topic: Interviewing Dr. David Mech [Deadline removed]
Replies: 7
Views: 4911

Re: Interviewing Dr. David Mech [Deadline removed]

Considering the tiger-wolf situation in Russia's far east, won't the natural expansion of Jaguars into the southeastern US pose problems for them expansion and increase of endangered Mexican wolf populations?
by La Striata
Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:13 am
Forum: General Wolf Discussion
Topic: Grey/Dire wolf hybrids!
Replies: 2
Views: 2513

Grey/Dire wolf hybrids!

66-5 Friday, Jan. 6 14:30 - 14:45 Identity of Ice Age Idaho wolves MEACHEN, JA*; BITTERMAN, KM; THOMPSON, ME; BRANNICK, AL; Des Moines University; Des Moines University; Idaho Museum of Natural History; University of Washington julie.meachen@dmu.edu Beringian wolves are an extinct group of Pleistoc...
by La Striata
Wed Jan 04, 2017 7:06 am
Forum: General Wolf Discussion
Topic: Interviewing Dr. David Mech [Deadline removed]
Replies: 7
Views: 4911

Re: Interviewing Dr. David Mech [Deadline removed]

If it is eventually found out that the red wolf is in fact a distinct species, wouldn't it still make more sense from a phylogenetic perspective to class it as a specialised large bodied form of coyote with some superficial wolf like traits due to convergent evolution?
by La Striata
Wed Dec 07, 2016 5:04 pm
Forum: General Wolf Discussion
Topic: Wolves prey on dogs during Wisconsin bear hunts
Replies: 1
Views: 2410

Re: Wolves prey on dogs during Wisconsin bear hunts

A risk that needs to be taken if wolves are to be an accepted part of local fauna. I hardly wish to tell the bear hunters how to do their job (my own experience as a hunter is merely with rabbits, pheasants and squirrels), but I think it would be worth it to coat their dogs with body armour, or at l...
by La Striata
Wed Dec 07, 2016 3:21 pm
Forum: General Wolf Discussion
Topic: Article: Bringing more wolves to Isle Royale
Replies: 9
Views: 5367

Re: Article: Bringing more wolves to Isle Royale

Considering the wolves of Isle Royale are such recent arrivals, and have barely had enough time to develop into a unique subspecies, I say let them and their moose die off, then reintroduce the animals that nature intended to be there (the coyotes and lynx which Koa mentioned). Wolves have plenty of...
by La Striata
Tue Aug 02, 2016 5:35 pm
Forum: Wolf Q&A
Topic: Wolves and Leopards
Replies: 3
Views: 2982

Re: Wolves and Leopards

Surprisingly, I can't find any accounts of the two interacting, despite the fact that both occur in India, Nepal, the Caucasus and Far Eastern Russia. Still, it's fun to speculate. Would a wolf ever fight or chase off a leopard, or would a leopard be more likely to do that to a wolf? A lone wolf wou...
by La Striata
Tue Aug 02, 2016 9:14 am
Forum: General Wolf Discussion
Topic: Latest on red/eastern wolf taxonomy
Replies: 2
Views: 1719

Re: Latest on red/eastern wolf taxonomy

I just read the study, and it seems like there are coyote genes in ALL North American grey wolves (obviously not as many as in eastern/red wolves), including those in Alaska, where eastern/red wolves have never lived. This is significant, as the pro-distinct species crowd previously stated that the ...
by La Striata
Fri Jul 29, 2016 10:42 am
Forum: General Wolf Discussion
Topic: Latest on red/eastern wolf taxonomy
Replies: 2
Views: 1719

Latest on red/eastern wolf taxonomy

DNA Study Reveals the One and Only Wolf Species in North America Carl Zimmer MATTER JULY 27, 2016 The first large study of North American wolf genomes has found that there is only one species on the continent: the gray wolf. Two other purported species, the Eastern wolf and the red wolf, are mixes ...
by La Striata
Tue Jun 21, 2016 1:44 pm
Forum: Wolf Q&A
Topic: wolves & parasites
Replies: 2
Views: 2997

Re: wolves & parasites

These videos should help (I think it goes without saying that they're quite gross):

Tapeworm



Roundworm