Black wolves - dogs as ancestors

[Jazzman]

I heard several times that black wolves can only be borned if there is a dog in the bloodline, because the black fur doesn't exist in a wolves genes or something.
Is that true? o.O

[wq47 HawkTail]

That is absolutely not true. There are many black wolves in dark forests, for thats where they blend in the best. Of course, you can find them any place wolves live. That is also not true with blue eyes. Some wolves, rarely, have blue eyes. Pups often have blue eyes that change to yellow as they age. Some wolves eyes never change from the beautiful icy blue color.

[-Glacier-]

The gene variant for black fur actually comes from dogs that bred with wolves thousands of years ago.

There is an interesting article about this, found here:

http://www.wolfquest.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16812

[SolitaryHowl]

That is absolutely not true. There are many black wolves in dark forests, for thats where they blend in the best. Of course, you can find them any place wolves live. That is also not true with blue eyes. Some wolves, rarely, have blue eyes. Pups often have blue eyes that change to yellow as they age. Some wolves eyes never change from the beautiful icy blue color.

I'd like to point this out about the eyes.

Adult wolves never have blue eyes, especially not the blue you are thinking of. They may be blind, so their eyes take on a blueish/greyish hue, but the eyes are never blue.

[Jazzman]

Ok, now I've found several sites saying, that black wolves may have far back ancestors. I think the links are useless here, because all sites are on german..

[SolitaryHowl]

The gene variant for black fur actually comes from dogs that bred with wolves thousands of years ago.

There is an interesting article about this, found here:

http://www.wolfquest.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16812

Try looking at that article above.

[wq47 HawkTail]

That is absolutely not true. There are many black wolves in dark forests, for thats where they blend in the best. Of course, you can find them any place wolves live. That is also not true with blue eyes. Some wolves, rarely, have blue eyes. Pups often have blue eyes that change to yellow as they age. Some wolves eyes never change from the beautiful icy blue color.

I'd like to point this out about the eyes.

Adult wolves never have blue eyes, especially not the blue you are thinking of. They may be blind, so their eyes take on a blueish/greyish hue, but the eyes are never blue.

Actually, i read in a non fiction book that a wolf in some zoo recently turned fifteen, and his eyes never changed from the puppy-blue color.

[Songdog]

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