Dogs live the way wolves do.
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bout a year ago, the folks at The BarkPost went to the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, NY to say hi to some wolf pups and learn some awesome stuff about wolves, dogs, and how they collide. At the WCC they host packs of two endangered species of wolf, the Mexican grey wolf and the red wolf, and currently have three Ambassador wolves (Atka, Alawa, and Zephyr) who are used to interacting with people and participate in educating the public about their endangered brethren. The WCC also recently welcomed a new wolf pup, Nikai, who is a burgeoning internet sensation and a future Ambassador wolf, but for now she’s just insanely adorable.
1. Dogs and wolves split from a common ancestor around 34,000 years ago.
But different breeds of dogs are more closely genetically related to each other, and not their wolf counterpart. What this means is that Huskies have more in common, genetically speaking, with Boxers than with grey wolves, even though they may look more similar to wolves and have lived in the same geographic area. This means that dogs and wolves are farther removed from each other than humans have historically presumed.Wolves howl by themselves to get the attention of their pack, or the pack of wolves will howl to get the attention of another pack (usually to tell them to stay off of their turf!) Wolves may also just start howling because another wolf has begun—it’s contagious.