Upon hearing recordings of wolf howls, older family dogs from more ancient breeds respond with longer howls — suggesting that genetic similarity with wolves affects dogs’ repertoire ttk.elte.hu Submitted by marketrent t3_111mum0 on February 13, 2023 at 11:01 PM in science 35 comments 1,379
[deleted] t1_j8hy8wd wrote on February 14, 2023 at 1:18 PM Reply to comment by YggdrasilsLeaf in Upon hearing recordings of wolf howls, older family dogs from more ancient breeds respond with longer howls — suggesting that genetic similarity with wolves affects dogs’ repertoire by marketrent [deleted] Permalink Parent 5 Varias279 t1_j8j51zs wrote on February 14, 2023 at 6:15 PM It is because dogs have the same forefather as wolves, a prehistoric wolf. Like us and chimps, only we can't breed with other apes. Permalink Parent 1
Varias279 t1_j8j51zs wrote on February 14, 2023 at 6:15 PM It is because dogs have the same forefather as wolves, a prehistoric wolf. Like us and chimps, only we can't breed with other apes. Permalink Parent 1
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