anyone knows the difference between a dog and a wolf?
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Dogs have been domesticated and bred by humans, while wolves still maintain their animal habits and are not domesticated (for the most part).
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Well, they both smell funny. the difference is that a zebra seems to get eaten by lions more often.\n\n\nhttp://groups.myspace.com/closetednerd
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Yeah, pretty much a Wiger, interesting, a wolf with stripes!\nLol...Oh and hi Wolf!
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*Wandering in*\n\nThe gray wolf, Canis lupus, lives in the northern latitudes around the world, while the red wolf, Canis rufus, lives only in North America. A possible third species, Abyssinian or Ethiopian wolf, Canis simensis, which some scientists believe is really a jackal, lives on the highlands of Ethiopia. The issue of wolf species and particularly subspecies is a complex technical topic of disagreement among scientists. A subspecies is a group of individuals within a species that share a geographic location and may have some unique physical characteristics. Wolves throughout the world can be grouped into several subspecies, somewhat similarly to the way human populations are grouped into races.\n\nSubspecies are often difficult to distinguish from one another. This is because they interbreed where their ranges overlap so that their populations tend to blend together rather than form distinctive boundaries. The different traits we see in subspecies are likely the result of geographic range, available habitat, and prey base. Skull dimensions, overall size, fur color, and the length of appendages are some of the characteristics that differ between subspecies of gray wolf.\n\nFor the past few decades, most wolf biologists agreed that 24 subspecies of the gray wolf lived in North America, and 12-13 lived in Eurasia. This classification scheme was largely based on geographic location of each wolf population or the type of habitat in which it lived (e.g., eastern timber wolf). New research, especially studies of skull measurements, has shown that many of these subspecies were the same as one another. In addition, researchers found that dispersing wolves traveled over great distances, frequently crossing geographic boundaries that had been arbitrarily drawn by humans. These discoveries made the criteria for distinguishing among subspecies less distinct.\n\nRecent studies by Nowak (1995) have suggested that gray wolves in North America be lumped into 5 subspecies. Additionally, Nowak (1995) and Nowak and Federoff (2002) suggest that those of Eurasia be lumped into 6 existing subspecies, plus the possibility of 2 existing and 2 extinct subspecies that Nowak was unable to study. Other scientists still recognize more subspecies. Another recent study by Nowak (2002) suggests that there were 3 subspecies of red wolves, with 1 still existing in the wild. Although debate continues, today's classification scheme is based largely on the following subspecies and species (red wolf):\n\nNorth America\n\nCanis lupus arctos is commonly known as the arctic wolf. Arctic wolves live primarily in the Arctic, the region located above 67° north latitude. Since the predominant color phase of this subspecies is a creamy white, which camouflages it in snowy surroundings, it is often called the white wolf.\n\nCanis lupus baileyi is the smallest North American gray wolf, originally found in Mexico and the southwestern United States. It is commonly known as the Mexican wolf or lobo. Mexican wolves were exterminated from the wild in the United States by the late 1970's, but have been reintroduced into Arizona and New Mexico.\n\nCanis lupus lycaon is the first subspecies to be recognized in the United States. It is commonly known as the eastern timber wolf. Canis lupus lycaon inhabited the eastern portions of the United States and southeastern parts of Canada. Before the classification scheme was revised in 1995, it was thought that this was the subspecies that inhabited Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin. It is now thought that Canis lupus nubilus is the race that inhabits these areas, and Canis lupus lycaon lives in southeastern Canada. These distinctions may be confusing, since most people in the Lake Superior region generally refer to wolves as "timber wolves."\n\nCanis lupus nubilus once ranged throughout the Great Plains of the United States and Canada. It is commonly known as the Great Plains wolf or the buffalo wolf. It was thou
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I would cautiosly ask the wolf and then immediately start going to other sources to ask also. Never trust just one source especially the people in pulpits for that is where most wolves are found. Whenever I want to study out a particular issue, I try to prove my beliefs wrong. Most people look fot the answers that they want to hear and in doing such will never find the truth if they are wrong. You must be willing to hear other opinions and know that there is a possibility that you may need to change your belief on the topic your searching.
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Those are the charactistics by which a species is defined by taxonomists, the people who classify plants and animals.\n\nGenerally, a species is defined by those characteristics that the entire species has, not those that vary greatly among individuals.  They must also be characteristics that are different from other species.  So, for example, you might count the number of bones in a particular body part, or the position of the eyes relative to the rest of the face, or whatever.  Sometimes it is a behavior characteristic, but usually it is one shaped by a physical characteristic.  \n\nTry it on dogs, to see for yourself.  There are many breeds of dogs, and their hair, their shape and size, etc., vary greatly.  You can't use those.  They have four legs and a tail, but so do lots of animals other than dogs.  But dogs have a unique ventilation system, in that instead of sweating all over, they hang out their tongues and pant to get rid of excess moisture.  I am not enough of a taxonomist to give you all the details, but you could look them up.  Be prepared to discover, as I did when I read a book all about dogs, that several animals which have different names are also dogs in the scientific sense of being members of the species.  (Dang!  My cheap new dictionary does not give the Latin names.)
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Sure... I assume that you are looking for Wolf\n\nFirst things first, get yourself the skin of said animal.. if you aren't comfortable with a wolf skin you probably shouldn't be changing into one. You can get one from Moscow Hide and Fur.\n\nFocus your energies on a wolf or deity associated with wolves. A focus on the transformative macrocosm will help you accept the possibility of the transformation\n\nPractice meditation on the animal while listening to its calls ... you can order tapes easily on-line.\n\nGo for a run in your skin and nothing else. The faster you run the better. If you use two walking sticks while you run you will have better results. Use the clicking of the sticks as a meditative base for your transformation... when you stop hearing the clicking you are there.\n\nBest case scenario find some wolves to assist you
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This question isn't really as smart as you think it is, actually it underscores your ignorance of the topic. Even Creationists will agree that all modern dogs have come from man's selective breeding of the wolf, all domestic dogs are the same species.\n\nIf anything modern canine is a wonderful example of how species can change over time, we've managed to make a very varied group of animals in a relatively short amount of time, many that look different and excel at the task they were bred for (or their environment)\n\nIf we take your question and actually frame it in the bounds of scientific logic, the puppy would of had to come first, birthed by a not quite but almost there dog-like animal. This mother dog would of fed the puppy, being pack animals they have especially strong maternal instincts. I have a book in my library that tells the story and has pictures of a dog who took two lion cubs in and raised them, including breast feeding. I've seen other stories of dogs raising other animals as their own, most recently kittens, and a cute little bulldog who took in a squirrel.
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No, they are different animals.
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Try "lobo." Spanish for wolf. I think.
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Psychologically, a lycanthrope believes they are a werewolf or, more generally, manifest the ability to transform into a creature under certain conditions.\n\nMythologically, a lycanthrope is a wolf-person. In some mythologies, lycanthropes are protective spirits (for instance, some Native American beliefs) whose power a person can conjure or even allow to take possession. In other mythologies, lycanthropes are war-like beings (for instance, the Viking berserkers, which literally means bear-skin; these soldiers wore bears skins and were fearless). Other mythologies hold that lycanthropes are terrible beings, for instance Germanic-speaking people know the story of the Werewolf, which breaks into a house at night to kill people.
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Ignoring the fact that both domestic dogs and wolves are Canis Familiaris, speciation does not imply extinction of the ancestral species. In parapatric speciation, a group of members of a population enter a new niche without leaving the territory of the ancestral population, and are reproductively isolated over time as a result.\n\nHowever, dogs and wolves have not yet speciated; they can still breed and produce fertile offspring, which is usually the demarcation criteria for animal species (see: biological species concept). However, there are good odds that they could become reproductively isolated in the relatively near future; for example, consider the difficulty of a chihuahua and a wolf attempting to breed. This is known as a prezygotic barrier, and could result in reproductive isolation, or something akin to a ring species (although such are typically a result of geographic isolation).\n\nIndeed, the diversity of canis familiaris is strong evidence for just how much diversity can be produced from a common ancestor (in only ~50,000 years, no less!).
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A North American moose is very tall with a long head and bulbous nose. The antlers are primarily a large slab with prongs on them. They are dark brown in color and like to inhabit marshy places or eat grass from the bottom of streams or lakes.\nAn elk is smaller than a moose and inhabits more open area than a moose although their habitats overlap to some extent. Elk are lighter brown in color and have a white butt. There antlers are more like a branch with several sub branches.\nMoose and elk have different vocalizations.
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The major difference is that we have this big conscious mind which prevents us from having a direct relationship with our intuition. Whereas with dogs, psychic intuition has been studied somewhat successfully. We humans have to train ourselves to be more attuned to our intuition\n\nThe most general rule in the psychic community is to not cause harm.
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They are both mammalians, why should there be a contrast?
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both creatures have anal glands that produce a strong smelling liquid. the difference is that skunks can spray from those sacks at will, while dogs generally have some come out every time they defecate, leaving a territorial marker for other animals to find. Dogs can often have problems (especially if they are on an all soft-food diet) emptying the glands in this way, which can lead to infection or worse.
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Leopards are consumate dog killers - in parts of Africa some leopards have been know to specialize in killing village dogs - however, it is extremely unlikely that a leopard would prey upon either a wolf or a domestic dog the size of a wolf - the chances of it being injured are rather high at that point.\n\nBut all else being equal - a prime large grey wolf vs. a prime large African leopard would most likely end up with the leopard prevailing.   The maxium size for a North American grey wolf is about 175 lbs (most don't weigh more than about 120lbs), whereas leopards can weigh up to 250 lbs, but the typical weight for males is closer to that of a really big wolf.  \n\nAccording to the tv show "Animal Face-off" a cougar would beat a wolf, and a big leopard is every bit as strong (and has more powerful jaws and bigger fangs) as a cougar if not more so. So I don't think it would look too good for the wolf.