0_Apprentice
I love dogs, very incredible species,I think wolves especially are fascinating.
1_Wizard
Yeah - apparently the extant gray wolf is the closest living relative of the dog.
0_Apprentice
I would absolutely believe it, there is so much overlap between the domestic dog and wolf now there is almost an indistinguishable line if breed them properly.
1_Wizard
I read somewhere they found remains of a dog buried next to its owner dating back 14,700 years ago - so the bond has been around a while.
0_Apprentice
Absolutely, you can tell by the scoring on the bones that they have been picked by the wolves, little clues like that are so cool to me.
1_Wizard
It's sad that wolves are often hunted. For their skins usually.
0_Apprentice
Really? That is sad, it's naive to from a hunting perspective, you can never kill all of them, its impossible. When a female wolf howls shes doing a roll call and if she hears one missing she breeds more to replace them.
1_Wizard
That's quite cool. I like coyotes too - another member of the canine family.