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Wolves Near Chernobyl Develop Cancer-Resistant Genes

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These wolves are exposed to radiation levels over six times the safety limit for humans, showing altered immune systems and genetic changes that protect against cancer. submitted by /u/qqlan [link] [comments]

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Question: How do Alpha wolves work outside of a pack?

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wolves usually travel in packs so i'm curious what behavior a wolf without a pack would exhibit when meeting another such wolf submitted by /u/One-Requirement-1010 [link] [comments] Hypothetically, if a male wolf came across a lone female wolf, would it consider the male another pack the way a full pack would?

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Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves on the Rebound in U.S. Southwest

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Once driven to the brink of extinction, Mexican gray wolves have slowly returned to the U.S. For the first time since their reintroduction more than two decades ago, their numbers total more than 200, according to federal officials. Read more. submitted by /u/YaleE360 [link] [comments]

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Evidence that crocodilians are smarter than dogs and wolves?

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Do these show that they might be smarter than wolves? I've read that crocodilians are really smart and that there's some observations in the wild of this, like balancing twigs on their snouts and some cooperative hunting tactics. submitted by /u/typingnickname2 [link] [comments]

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Blakiston’s Fish Owl on Hokkaido

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Later in the book mentioned at the beginning of this post, there is another paragraph on music: “As we drove to Terney in the whiteout conditions of a blizzard, listening to the Carpenters lament lost love at ear-bleeding volume, I asked Katkov if he had any songs about wolves.”

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Obama's Rules Freeze May Help Wolves

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Wildlife conservationists say the freeze will delay and possibly prevent the removal of gray wolves from the federal endangered species list in Montana, Idaho, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and also in portions of Washington, Oregon, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

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Palin Supports Brutal Method of Killing Wolves

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The wolves suffer needlessly because hunters simply wound them more often then not firing from an airplane. Tags: Palin alaska wolves. I understand there may be some instances where predator control is necessary. I'm not an absolutist on this point. Doing it from low flying aircraft, however, is just barbaric. It's worth watching.

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