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Are Wolves more resistant to fleas and ticks than dogs?

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Wolves get ticks just like dogs do, but they have an average lifespan od 13, 14 years in the wild, where they can catch them almost every day for most of the year. So are they more resistant or do they somehow catch them less than dogs, maybe in other parts of the body?

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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

10,000 Birds

It turned out that growling, protracted howls, and lyrics like “You may think I’m a dog, but really I’m a wolf” become tolerable when the alternatives are dance remixes of the Carpenters’ love ballads.” Eventually, I tired of this and began to poke around the glove compartment for other options, but there were few.

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Falakhe’s Story

10,000 Birds

And the morning before the Mkuze pack of Painted Wolves, or African Wild Dogs, had been very close to one of the park’s few Lions, as far as tracking collars had told. And the two species were not inclined to get on, by which I mean that Lions will kill other large predators including Painted Wolves. Falakhe injured.

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Thought experiment

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In my opinion dogs would be the first to go. Although I love dogs they're too dependent on humans, it's true that stray/feral dogs can form packs and survive in the wild a regular dog like a golden retriever would get eaten by a lion instantly. Cats would be the next. Horses live in groups. What do you think?

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Greece: Oliver the Husky

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The dog had broke parts of the body and injuries from sharp object, also it was raped by an unknown man in Arachova. Only one eyewitness talked, a lady which said "I saw Oliver with a man together going to a warehouse, I heared Oliver crying and when the dog came out it was injured. Only human hands are possible to do such things!

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Swedish King Wants to Cull Country's Wolf Population

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Wolves kill elk - But King Gustaf wants to kill the elk so he wants to get rid of wolves And why does he want to do that? Yet to hunt the elk, he himself uses hunting dogs. Unfortunately, he's also one of the presidents of the World Wildlife Fund whose Swedish chapter supports the maintenance of the wolf population.

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