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Originally Posted by Bloof
"Officials Puzzled By Mysterious Wolf-Like Creature Shot On A Ranch In Montana"
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I read this article (
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and...h-in-montana-/) and the local wolf expert said it looks like a dog/wolf hybrid, which have already been identified in the past... that is to say it happens.
In fact, this story said the researchers collecting "canine remains" found 10% were dog/wolf hybrids.
I remember from watching a great documentary called "Dogs Decoded" that gene scientists established the domesticated dog is from the wolf (grey). That was the assumption for thousands of years, but theoretically dogs could have come from foxes or something else... as it wasn't confirmed until DNA analysists confirmed it was wolves -- that is man domesticated wolves over approximately 40,000 years, through selective breeding, to get today's dog.
By the way, Dogs Decoded has a lot more than just the gene thing.