Wolf Puppies Are Adorable, Then Comes the Call of the Wild

Re:Wolf Puppies Are Adorable, Then Comes the Call of the Wild by barry-cotter on Saturday October 14, 2017 @06:37AM (#15471603)

Dogs and wolves are fully interfertile. Their suites of behaviours and adaptations are very different but they can be and often are considered one species.

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Re:Wolf Puppies Are Adorable, Then Comes the Call of the Wild by StavrosK on Saturday October 14, 2017 @04:08PM (#15473977)

Huh, wow, I didn't know that. I knew they're very close, but I thought they wouldn't be able to interbreed, since they're different species. Interesting.

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Re:Wolf Puppies Are Adorable, Then Comes the Call of the Wild by umanwizard on Saturday October 14, 2017 @07:17PM (#15474865)

I think "same species is defined as inter-fertile", which is what I learned in school, might be a bit of an oversimplification. IIRC, even dogs and coyotes can breed together as well and their children (and great^n-grandchildren) are fertile, however dogs and coyotes are not considered the same species.

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