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waterfield
I met a lady recently who was walking this strange looking "dog" up from the beach on a leash. The person I was with said that is(blank) and she owns a wolf. I said no that can't be. Sure enough this lady brings this "wolf" on a leash up to me. It does not act like a dog and just sits there with these gray eyes staring at me. Gave me the creeps. She then walks up the hill with the "wolf". The lady I was with is a wild life expert and raises hawks and eagles-with a license. She said to me: "that lady is crazy. She is only asking for trouble. " She went on to say that it's only a matter of time that the "wolf" will likely kill some pet or even injure a child and the owner will be in trouble. As you probably know I've been around hunting dogs all my life. But this "thing" looked really weird and something inside of me said no don't go over and try and pet that "thing".
A dog, yeah, is not a wolf. There's something called "domestication syndrome," and it involves many changes, not just behavioral, but physical. In fact part of the domestication process means that the new domesticated species is more like a juvenile version of the original species than like an adult member of the original species.
So yeah taming and domestication are not the same thing.
Not only do tamed wolves not act like domesticated dogs, dogs who go wild don't act the same as wolves. They have been genetically modified through breeding and other selective processes. They can't regress and be wolves again.
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