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Worth pointing out (maybe?) that dogs-the-domesticated-animal are less closely related to the African wild dogs than they are to wolves and coyotes. All of whi
by samatman 5y ago
Worth pointing out (maybe?) that dogs-the-domesticated-animal are less closely related to the African wild dogs than they are to wolves and coyotes.
All of which are pack hunters and smart ones to boot. It's just that your first paragraph gives the impression to me that "wild dogs" are the same creatures as domesticated ones, just wild, when that is more true of the wolf than it is of the African wild dog. For instance, the African wild dog and the domestic dog can't interbreed.
- ChrisMarshallNY 5y agoMaybe. There was a particular dog breed that I saw all over the place, and it looked a lot like them. Big suckers. Nasty teethies… You didn’t want one of them biting you. In any case, I’m sure that wolf packs behave in quite a similar manner.
- samatman 5y agoWolf packs do indeed. There are of course dogs in Africa, and also the African wild dog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_wild_dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_wild_dog Unless you were on safari, what you saw was most likely an African breed of Canis familiaris.
- ChrisMarshallNY 5y agoSaw all of the above. I was born there. There is a common dog that looks a lot like the Rhodesian Ridgeback (although a lot scruffier). I really liked them.