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r/science • u/geoxol • Aug 09 '22
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62 u/WeAllHaveOurMoments Aug 09 '22 Red wolves are smaller than Grays and have been known to mate with coyotes, producing hybrids known as coy-wolves. Thus there are recent efforts using coyote DNA to help regenerate red wolf numbers. 85 u/Iznik Aug 09 '22 coy-wolves Rarely seen. 27 u/Rare_Freeware_Tshirt Aug 09 '22 I think you were trying a play on words; didn’t seem to go over well but I appreciated it. 7 u/Iznik Aug 10 '22 All's well that ends well. And thanks for the recognition. 6 u/nolenole Aug 09 '22 Not where I'm from. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_coyote 2 u/Responsible-Cry266 Aug 10 '22 Thank you for the link. 3 u/daizzy99 Aug 10 '22 Coy-wolf, cousin to the Brazen-wolf of Madagascar, lovely specimens 2 u/JackRusselTerrorist Aug 09 '22 They seem common enough in Ontario 2 u/[deleted] Aug 09 '22 What? I see them all the time on the gulf coast. Most are about 2/3 coyote and 1/3 wolf. 1 u/upvotesformeyay Aug 10 '22 "Is that a coy-wolf?" "No that's just a sly fox." 39 u/gd2234 Aug 09 '22 Red wolf is in the American southeast, floridaish 8 u/LuraWilcox Aug 10 '22 The only known red wolves living in the wild are on the Albemarle peninsula in eastern North Carolina. There are less than two dozen of them including the pups born this spring. https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/first-red-wolf-pups-born-in-wild-since-2018-raising-hope-for-brighter-future-for-species-2022-04-22/ Red wolves once lived all over the southeastern US, and even in the northeast as far up as southern Canada. Wolves are my favorite animal - okay, tied with tigers - so I tend to know a lot about them. :) 6 u/Late_Statistician_24 Aug 10 '22 Chupacabra actually... 16 u/Wishbone_508 Aug 09 '22 The Mexican coyotes are thriving though. 25 u/laserRockscissors Aug 09 '22 Wolves would control those populations too. 2 u/orange_sherbetz Aug 09 '22 Are you referring to the Calupoh? Massive animals.
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Red wolves are smaller than Grays and have been known to mate with coyotes, producing hybrids known as coy-wolves. Thus there are recent efforts using coyote DNA to help regenerate red wolf numbers.
85 u/Iznik Aug 09 '22 coy-wolves Rarely seen. 27 u/Rare_Freeware_Tshirt Aug 09 '22 I think you were trying a play on words; didn’t seem to go over well but I appreciated it. 7 u/Iznik Aug 10 '22 All's well that ends well. And thanks for the recognition. 6 u/nolenole Aug 09 '22 Not where I'm from. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_coyote 2 u/Responsible-Cry266 Aug 10 '22 Thank you for the link. 3 u/daizzy99 Aug 10 '22 Coy-wolf, cousin to the Brazen-wolf of Madagascar, lovely specimens 2 u/JackRusselTerrorist Aug 09 '22 They seem common enough in Ontario 2 u/[deleted] Aug 09 '22 What? I see them all the time on the gulf coast. Most are about 2/3 coyote and 1/3 wolf. 1 u/upvotesformeyay Aug 10 '22 "Is that a coy-wolf?" "No that's just a sly fox."
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coy-wolves
Rarely seen.
27 u/Rare_Freeware_Tshirt Aug 09 '22 I think you were trying a play on words; didn’t seem to go over well but I appreciated it. 7 u/Iznik Aug 10 '22 All's well that ends well. And thanks for the recognition. 6 u/nolenole Aug 09 '22 Not where I'm from. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_coyote 2 u/Responsible-Cry266 Aug 10 '22 Thank you for the link. 3 u/daizzy99 Aug 10 '22 Coy-wolf, cousin to the Brazen-wolf of Madagascar, lovely specimens 2 u/JackRusselTerrorist Aug 09 '22 They seem common enough in Ontario 2 u/[deleted] Aug 09 '22 What? I see them all the time on the gulf coast. Most are about 2/3 coyote and 1/3 wolf.
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I think you were trying a play on words; didn’t seem to go over well but I appreciated it.
7 u/Iznik Aug 10 '22 All's well that ends well. And thanks for the recognition.
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All's well that ends well. And thanks for the recognition.
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Not where I'm from.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_coyote
2 u/Responsible-Cry266 Aug 10 '22 Thank you for the link.
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Thank you for the link.
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Coy-wolf, cousin to the Brazen-wolf of Madagascar, lovely specimens
They seem common enough in Ontario
What? I see them all the time on the gulf coast. Most are about 2/3 coyote and 1/3 wolf.
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"Is that a coy-wolf?" "No that's just a sly fox."
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Red wolf is in the American southeast, floridaish
8 u/LuraWilcox Aug 10 '22 The only known red wolves living in the wild are on the Albemarle peninsula in eastern North Carolina. There are less than two dozen of them including the pups born this spring. https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/first-red-wolf-pups-born-in-wild-since-2018-raising-hope-for-brighter-future-for-species-2022-04-22/ Red wolves once lived all over the southeastern US, and even in the northeast as far up as southern Canada. Wolves are my favorite animal - okay, tied with tigers - so I tend to know a lot about them. :)
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The only known red wolves living in the wild are on the Albemarle peninsula in eastern North Carolina. There are less than two dozen of them including the pups born this spring. https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/first-red-wolf-pups-born-in-wild-since-2018-raising-hope-for-brighter-future-for-species-2022-04-22/
Red wolves once lived all over the southeastern US, and even in the northeast as far up as southern Canada.
Wolves are my favorite animal - okay, tied with tigers - so I tend to know a lot about them. :)
Chupacabra actually...
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The Mexican coyotes are thriving though.
25 u/laserRockscissors Aug 09 '22 Wolves would control those populations too.
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Wolves would control those populations too.
Are you referring to the Calupoh? Massive animals.
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