This feel oddly real and heterosexual, I don’t like it
A wolf is a massive animal, usually not white, usually in packs, and usually skittish or downright aggressive. It’s fake. But cool story.
Alaskan Tundra wolves (wander down into Yukon sometimes) are white. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskan_tundra_wolf
Even the Interior Alaskan(native to Yukon) wolf ranges in color from black and White. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interior_Alaskan_wolf
Terrifying pic in that link. I don’t think a poptart would distract that fella.
Still 3 out of 4.
If you mean 3 out of 4 facts: “Individual weights can vary from 32 kilograms (71 lb) to 60 kilograms (130 lb).” Which is well within the range of a large dog.
“A wolf that has left its pack may travel up to 500 km (310.7 mi) to breed.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interior_Alaskan_wolf
What?
"A wolf is a
- "massive animal,
- "
usually not white, - "usually in packs, and
- "usually skittish or downright aggressive.
Still 3 strong reasons the story is more likely to be fake.
Dude, the article I linked literally mentions solitary wolves walking more than 500 km in search of a mate. Sure they “usually” move in packs, but that is what makes this story unusual, not impossible.
“Massive” is relative. To a child a 30 kg dog is massive.
They are not bigger than big dogs, they aren’t always in packs, and they’re skittish yeah but not usually that aggressive. This story could well be fake but it’s perfectly plausible.
It probably helps that OP wasn’t scared. He didn’t act like a prey animal and flee, which can trigger hunting instincts. I also can’t help but wonder if the wolf recognized a human child as being “young.” I know dogs can do that - I’ve seen them change behavior around tiny humans and tolerate things from them that they wouldn’t tolerate from adults. Granted, domesticated dogs have had many generations to acclimate themselves to us, but I wouldn’t be surprised if a wild wolf recognized that OP was a “human puppy” and not a significant threat.
Also, OP had food, and considering the wolf went right for the pop tart when it was thrown, it’s possible such a sociable, intelligent creature was playing nice in hopes of being given some all along.
Who knows? I’d say it’s definitely a plausible story. If the story had been about a mountain lion, I’d have my doubts. But wolves don’t usually go out of their way to antagonize humans. If some of them were able to be domesticated long ago, the same traits that brought them close to humans in the first place may still exist in the wild population.
Don’t worry, I’m pretty sure it’s fake (and gay)
Yeah, it was really a spaniel, and he didn’t ‘pat its back’ with his hand.
The spaniel dry humped him and the pop tart was off brand. And the teacher didn’t scream but just laughed
Wolf: “W…What the… brain overloads from getting pet like a good boy”
Wolf: I hope this doesn’t awaken something in me
I wonder if those humans have any more of those delicious pastries
Ha ha, “looks like he’s going to call HR for inappropriate contact”
For the record, there has never been a documented attack of a healthy wolf on a person in North America. Obviously if they get rabies or distemper or something all bets are off.
You are wrong. Candice Berner, Kenton Carnegie and Marc Leblond were all deemed to have been killed by healthy wolves.
There have been at least 24 non-fatal wolf attacks by healthy wolves since 2000 in north America alone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wolf_attacks_in_North_America
There’s also never been a documented case of a wolf contacting HR
There would be NDAs involved, so take that data with a grain of salt.
That’s because HR will anonymise the contact data before publishing
depends on how many furries are in your company
that may be true but you should consider that HR departments are notorious for failing to document complaints from members of socially-disadvantaged groups
Another element that could be at play here:
He thought it was a dog.
Dogs, because we domesticated them, have muscles around their eyes, that allow them to make eye/eyebrow expressions.
Wolves do not have these. Because they’re the ones we did not domesticate for millenia.
So, if he was expecting dog expressions… wolves literally cannot make the same facial expressions.
They essentially always look like they have RBF, in comparison to a dog.
Interestingly some dog breeds also still lack those muscles, like huskies
Huh! You’re right, I did not know that.
Huskies are… much closer to being actual wolves though, genetically speaking.
Seems like this applies to malamutes and samoyeds as well…?
I wonder do dingoes have them. I haven’t been able to find any information on that yet
There have been documented healthy wolf attacks in North America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wolf_attacks_in_North_America
Some on the list are rabid, but the list also includes both captive and predative wolf attacks, including fatalities.
An oldie but goldie.
Meanwhile cats just showed up, said that they live here now. 10,000 years later, cats run the internet and more or less still the same genetically for the past 10,000 years.
They kill rats.
Keep the granaries uninfested.
And roughly half of them also carry a parasite that rewires the brain/neurological DNA of humans via epigenetic manipulation.
Also they can be adorable.
I thought that parasite wasn’t carried long-term by cats, only by humans?
The wolf his pack now calls Poptart
“It was one time!”
Wolves can get rabies, that can be a factor for being more willing to socialize with people.
My dog is rabid. Got it.
No, your dog has Williams Syndrome.
TIL: I definitely don’t have rabies.
No, you made a wild wolf more dangerous as it has now received food after being near a human. That wolf will now approach more people to get food.
Dog domestication took centuries to millenia. And the most dangerous predators are those that are descended from domestic or near domestic animals.
Both are true. Curious wolves approaching humans and getting/stealing food was very likely the first step in domestication.
At the same time, it still holds true that it is dangerous
Yup, plus the friendlier ones were more likely to get fed, mean ones more likely to get killed, which resulted in more or less offspring like them. Do that for generations and voila, you’re now a French bulldog
Anon is beastmaster, creating danger wolves
