Sentences with phrase «wild wolves as»

These findings were then applied to wild wolves as well as domestic dogs.

Though we think of wild wolves as subsisting entirely on the flesh of the prey animals they manage to catch, in reality, both wild wolves and domesticated dogs are omnivores — they are capable of eating both animal and plant foods.

When you watch the IMAX film Wolves you think you're seeing wild wolves as they roam freely across remote landscapes.

Not exact matches

Are you hoping for a candidate who thinks like a wild animal, such as a wolf or tiger, since those animals operate with a laser focus?

But, as he outlined in a 1999 paper, he's since rejected that idea in light of research into the behavior of wolves in the wild.

The Eristhavi family ruled the wild and rugged province called «Virshan» meaning the Land of the Wolf and the iconic wolf still features as a symbol of this heritage on the bell - shaped botWolf and the iconic wolf still features as a symbol of this heritage on the bell - shaped botwolf still features as a symbol of this heritage on the bell - shaped bottle.

Hunting hounds are selective, using their remarkable scenting ability to catch mainly those weak, old, ailing and injured wild mammals — just as wolves and other wild canines do when hunting.

Cross-fostering introduces additional complications: Genetically valuable pups must be born in captivity at almost exactly the same time as a wild litter, and managers have to closely monitor wild wolves to know that has happened.

Other labs could then compare DNA sequences from purebred dogs; wild canids such as wolves, coyotes, and dingoes; and feral dogs.

Such diversity led Darwin to think that domestic dogs must have evolved from several wild canines, such as jackals, coyotes and wolves, but in fact we now know that all breeds descended from one species, the grey wolf.

The agency will also watch the wolves closely to see how many wild ungulates — such as elk, deer, and bighorn sheep — the animals take.

However, we know very little about the meaning of different howl types and what they are actually communicating, says Kershenbaum, because — as with dolphins, that other highly vocal, smart and social species which he studies — wolves are extremely difficult to study in the wild.

Altogether, the haplotypes of the three ancient samples were classified as either dog or wolf - like for 18 matrices that showed clear distinction between dog and wild canid haplotypes based on average reference allele counts calculated per window.

Grey wolves, as all wild animals, are hosts to a variety of parasites.

He was present when the first wolves were released back into the wild in the late 1980s and helped support the wild population as it grew to its peak in the 2000s.

Arizona authorities have long opposed the release of captive wolf families into the wild, even though that is the most reliable means of bringing in more genetically diverse animals to ensure the survival of the wild population; currently, nearly all the wolves are related to each other as if they were siblings.

As thrilling a filmmaker as Martin Scorsese continues to be, and as wild a performance as Leonardo DiCaprio dishes up as its morally bankrupt master of the universe, The Wolf of Wall Street seems almost entirely unnecessarAs thrilling a filmmaker as Martin Scorsese continues to be, and as wild a performance as Leonardo DiCaprio dishes up as its morally bankrupt master of the universe, The Wolf of Wall Street seems almost entirely unnecessaras Martin Scorsese continues to be, and as wild a performance as Leonardo DiCaprio dishes up as its morally bankrupt master of the universe, The Wolf of Wall Street seems almost entirely unnecessaras wild a performance as Leonardo DiCaprio dishes up as its morally bankrupt master of the universe, The Wolf of Wall Street seems almost entirely unnecessaras Leonardo DiCaprio dishes up as its morally bankrupt master of the universe, The Wolf of Wall Street seems almost entirely unnecessaras its morally bankrupt master of the universe, The Wolf of Wall Street seems almost entirely unnecessary.

«12 Years a Slave» and «The Wolf of Wall Street» are among the intriguing wild cards as voters begin filling out their ballots

Hill has the flashier part as the egomaniacal wild card Efraim, and although it's not as great as his performance in the likeminded «The Wolf of Wall Street,» he's such a magnetic presence that it explains how someone like David could be charmed so easily.

Raised in the wild: Mowgli has been raised in the wild by wolves and Bagheera the black panther, who discovered him abandoned as a baby

As the movie begins, he is training in the wilds of Alaska, dodging wolves and leaping chasms.

Few efforts to spur the recovery of endangered animals have evoked as much opposition as recent programs to reintroduce the wolf to the wild.

As a result of the eradication of the wolves, rats become a plague and wild sheep graze until the meadows turn to dust.

The wolf boy, the wild child, the strange feral creature appeared early one spring as the iced - over streams started to crack and the blown snow on the steppes was melting.

While Bertie looks about as menacing as a furry doorstop, all of his actions connect him to his distant wild wolf ancestors.

Our dogs would not thrive on an all - meat diet the same way that a wolf would — just as a wild wolf would not tolerate moderate amounts of starches like our pet dogs.

This brand does their best to mimic the natural diet of wild wolves and, in the wild, wolves don't follow a different diet based on their age — they simply eat more or less as needed.

His expertise spans the animal kingdom from dogs and cats to wild species such as leopards, gibbons, wolves, and giraffes.

(Looking like a wolf is fine, being part wolf is different) Many vets and pet insurance locations will deny service as wolves are wild animals.

We now know that the virus is not limited to companion dogs, but is capable of causing infections in wild canines such as coyotes and wolves.

Wild canids, such as wolves, foxes, and coyotes, can spend up to 60 % of their day searching for food.3, 4 No animal evolved to acquire its food from walking up to a full bowl!

In the wild, many species of animals including canines such as coyotes and wolves will eat their own feces to reabsorb passed nutrients.

(ref) At first, these wolf dogs looked quite the same as their wild cousins — the changes were inside, in their personalities and ability to coexist with a different species.

Lockwood, who has studied wolves in the wild and canine attacks on humans and animals for 15 years, said the recent publicity about dog attacks has put a spotlight on the pit bull, a generic term for several breeds developed in England as fighting animals.

They eventually would even hunt for larger animals, such as wolves and wild boar.

Wild dogs, such as wolves, also suffer the same dental fractures.

Evaluation of a behavioral problem is most effective if the behaviorist has a very good comparative understanding animal behavior, including, but not limited to that of wild and domestic canines, such as wolves, jackals, coyotes, foxes, African wild dogs, and domestic dogs (including a wide variety of breeds).

In the wild, canines such as wolves will mark their territories by spraying a strong - smelling urine around the perimeter.

In the wild, wolves (as well as wild dogs) communicated their locations by howling when scouting for food or guiding pack members back to the pack.

Wild canine species such as wolves and coyotes live in packs or groups of family members and friends.

Dogs (Wolves) do not eat dry food in the wild, other than incidental intake as they are eating the stomach contents or meat of prey they have just killed.

As humans began the switch from hunter / gatherers to agrarian societies they also included the domestication of wild wolves to assist them in many ways.

The population of heartworms not exposed to the drugs — heartworms living in wild canids such as wolves, foxes and coyotes, and in untreated domestic dogs — helps to dilute the heartworm gene pool, keeping the resistant genes from predominating.

As a simple example, how do you think that wild canines, like wolves, learn to hunt?

Wild canines, such as wolves, have these same instincts only the results are fatal because they are herding in order to kill and eat their prey in the end.

Studies show that wolves and wild dogs are often known to eat grass as a regular part of their diet.

Hall told Daily Mail that despite their current role as man's best friend, dogs still take after their wild wolf ancestors.

This idea is based on the prey model, i.e., this is what wolves eat in the wild, and as dogs descended from wolves, they are biologically geared to be carnivores, not veggie and grain eaters.

Canine distemper actually effects all dogs, wild canines such as foxes, coyotes, and wolves, raccoons, skunks, weasels, ferrets, and most other members of the weasel family.

You will find other varieties of dog that may definitely survive within the wild and are much more similar to coyotes as well as wolves, nevertheless this dog has arrived into existence solely simply because they've been carefully bred by individuals and they would not stand a opportunity within the wild.