i heard these wolves howling and it was amazing. i just wondered why dogs don't sound exactly the same? as they still howl and growl and bark. why or how would someone breed that out of them?
2006-06-23 08:59:00 · 9 answers · asked by elf 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
i heard these wolves howling and it was amazing. i just wondered why dogs don't sound exactly the same? as they still howl and growl and bark. why or how would someone breed that out of them? do wolf dogs howl likw a wolf or a dog?
i do understand that there has been alot of chang in the species i'm looking for a medical reason. rather than 'they're dogs'.
2006-06-23 09:11:05 · update #1
Wolves have the most amazing howl; spine tingling and hair raising. It's designed to travel over distance, and its first job is to send information.
Dominant wolves have the deepest bass notes and a larger lung capacity, so they have the longest howl.
The purpose of the changing note you hear is to signal "there are lots of us". It confuses the listener, so you can't tell how many wolves there are, even a handful sounds like a large pack.
Its a strategy to defend the territory against neighbouring packs which defuses confrontation. Neighbouring packs are less likely to try to take over your territory if they think you are a big strong pack.
If you try searching the bbc wildlife magazine website, they published an article a few years ago about a study on this; there was a cd for sale that was hair raising!
A lot of animal displays have the same function; a display of strength that decreases the chances of fighting. Its only if two foes are evenly matched in a display that they resort to aggression to settle the argument.
Wolf packs use the howl as a bonding ritual, and as a territorial display. Dogs are domesticated and puppified; they just don't need to do it. Most dogs can howl but its a pale shadow of what the wolf can do.
The technical term for 'puppified' is neotany. Many breeds of dog remain dependant on their owners throughout adulthood, otherwise they'd be wolves and we wouldn't be able to train them.
2006-06-23 09:38:44 · answer #1 · answered by sarah c 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Wolves are masters of communication, and howling is a part of it. Alot of dog-dog aggression comes from misunderstandings, but in wolf society fights are rare- a single look from one wolf to another is enough to convey the message, "I am the King!" without having to come to blows. Watching wolves is fascinating-the body language is so complex. Wolves howl to bond, and to communicate, especially over long distances. They can bark too! But so much change has occurred between wolves and dogs that there are more differences than similarities. Have you ever heard a Basenji? Really strange vocals!
2006-06-25 00:46:38 · answer #2 · answered by big_fat_goth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a person that has been raised many wolves and wolf dogs that just how the wolves sound they all have their own communication sound just like a coyote sounds like a mix between a dog and a wolf but a lot more shrill. You cant mistake a coyote from a wolf or a dog and vice versa.
2006-06-23 09:09:55 · answer #3 · answered by 420girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they do howl the same, but wolves rarely bark like dogs and have a different vocal pattern to dogs. This is why a wolf howling is so haunting. Even though dogs are descended from wolves they have been modified over thousands of years to look and sound like we want them to. Yes it is a shamne they do not sound like wolves, but wolf/dogs do sound like wolves. Its exhilirating to hear them howl. Just amazing. Right from the heart of nature itself....
2006-06-24 04:36:45 · answer #4 · answered by wolfstorm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish i lived somewhere in the world where i could hear wolves howling. It makes me sad to think that the wolf's greatest enemy, man, has driven them to extinction, purely out of fear and ignorance.
Personally, i'd much rather have wolves as neighbours than most people i meet! And i'm not anthropomorphising either - i'd rather take my chances with the wolf - i understand what drives them but i can't understand other people!
2006-06-23 11:04:02 · answer #5 · answered by lastrolo76 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-21 10:00:09 · answer #7 · answered by shaunda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are domesticated... therefore they are different. It has been thousands of years sense the domesticated dog was a wolf. Lots of changes have been made.
2006-06-23 09:04:07 · answer #8 · answered by Kamunyak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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