2007-03-09 15:53:42 · 5 answers · asked by kelleygaither2000 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Barking is a trait that has been encouraged in domestic dogs to alert the owner of an intruder.
Any wolf has the ability to bark but it does not really serve a purpose in the wild.
2007-03-09 15:57:49 · answer #1 · answered by luker 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Both above answers are skewed towards wrong. Wolves communicate by barking. They do not make the " production number " out of it that dogs do, but they do bark and bark-growl in communicating. Go here and look under wolf communication. Also a good general wolf site. I can not believe the ignorance of wolf behavior shown here tonight. Barking is used in warning; such as a mother barking a warning at pups. Also it can be used in aggressive displays; territorial defense. It is not a neotenous trait. Where this ignorance got it's start, I can not say, but it is dead wrong.
http://www.wolf.org
2007-03-09 17:27:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Wolf cubs bark. They outgrow barking as they mature. Domesticated dogs are kept in what wolves would consider a puppy state for all their lives. That's what we find so endearing about dogs. We don't want them to act like grown wolves.
2007-03-09 16:06:47 · answer #3 · answered by Terisu 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
they all can bark wolves barked but only sometimes most talk was done by howling.
we thought dogs to bark (in short terms)
2007-03-13 00:17:53 · answer #4 · answered by DRAGON 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a neotenized trait. Pups do it, we bred it into adult dogs.
2007-03-09 17:48:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋