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Re: Wolves or dogs?

Subject: Re: Wolves or dogs?
From: "Juan Pablo Culasso" jpculasso
Date: Wed Apr 1, 2015 4:31 pm ((PDT))
Many thanks for your clarification, David.

Best,
Juan.
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 20:16,  [naturerecordists] <naturer=
> wrote:
>
> Juan Pablo Culasso  <> [natu=
rerecordists] writes:
>
> > Guys, this one was recorder in northern Mn. In a completely isolated pl=
ace, without human constructions close.
> > So, this sound that are predominant in the left chanel are wolves or do=
gs?
>
> I did a HPF and noise reduction to get a better listen and my vote is for=

> domestic dogs some distance away. It sounded like clear barking but of
> course it could be feral dogs.
>
> Mind you, dogs are domesticated wolves, but I have been told that barking=
 is
> an infantile characteristic and infantilism and human dependence are part=
 of
> the process of domestication. This came from a fascinating lecture I
> attended which described the level of infantilism of various breeds. One=

> characteristic is "puppy flop ears" which is an early level shown in some=

> dog breeds.
>
> David Brinicombe
>
>
>






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