If he went to WikiSpecies he could see the list of subspecies of wolves. Of course, historically the word wolf has covered other species, but today it applies to canis lupus in many of its subspecies [and to figurative meanings (’he’s a wolf,’ ‘wolf that food down,’ etc).]
“He rants about the different species of wolf where he lives even though there is only one species worldwide, ".Technically true, since all subspecies can interbreed if they can figure out how, but consider the many subspecies and how different they are.I saw where there is a major study going on to try to figure where each branch of the subspecies diverged but there has been so much interbreeding across lines that they have their work cut out for them..The differences are great enough that it would be unreasonable to fault someone for considering them different species...“Canis lupus has 40 subspecies currently described, including the dingo, Canis lupus dingo, and the domestic dog, Canis lupus familiaris, and many subspecies of wolf throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The nominate subspecies is Canis lupus lupus.”
New WorldSouthern Rocky Mountains wolfAlaskan tundra wolfRed wolfYukon wolfGreenland wolfNorthwestern wolfGreat Plains wolfTexas (gray)wolfMogollon mountain wolfBaffin Island wolfMackenzie River wolfEastern (timber) wolfAlexander Archipelago wolfLabrador wolfNorthern Rocky Mountains wolfHudson Bay wolfManitoba wolfGregory’s wolfCascade mountain wolfFlorida black wolf (extinct since 1908)Vancouver Island wolfBritish Columbia wolfBank’s Island Tundra wolfNewfoundland wolfMexican wolfArctic wolf Kenai Peninsula wolf.Old WorldEurasian wolfTundra wolfArabian wolfSteppe wolfTibetan wolfDingoDomestic dog (Rover, Fifi, Spot, Old Blue, etc)Hokkaidō wolfJapanese wolfIndian wolf..The differences in temperament, size, body shape, physical characteristics are sometimes subtle, sometimes vast.Some are such that people will let some of them play with and protect their children, while they would expect others to eat their children.
Thomas & Tifffany Connolly over 8 years ago
I am not with this group.
airbrushingsunshine over 8 years ago
why is the Wiz scared? He can zap that big nosed Fink into another dimension.
steampower over 8 years ago
FINK, you’re not supposed to laugh! Now what the Hellis wrong with you??
KEA over 8 years ago
He who laughs last… probably didn’t get the joke.(Data is an extreme example)
JastMe over 8 years ago
If he went to WikiSpecies he could see the list of subspecies of wolves. Of course, historically the word wolf has covered other species, but today it applies to canis lupus in many of its subspecies [and to figurative meanings (’he’s a wolf,’ ‘wolf that food down,’ etc).]
Ed Brault Premium Member over 8 years ago
I didn’t get a haarumph out of that guy!https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Blazing+saddles%2C+harumph
bigcatbusiness over 8 years ago
Are you sure the world is laughing with you and not AT you?
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs over 8 years ago
“He rants about the different species of wolf where he lives even though there is only one species worldwide, ".Technically true, since all subspecies can interbreed if they can figure out how, but consider the many subspecies and how different they are.I saw where there is a major study going on to try to figure where each branch of the subspecies diverged but there has been so much interbreeding across lines that they have their work cut out for them..The differences are great enough that it would be unreasonable to fault someone for considering them different species...“Canis lupus has 40 subspecies currently described, including the dingo, Canis lupus dingo, and the domestic dog, Canis lupus familiaris, and many subspecies of wolf throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The nominate subspecies is Canis lupus lupus.”
New WorldSouthern Rocky Mountains wolfAlaskan tundra wolfRed wolfYukon wolfGreenland wolfNorthwestern wolfGreat Plains wolfTexas (gray)wolfMogollon mountain wolfBaffin Island wolfMackenzie River wolfEastern (timber) wolfAlexander Archipelago wolfLabrador wolfNorthern Rocky Mountains wolfHudson Bay wolfManitoba wolfGregory’s wolfCascade mountain wolfFlorida black wolf (extinct since 1908)Vancouver Island wolfBritish Columbia wolfBank’s Island Tundra wolfNewfoundland wolfMexican wolfArctic wolf Kenai Peninsula wolf.Old WorldEurasian wolfTundra wolfArabian wolfSteppe wolfTibetan wolfDingoDomestic dog (Rover, Fifi, Spot, Old Blue, etc)Hokkaidō wolfJapanese wolfIndian wolf..The differences in temperament, size, body shape, physical characteristics are sometimes subtle, sometimes vast.Some are such that people will let some of them play with and protect their children, while they would expect others to eat their children.
brklnbern over 8 years ago
Must be a thugocracy.