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hobbit709

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62. I remember seeing a show on that a few years back.

Reply to quaker bill (Reply #60)

Mon Feb 17, 2014, 06:58 AM

Feb 2014

Very interesting, especially on the coat and color variations.

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Can someone prove to me that dogs are canines? [View all] Orrex Feb 2014 OP

They are divided into 2 separate groups I believe, relating to different species. JaneyVee Feb 2014 #1

Ah, sweet naiveté ~ nt antiquie Feb 2014 #2

Couch dogs and fence jumpers undeterred Feb 2014 #21

I am watching my Beagle take her second of literally dozens of daily couch naps arely staircase Feb 2014 #25

Found this somewhere via Google: Sounds scientific enough to me! femmocrat Feb 2014 #3

Dogs are a species of canines that came about because of the wolf's relationship with mankind. Nika Feb 2014 #4

New scientific research now disputes that... Apparently, dogs did not evolve from wolves but 1monster Feb 2014 #66

Dogs and wolves aren't exactly the same, are they? Bonobo Feb 2014 #5

Nice post, mammal. Orrex Feb 2014 #6

Dogs descended from wolves. femmocrat Feb 2014 #7

Actually, no. They are cousins. hlthe2b Feb 2014 #26

This is from Wickipedia Progressive dog Feb 2014 #33

That is outdated... New study (link below has not been discounted by scientific community) hlthe2b Feb 2014 #34

You are right, Progressive dog Feb 2014 #39

Just one study Shivering Jemmy Feb 2014 #52

And by the measure those who do not understand science say evolution is mere "theory"... hlthe2b Feb 2014 #53

Well.... I found this! femmocrat Feb 2014 #43

That is outdated as well (1997). This is a new genetic study pub January 14, 2014 & has NOT been hlthe2b Feb 2014 #44

Oh. femmocrat Feb 2014 #46

Thanks for posting 2naSalit Feb 2014 #54

But, if dogs descended from wolves, why are there still wolves? nt Captain Stern Feb 2014 #65

But people do.... Fastcars Feb 2014 #15

Are you really a bonobo? DBoon Feb 2014 #51

more to the point: PCIntern Feb 2014 #8

he does have an opposable thumb...when it's not up his ass Demonaut Feb 2014 #14

That's not is thumb, that is his head. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #49

I'd expect you, of H2O Man Feb 2014 #23

Hmmm... PCIntern Feb 2014 #35

Ha! H2O Man Feb 2014 #42

Indeed. And that thread is a shocker LittleBlue Feb 2014 #9

I'm curious about the thread you mention Cirque du So-What Feb 2014 #19

Here you go... riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #36

Thanks! Cirque du So-What Feb 2014 #37

wait. this is about sometbing else? nt arely staircase Feb 2014 #29

I knew it was about something else before I clicked the link Cirque du So-What Feb 2014 #31

well I probably should have arely staircase Feb 2014 #32

a can't even prove to you that dogs exist arely staircase Feb 2014 #10

I think your dog posted that Orrex Feb 2014 #11

... chrisa Feb 2014 #12

Bush Dogs, Speothos venaticus, those are canines too? hunter Feb 2014 #13

This reminds me of the old question in grad courses in systematics...do higher taxa exist? HereSince1628 Feb 2014 #16

What about these guys? Cirque du So-What Feb 2014 #17

prairrie dogs are the Grapenuts of the animal world. nt arely staircase Feb 2014 #28

I'm pretty sure Hitler loved canines. NuclearDem Feb 2014 #18

lol Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #22

Godwin's Law Alert! aristocles Feb 2014 #30

Hitler had a headquarters named Wolfsschnaze (Wolf's Lair) NoGOPZone Feb 2014 #38

Prove to me that these are both *dogs.* woo me with science Feb 2014 #20

I have no idea why but that pic made me burst out laughing. It's looks like a TV ChisolmTrailDem Feb 2014 #24

Our shih tzu barks at every dog she sees on TV, Blue_In_AK Feb 2014 #57

Well. laundry_queen Feb 2014 #58

my dog says he is 2pooped2pop Feb 2014 #27

They're humans, damn it. pintobean Feb 2014 #40

My boy is a canid IDemo Feb 2014 #41

too cute. Is he part Akita or husky? I noticed the curled tail. I have a bigger browner version of okaawhatever Feb 2014 #47

The shelter had him listed as a German Shepherd/Husky IDemo Feb 2014 #48

Are canines dogs? JonLP24 Feb 2014 #45

They're not canines. Dr. Strange Feb 2014 #50

Yes, see Kolor-Matznick, 2002 in Anthrozoos Recursion Feb 2014 #55

Well, one thing is for sure.... A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #56

And they don't pose like that naturally, that's for sure Orrex Feb 2014 #59

Russians have done so with foxes quaker bill Feb 2014 #60

I remember seeing a show on that a few years back. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #62

Whaaaaa?? This is a joke, right? WinkyDink Feb 2014 #61

Strictly speaking, no. Orrex Feb 2014 #63

Canines eat the ice cream on your desk. They can see it with the Godlike eyes. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #64

God looked around his workshop and used some of the same parts. JoePhilly Feb 2014 #67